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FLORENCE: $20,000 cut from fire budget
By Amber Cox FLORENCE Following the defeat of Fire District 1 $1.7 million budget, the Township Council, fire chief and representatives from the Board of Fire Commissioners tentatively agreed to cut $20,000 from the fire budget. Township Administrator Richard Brook said after a budget is voted down the township has 30 days to take…
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CHESTERFIELD:Township eyes 1.2-cent tax rate hike
BY Amber Cox CHESTERFIELD Residents would face a 1.2-cent tax rate hike if the preliminary 2011 municipal budget introduced unanimously March 9 by the Township Committee becomes final. An average assessed home of $396,472 will pay $210.13 in taxes at a rate of 5.3 cents per $100. The township went through a reassessment this…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Preservation debate in Neshanic
Owner wants to demolish 200-year-old structure By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Heritage or progress? Landscape contractor John Lazorchak wants to tear down a worse-for-wear house at 697 Amwell Road, near the center of Neshanic. He bought the property in 2005 and in 2008 gained Planning Board approval to raze the structure and construct a three-level…
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MILLSTONE: ‘Commercialized’ sign for school troubles planners
The Millstone Planning Board says the 13-foot-tall illuminated sign that the school board wants to erect on Baird Road to identify the middle school doesn’t fit in with Millstone’s rural character, and expressed concerns that programmable moving messages and photos displayed in red LED lights would distract drivers and lead to traffic accidents.
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MANVILLE: Library hosts Dr. Suess’ birthday celebration
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer About 180 children, parents and grandparents joined in the Dr. Seuss Celebration at the Manville Public Library to mark the Cat in the Hat’s birthday. The March 1 event was the second year the library celebrated the birthday of the late author Theodore Seuss Geisel also known as…
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People Animals Walk for Paws and CGC Evaluation Test, May 1, 2011
By People for Animals People for Animals Announces Date for its Annual Walk for Paws Event Please join us on Sunday, May 1st from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Nomahegan Park on Springfield Avenue in Cranford (across from Union County College) as we Walk for Paws (Rain Date May 15th). All proceeds will be…
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HILLSBOROUGH: School board meeting postponed
Contract negotiations affect large part of proposed school budget Hoping to reach a contract agreement with teachers and staff, the Board of Education postponed its meeting Monday. The school board will now meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, in the Auten Road Intermediate School. It plans to hold the public hearing and adopt the…
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Part-time officials getting full-time health benefits
Sonja Walter, Robbinsville In this era of endless political rhetoric, I thought I had heard it all. But Robbinsville Township Council members have topped even themselves. Members of council have, for the past two years, supported a budget that provides full-time health benefits to part-time elected officials. We have been paying about $7,500 a year…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Senior citizens’ news for week of March 17
Hillsborough Senior Citizens Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. We are open to new members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., allowing you time to review the activities we offer. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. Dick Meier is president and you can call him at 359-6948. We seniors…
