Category: archives
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
