Category: archives

  • School board awaits municipal tax numbers

    By: Rebecca Weltmann    WASHINGTON — The school tax levy — the amount that has to be raised in taxes to run the school system — would increase by 13 percent under the proposed school budget, but how this affects the school tax rate itself was still unclear earlier this week.    At this point, according to…

  • Empowerment

    Women’s Leadership Conference offers glimpse of the future. By: Audrey Levine    The theme of the day was based on an old adage, that women can do anything they put their minds to.    "Our ultimate goal is to make today’s young women into tomorrow’s leaders," said Denise Avrutik, chairwoman of the South Brunswick Commission on Women,…

  • LETTERS

    From the issue of March 29, 2007. Thanks for story on salamanders To the editor:     I happened to pick up the South Brunswick Post today — it’s been awhile since I read any newspaper due to my busy schedule. As I thumbed through it, your article about the salamanders caught my eye. I noticed…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A Royce Court resident reported someone broke into his house between 10:30 a.m. on March 1 and 12:55 a.m. on March 2, when no one was home, and took jewelry, electronic equipment, cash and other items with a total value of $21,614.    Police said they noticed the front door damaged with multiple pry marks,…

  • Oh, snap!

    Yorkshire Village photographers’ work represented at Philadelphia arts festival this weekend. By: John Dunphy    When you love something, you stick with it forever.    With that mindset, Yorkshire Village residents Igor Svibilsky and Olga Sergyeyeva took their love of pictures and established Photography Forever in 2003, a company to promote their work.    This weekend, their work…

  • NEHS softball tradition passed on to a new crew

    By: Kyle Moylan    Weighing the good against the bad is like an elephant compared to a mouse, but Carolyn Eckhardt couldn’t help but reflect back to the days before the New Egypt High School softball team won a state title.    "We got the big old target on our backs now," Eckhardt noted. "I kind of…

  • ‘Bare-bones’ school budget touted by officials

    Spending plan set for vote after Tuesday’s public hearing. By: Donna Lukiw    With only two weeks left until residents vote on the school budget, Manville board members approved the $16 million final budget, a 4.58 percent increase over last year’s tally during a special budget meeting Tuesday night.    If passed on April 17, the budget…

  • Palumbo has a big win on his hands

    By: Kyle Moylan    ÿ8TRACKÿWith so many talented athletes returning from a team that went 7-0 last season, Sam Palumbo is expecting another good season.    Heck, his athletes are so young and good, Palumbo is expecting a few more good seasons for the New Egypt High boys’ track team.    "This group has been so successful and…

  • EDITORIAL

    Help clean up our township.    The township Division of Recycling wants an hour of your time.    The division is sponsoring its annual townshipwide cleanup effort over the next month and needs volunteers to pull on the gloves and clear debris and trash from along roads and in vacant lots.    About 100 adults and 135 kids…