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HIGHTSTOWN: Patten out? Schneider GOP?
Republicans promise write-in candidates By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN Two-term Republican Mayor Bob Patten did not file for re-election in the primary by Monday’s deadline. But interim GOP Chairman Chris Emigholz says the party will field write-in candidates for mayor and Borough Council, and it is not impossible Mr. Patten could be one.…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Borough vague on next step
Layoffs, new EMS deal sound likely By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN — While they haven’t yet made any of their promised cuts to the 2010 proposed budget, which carriers a 14-cent tax increase, Borough Council members now say they have a goal for where they want the fiscal plan to be. And getting there…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter
An employee with International Bio Solutions, of Manville, reported that someone smashed the front windshield, driver-side door window and passenger-side door window of a front-end loader while it was parked at the former Glen Gery Brick factory on Hamilton Road between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. April 2. Police said it appeared that someone had…
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LAMBERTVILLE: City asking police to make pay raise concession
The city planned to mail a letter requesting the negotiation, “to see what the bargaining unit can do to help us out in the times we’re in,” the mayor said By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — The city plans to ask the police officers union to renegotiate a contractual pay raise because of a…
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Something is wrong
Myrna Michaelson, Lambertville I am puzzled about why SHRHS offers more than 70 extracurricular offerings to a mere 331 pupils – 25 percent of whom are on some sort of individualized learning plan and classified as special education. Moreover, according to the SHRHS Municipal Work Group, extracurricular activities at South are approximately 275 percent…
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Support athletes
Richard B. Roy Jr., LWAYBSA president This Saturday another season of the Lambertville-West Amwell Youth Baseball and Softball Association will begin. Young boys and girls from the Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton communities will participate in various levels of baseball and softball. The LWAYBSA volunteer members have been working hard to prepare for the…
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Green leads Green Vikes
By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor Say the word “green” around the South Brunswick High boys’ volleyball team and it’s either a reference to the Vikings’ best player or a description of the remainder of the roster. Andrew Green, a senior, is South Brunswick’s only returning varsity player from last year’s 17-8 team that was among…
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WEST AMWELL: Officials searching for budget solutions
Layoffs have not been announced, but they could be in the works if the township cannot balance the budget By Linda Seida, Staff Writer WEST AMWELL — The township is looking at a variety of ways to make up for a budget shortfall of more than half a million dollars, officials said. Layoffs have not…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Restaurant’s first order: Increase awareness
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer In a town of an estimated 40,000 people, Bellisimo Ristorante owner Jim Nelson predicts that about 36,000 of them do not even know the place exists. And one of Mr. Nelson’s biggest goals as the newest owner of the restaurant in Kingsbridge Center on South Branch Road is to change…
