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  • Construction work set for Crossroads North

    Expansion of middle school is getting underway. By: Bill Greenwood    The school district has begun construction on a $3.2 million project meant to relieve pressure at middle schools.    D Construction, of Bayonne, N.J., broke ground for an addition to Crossroads North Middle School on Nov. 6, according to Business Administrator Anthony Tonzini. It will be…

  • Town to fix drainage on Old Davidson

    Storm sewer system to be improved By: Joseph Harvie    The township will use a $230,000 state grant to pay for installation of storm sewers on Old Davidsons Mill Road.    The money is part of the $78.75 million 2007 state Transportation Trust Fund Municipal Aid program, according to a press release issued by Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein,…

  • Officials examine property tax reforms

    By: Cara Latham    State lawmakers released recommendations from the state Joint Legislative Committees last week aimed at reducing property taxes, some of which include possible municipal service consolidation and school spending reforms.    In addition, lawmakers discussed a proposal that would give homeowners an average of 20 percent property tax reduction through tax credits paid for…

  • Raiders made huge hockey improvement

    Draper’s girls returned to state playoffs By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High’s final field hockey game may have resulted in a gut-wrenching loss, but it also showed how far the team progressed during the 2006 season.    The Raiders (10-9) left Hunterdon Central bitterly disappointed after suffering another season ending loss to their rivals. But this…

  • With Abilities

    A play at the Kelsey Theatre shows ‘we are all special’ and ‘we all have stories to tell.’ By: Megan Sullivan    Everyone sees the world differently, but what if the world saw you as "different"? Special needs individuals face this challenge daily when members of society see only their disabilities and fail to acknowledge their…

  • Addicted couple make fresh start

    Employment, residence are first steps in new lives By: Joseph Harvie    A heroin-addicted couple, who had been living for two months in a treehouse behind a Kendall Park neighborhood, have found employment and a place to live.    South Brunswick police spokesman Detective James Ryan said that he spoke to the couple recently, and was told…

  • Ex-committeeman appeals sentence

    By: Cara Latham    PLUMSTED — Paul Bruni, a former North Hanover committeeman, is free on $25,000 bail pending his appeal of a three-month jail sentence for harassing the teenage daughter of a former friend.    Municipal Court Judge Paul Carr sentenced Mr. Bruni on Nov. 16 to three months in jail on a disorderly persons charge…

  • Board tables sign debate

    Company wants to install 65-foot billboards By: Stephanie Prokop    MANSFIELD —The decision whether or not to allow advertising billboards along two roads in Hedding was unanimously tabled until a later date during Monday’s Planning Board meeting attended by more than 50 residents, many opposed to the proposition.    The decision was made after many residents approached…

  • Putting together a more vigorous business district

    Part two of two By: Purvi Desai Not all of the redevelopment is held up with ongoing negotiations. The Main Street Program and the NPP have been gliding along since being established a couple of years ago and are continuing to pick up steam.    "We have renovated and transformed our former municipal building in downtown…