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West Amwell students should leave South
Gisbert Manskopf of West Amwell The latest report on South shows it takes $19,816 per year to educate one student at that high school. This represents the highest cost in Hunterdon County and compares with a median cost of $12,632 dollars per student per year in Hunterdon County. Since the houses in West Amwell…
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Richard H. Hobson
Richard H. Hobson, 77, of Pennington died Tuesday at the Compassionate Care at St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Hamilton Township, he was a retired service engineer for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. He was a retired Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and was a master sergeant, also retiring from the U.S. Army…
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Senior Menus-April 17, 2008
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $4.75. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted. Thursday, April 17 — Split pea soup,…
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Stockton asks $2,880 per child for preschool
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer STOCKTON — The loss of a local preschool could be the Stockton Borough School’s gain. Stockton Chief School Administrator Suzanne Ivans said the closing of the Sunny Day Preschool earlier this year “leaves a little bit of a vacuum” for families with young children. The borough’s public elementary school plans…
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Benefit dinner
Friday, April 25 — Jacksonville Community Center and the St. Andrews Youth Group will sponsor a benefit for the Ferrell Family on April 25. Seatings are at 4, 4:30, 5, 6 and 6:30 p.m. at the community center. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 children ages 4-12 and children under 3 free. Contact Mrs. McMullen, 267-5884,…
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Police Blotter-April 17, 2008
New Hope Feb. 28 at 2:21 a.m., Brittany Esposito of New Hope was charged with drunken driving and possession of drug paraphernalia as a result of an incident on South Sugan Road. March 11, Edward Brown of Upper Black Eddy, Pa., was charged with harassment as a result of an incident at a South Main…
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Trash-recycling schedule delayed
Lambertville Mayor David Del Vecchio The mailing of the 2008 trash and recycling schedule for the City of Lambertville will be delayed until after the introduction of the 2008 municipal budget. The pickup schedule remains the same as 2007. As a reminder, the city’s pickup schedule is: Church Street and south is Tuesdays for…
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Voters reject budgets in two local school districts
Millstone, Robbinsville spending plans defeated By Jessica Ercolino and Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writers Local school board elections saw mixed results Tuesday night as voters in the Upper Freehold Regional School District and Plumsted School District approved their respective budgets for the 2008-2009 school year, while those in Millstone and Robbinsville did not. Plumsted Recent history…
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Best choice is Speesler
Lisa and Erik Wolf of Kendall Park We are writing today to publicly support the re-election of Matt Speesler to the Board of Education. Dr. Speesler is a dedicated and hard-working board member. In his prior terms on the Board of Education, Dr. Speesler has shown to the citizens of South Brunswick that he will…
