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  • West Amwell budget would increase $100,000

    The $3.67 million proposed spending tab would mean an average increase of $200 for taxpayers. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The Board of Education of West Amwell Elementary School has proposed a $3.67 million budget for 2006-07, which represents an increase of more than $100,000.    The proposed budget would mean a tax increase of…

  • Charles E. Palmatier Jr.

       Charles E. Palmatier Jr., 91, died on March 30.    At the time of his death, he was a resident of Alterra Wynwood in Niskayuna, N.Y.    Mr. Palmatier served in the US Army Signal Corps during World War II, in Iceland and in Europe, and was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant.    For many years he…

  • Stockton spending plan ups taxes

    The proposed budget would increase the average taxpayer’s bill by about $150 a year. By: Mae Rhine    STOCKTON — With state aid remaining virtually the same for the past three years, Stockton Public School’s proposed budget of $561,932, approved by the Board of Education March 30, is "flatter than the world before Columbus," joked Superintendent…

  • South budget increase mostly from referendum

    The tax hike shouldn’t come as a shock because most of it stems from a $20.8 million construction and renovation project approved by voters in September. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — If voters approve the $8.66 million budget proposed by South Hunterdon Regional High School’s Board of Education, taxes in the three sending districts…

  • Obituaries-April 6, 2006

    Dennis McGuire    LAMBERTVILLE — Dennis Wilson McGuire, 50, died Saturday, April 1, at home from multiple myeloma.    Born in Doylestown, Pa., he lived most of his life in Lambertville. He was a 1973 graduate of South Hunterdon Regional High School.    Mr. McGuire was employed by General Motors Fisher Body Division in Ewing from 1976 until…

  • Parenting Pearls-April 6, 2006

    Mastering testing, not subjects By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    We live in the era of the standardized test when a score determines the success of a student, their teacher and particular school.    Those that make the grade receive the prestigious "blue ribbon," and those that do not are given the ignoble distinction of failure.    Since funding…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of April 4, 2006 ARCHITECTURE    Hillier Architecture celebrates 40 years in business this year. Begun in 1966 by J. Robert Hillier in Princeton, the firm has grown to include 350 architects, interior designers, city planners and preservationists in offices in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Shanghai, as well as its West Windsor office.…

  • HHS netmen look to establish new identity

    Wu assumes top spot in lineup By: Rudy Brandl        It won’t take long for the Hillsborough High boys’ tennis team to find out how it stacks up against the competition. The 2006 campaign was set to begin with home matches against local rivals Bridgewater-Raritan and Montgomery, which should give HHS head coach Larry Johnson…

  • Sarstedt makes debut in Pirates’ win

    Senior pitches South softball by rival North By: Justin Feil    Ashley Sarstedt would have felt some pressure no matter what the circumstances on Opening Day.    The fact that it was just the second pitching start for the West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior in the past two years and it was against rival West Windsor-Plainsboro North only…