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  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: School district budgets go before voters Tuesday

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Residents in all eight local school districts will be asked to consider school budgets that raise taxes while cutting personnel. Voting will take place Tuesday. Bordentown Regional    The K-12 regional district that covers Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, and Fieldsboro is proposing a budget that will raise taxes and cut several…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Tears, laughter entwine as boys are remembered

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Laughter and tears abounded as the Robbinsville community came together to embrace the family of Qasim and Ahad Muzaffar in a heartfelt memorial service celebrating the short lives of the brothers who died during a family vacation in Pakistan two weeks ago.    The service, held April 8 at…

  • POLICE BEAT: From the April 15 edition

    Staff reports FLORENCE    William Russum, 20, of Burlington, and Roxana Russom, 20, of the Roebling section of Florence, were charged Saturday with possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Police said they were stopped at 10:48 p.m. on Station Road for having an inoperable rear break light and smelled marijuana. Police said both Mr. Russum and…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Patten doesn’t file for re-election

    Herald staff HIGHTSTOWN — Incumbent Republican Mayor Bob Patten won’t seek re-election, unless he does so as a write-in candidate, which is highly doubtful. In fact, no GOP members filed as candidates for mayor or Borough Council by Monday afternoon’s deadline. That seemed to fly in the face of comments made about two weeks ago…

  • MANVILLE: Be a part of the news

       Manville News readers can now be a part of news coverage in Manville, thanks to the newspaper’s Facebook site, at http://bit.ly/auHWR5    Staff Writers Audrey Levine and Eileen Oldfield post directly to the page during Board of Education and Borough Council meetings, making the site the best place to follow breaking local news.    And thanks to…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the April 15 edition

    Peg Dotson Tel: 499-3807     Fax: 499-3807     E-mail: [email protected]    Florence Township Football registration, Saturday, April 17, 9 a.m. to noon at the Municipal Building, Front Room. All teams available: Tiny Mites, Mighty Mites, Jr. Pee Wee, Pee Wee, and Midgets. Registration fee, $15, payable to Florence Township. Child must attend Florence Township Schools. *…

  • MANSFIELD: Crash kills woman

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — A female passenger was killed in a one-car accident on Route 206 on Friday, police said.    Jane Miner, 54, of Trenton, was pronounced dead at the scene after police responded to a report of an overturned vehicle at 4:45 p.m.    Police said they arrived to find the vehicle…

  • Monroe Falcon Football "Breakfast of Champions"

    By Carolyn Gregor On Saturday April 17th the State Champion Monroe Falcon Football team is having a buffet breakfast fundraiser.  The event will be from 8am to 11am in the cafeteria at the Monroe Township High School located on Perrineville Road in Monroe.  The buffet will include : eggs, pancakes, bacon, home fries, bagels, rolls,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Family dives into new deli business

    HILLSBOROUGH: Family dives into new deli business

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    All they wanted was to “try something new” so Hillsborough residents Pal and Madhu Gadhok took the opportunity to go into the restaurant business and buy the Plaza Deli on Route 206 at the beginning of this year.    ”It was a spontaneous (decision),” Ms. Gadhok said.    After taking that chance,…