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  • LAWRENCE: Council approves new EMT union contract

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Township Council gave its approval to a four-year contract with the township’s emergency medical technicians at its March 17 meeting.     The contract with Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association Local 396, which represents the EMTs, is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2006, Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun said. It expires at the…

  • LAWRENCE: Water company plans purchase

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Lawrenceville Water Co., which serves 2,660 customers in the village of Lawrenceville and the surrounding neighborhoods, is poised to be acquired by Aqua America Inc.     The privately owned water company has signed an agreement to be purchased by Aqua America Inc., pending approval by the state Board of…

  • LAWRENCE: Seniors make themselves at home in new Heritage Village dwellings

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     About two dozen residents have moved into the recently completed Heritage Village senior citizens rental apartment building, located on the corner of Brunswick Pike and Cherry Tree Lane.     Those residents will be joined by at least another 20 households in the next few weeks, according to Adrian Trzaskus,…

  • MILLSTONE: Schools seek 11-cent tax rate hike

    by Lisa Rich, Special Writer    MILLSTONE — The township Board of Education has approved a tentative budget that carries an 11-cent increase in the school tax rate and cuts nine staff positions.    That hike, previously estimated at about 9 cents per $100 of assessed property value, rose in part because the district administration cut some…

  • Unnecessary

    Elizabeth Hornberger, Lambertville     In the March 19th issue of The Beacon you published a story about an attempted suicide and disclosed the name of the individual. This was completely unnecessary to the story and has the potential to cause great harm to the person now and in the future.    The person’s name and the…

  • School budget ‘dead on arrival’

    Gregory M. Cinque, of Millstone Township    A 9.2 cent property tax increase for Millstone Township school budget, equating to a 7.2 percent increase of $317 for the average household. A 3 percent raise for the superintendent and 4.5 percent for the administrators, all contractually negotiated with the administrator’s union    Since when does management have a…

  • WEST AMWELL: Bus group won’t take raise in pay

    Drivers made the decision on their own, according to Kerry Sevilis, business administrator By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — Bus drivers who serve South Hunterdon Regional High School will give up their raise in the 2009-10 school year to save the district some money in these difficult financial times.    The Board of Education…

  • A sell-out again!

    Jane Wesby, event chairwoman, Kalmia Club     The Kalmia Club’s fundraiser, Nightclub at the Riverside, held on March 20h to benefit the club’s ongoing programs and the annual scholarship program for South Hunterdon Regional High School, sold out again this year!    Many thanks to the amazing committee that made it all come together — Jena…

  • Less state aid expected; Fried critical

    by Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    Not surprisingly, communities in the Messenger-Press area all will receive less state aid for 2009.    Under Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed budget, Robbinsville will be getting $36,625 less, as total state aid would drop from close to $1.69 million to $1.65 million. Mayor Dave Fried said he was “very disappointed” and…