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  • Hearing postponed on Riya proposal

    Commercial construction decision on hold By: Joseph Harvie    It will be at least another month before the Planning Board makes a decision on Riya Finnegans LLC’s proposal to build 44,764 square feet of commercial and office space on a 12.69-acre lot at the intersection of Route 27 north and Finnegans Lane.    Planning Board Chairman Robert…

  • Familiar projects likely to reappear in school budget

    More than $1 million worth of construction and maintenance projects left unfunded when voters rejected a $9.9 million referendum in September 2005 is being considered. By: Donna Lukiw    The school budget for the 2007-2008 school year is likely to include several construction and maintenance projects carried over from the $9.9 million referendum voters rejected in…

  • Ruth M. Fort

       Ruth M. Fort, 83, of Cream Ridge died Monday at the Capital Health System, Fuld Campus.    Born in Trenton, she had resided in the Pennington and Ewing areas for many years before moving to Cream Ridge 23 years ago. She was retired from the state Department of Transportation in Ewing, was a member of the…

  • Moving is a big job . . . especially when taking the whole house!

    The relocation of Max Hayden’s large yellow house began Saturday By John Tredrea    Everyone’s eyes were glued on a certain man.    Why? Was he about to take a game-deciding foul shot with a fraction of a second left on the clock? Was he about to try a 50-yard field goal that would win the game…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of Feb. 1, 2007. Don’t expect Trenton to give tax relief To the editor:    It looks like we will not be receiving relief anytime soon from our ever increasing property tax bills as noted on Sunday’s headlines of the Star Ledger.    It seems our elected officials, especially our new governor, can’t seem…

  • Civic duties

    New group hopes to inspire residents By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — Rising property taxes, coupled with the surge in school enrollment and a recent revaluation that taxpayers worry will only exacerbate the property tax problem, have prompted a group of residents to band together to make their concerns known to township officials.    Forming the Washington…

  • AHS girls’ basketball fills stands on a special night

    By: Kyle Moylan    The Allentown High School girls’ basketball team qualified for the state playoffs back on Monday, Jan. 22. That could be closer to the start of Allentown’s job than the finish, though.    A win the following night moved Allentown a game closer to hosting a playoff contest out of the Central Jersey Group…

  • Letters to the editor

    See Town Center through to the end To the editor:     Washington Township’s interest in using the recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Mount Laurel vs. MiPro Homes, LLC, to stop the development of the last phases of the Washington Town Center is a perfect example of the abuse of power that court decision…

  • EDITORIAL

    Citizens’ convention is best hope for tax reform.    One of these days — and we hope it’s sooner, rather than later — Gov. Jon Corzine is going to have to accept the fact that the New Jersey Legislature is simply not up to the job of tax reform.    Day after day, week after week, the…