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  • MANVILLE: Board gives final OK to $19 million budget

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    A single resident commented on the $19 million 2009-2010 school budget before the school board approved it at its Tuesday meeting.    ”I understand and I don’t understand,” Borough Councilman and West Frech Avenue resident Ed Komoroski said. “Why didn’t you go for the full 4 percent (state-set budget cap)? What…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School board hopefuls outline visions, goals

       Each year, the Hillsborough Beacon offers candidates for the Board of Education the opportunity to share their backgrounds and ideas for the school district directly with voters, to help voters become better informed. (Incumbent candidates are indicated by an asterisk).    Last week, we printed the candidates’ biographies. This week, we focus on what the candidates…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       At 6:49 a.m. March 16, a Jackson Avenue resident reported that someone broke a window on his vehicle while the vehicle was parked on the street outside the residence overnight.    Police confirmed that the driver’s side window on the 2006 Chevy had been broken, and estimated the damage at $300. A Jim Thorpe, Pa., resident…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Health-care costs raise concern during school budget hearing

    By Audrey Levine, The Packet Group    Concerns about the $13 million-plus set aside for health care for teachers and staff in the East Windsor Regional School District colored comments by residents during a public hearing Monday before the school board’s unanimous approval of the $83.2 million 2009-10 school budget.    And that expenditure could climb, acknowledged…

  • MONROE: Town mourns a young friend

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — A 19-year-old Monroe resident died last week when the car she was driving in Lakewood Township was hit by a drunken driver, leaving a grieving community to cope with their loss.    Kathryn M. Mazzio was driving her 1997 Pontiac Sunfire south on Route 9 on March 27 when…

  • MANVILLE: Getting a jump on Easter decorations

    MANVILLE: Getting a jump on Easter decorations

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Although they had a model to follow while decorating door hangars at the Manville Senior Center on Monday, the tiny parts made for a few challenges.    ”You used the wrong ears — those are the feet,” center worker Brenda Omilian told Joseph Tomko, of Hillsborough, as he glued rabbit’s feet…

  • CRANBURY: Cranbury looks to raise barn

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — There may be a barn raising somewhere in Cranbury’s future, however, raising the funds to get the project off the ground could be another story.    Municipal officials discussed the fate of a historic barn at Monday’s Township Committee meeting, which the municipality has been storing for about two…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Big tax increase seen in borough

    Council formally introduces budget By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council this week unanimously introduced a $5.9 million spending plan that would raise taxes by the equivalent of 14.7 cents under last year’s property assessments before a recent revaluation.    The financial plan will have to go through a public hearing May 18…

  • ROBBINSVILLE—Lacrosse ready for busy season

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     For a lot of teams, coming into a season with only one senior could be devastating. For the Robbinsville High School boys’ lacrosse team, however, it’s not even anything new.     Robbinsville didn’t have any seniors in 2007. Of course, that just set up last year where almost everyone…