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  • Washington to review defeated school budget

    By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — The school district’s defeated $30.8 million budget will head to the Township Council for review on May 15.    The rejected 2007-2008 budget proposed a school tax levy of about $16 million. Because of the recent revaluation of all township properties and the delay in certifying the new property values, the…

  • Hopewell Township officials preserve Foster Farm

    Area is off Woosamonsa Road By John Tredrea    Forty-eight acres off Woosamonsa Road in Hopewell Township can be preserved as farmland under an ordinance adopted 4-0 by Hopewell Township Committee Monday night.    Voting in favor were Mayor Vanessa Sandom, Deputy Mayor David Sandahl, and committee members Judy Niederer and Mark Iorio. John Murphy was absent.…

  • On Point

    The dirty side of gardening By: Linda McCarthy    Lawn mowers are humming, mulch trucks are making deliveries, hedge clippers are clipping, and roto-tillers are tilling.    A few days of warm temperatures and, with the exception of my kids, people are emerging from their winter lairs to beautify their properties. It’s a wonderful opportunity to enjoy…

  • Unfinished business: school election Tuesday

    Voters will decide whether to approve the proposed $16 million school budget and will fill four seats on the Board of Education. By: John Patten    Manville voters will finally have a chance to go to the polls to vote on the proposed $16 million school budget and fill four seats on the Board of Education…

  • Letters to the Editor

    Thank you to voters To the editor:    I would like to thank the voters for supporting the budget and for supporting me in my re-election to the Board of Education for a fifth term. I will continue my commitment to education and the residents of South Brunswick.    It is an honor and a privilege to…

  • Clarence Martin Jr.

       HILLSBOROUGH — Clarence Lorenzo Martin Jr. died April 20. He was 73.    Born in Egg Harbor Township, he was raised in Pleasantville where he attended schools. He was a longtime resident of Hillsborough.    Mr. Martin taught English for 20 years in Park Junior High School in Scotch Plains. He then became a guidance counselor in…

  • Fireman draws heat for sale

    By: Stephanie Prokop    FLORENCE — A former volunteer firefighter accused of taking two fire helmets that belonged to the Florence Fire Department and selling them on eBay pleaded guilty to a municipal public nuisance charge last week.    Joseph Naprawa, 28, of East Fourth Street, was originally charged with theft, but the charge was downgraded to…

  • Police Beat

    BORDENTOWN CITY    On April 18, at 7 p.m., police said money and jewelry was taken from an unlocked vehicle parked on Farnsworth Avenue. The money and jewelry is valued at about $100. * * *    On April 10, at 9:06 a.m., the employees of Marcello’s Restaurant on Farnsworth Avenue discovered that the front door of…

  • Walking

    NEHS students protest failed ballot questions By: Cara Latham    PLUMSTED — Out of 540 students enrolled at New Egypt High School, any student who showed up for classes Friday also walked out of the building onto the football field at 1 p.m.    The entire study body gathered to protest the community’s defeat of the school…