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Lady Mustangs honored at banquet
Rehrig, Delaney present awards By: Mary Ellen Zangara The Lady Mustangs were honored along with all the other winter sports athletes recently at the annual Manville High School Booster Club’s dinner. The girls, coaches and parents joined the many for the awards at the VFW. Junior varsity coach Erin Delaney spoke about her team.…
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Chesterfield budget up slightly
Plan calls for a 1-cent hike in the local purpose tax rate By: Scott Morgan CHESTERFIELD The Township Committee introduced its $3.26 million 2006 budget last week, a plan that calls for a 1-cent hike in the local purpose tax rate. The budget, which had been introduced on Feb. 23, was approved during the…
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Ripa inherits experienced crew
By: Rich Fisher There’s a new look at the top for the South Brunswick High girls’ lacrosse team, but the rest of the squad looks pretty much the same. And that’s a good thing, considering the talent that’s returning. Former varsity assistant/JV coach Lisa Ripa takes over as head coach and has two new assistants…
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Residents concered about mixed-use plan
A developer proposes a 7,700-sqaure-foot, two-story building containing a bank, retail space and apartments at the corern of Carver Lane and Lawrenceville-Pennington Road. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer About a dozen residents raised concerns over a developer’ proposal to tear down a single-family house and replace it with a mixed-use building on the corner of Carver…
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Slate Bleu
This Doylestown, Pa., spot allows diners to enjoy French bistro classics without the pretension sometimes associated with the cuisine. By: Jillian Kalonick Slate Bleu 100 S. Main St. Doylestown, Pa. (215) 348-0222 www.slatebleu.com Food: Very good Service: Prompt and helpful Prices: Expensive; soups and salads $6-$11, appetizers $9-$19, entrées $21-$31, desserts $8-$12 Cuisine: French/European Vegetarian…
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Brunswick Pike redevelopment slated for last review
The proposed site plan calls for a three-story building that would contain 14 office or retail spaces on the ground floor, plus a community room, a nurse’s office and a lobby on the ground floor the former Trent Motel site. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer The redevelopment of the former Trent Motel site a key…
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Towns challenged by flat state aid
School district head face another year with flat state aid By: Scott Morgan "These are difficult and challenging times." Those words could have come from anybody in any municipality or any school district in Burlington County. Specifically, they came from Chesterfield’s Chief School Administrator Constance Bauer on Tuesday, but their universality resonates among business administrators,…
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May golf tourney set to help Rossos pay debts
Hopewell Township Police Benevolent Association Local 342 hopes to raise funds through the Amanda Rosso Benefit Golf Tournament By Linda Seida WEST AMWELL Jim Rosso incurred more than $70,000 in debt in less than three years, but every last penny was worth it. The debt stems from his wife’s fight for life against leukemia,…
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NBC boys’ lacrosse goes varsity on Saturday
By: Sean Moylan The Northern Burlington County Regional High School has been talking about forming a boys’ varsity lacrosse program since the day Dave Adam started up a girls’ junior varsity team six years ago. Well, that varsity team has finally arrived. After a year at the junior varsity level, the Greyhound boys’ lacrosse team…
