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  • Community Calendar for the week of March 30

    Bordentown Democrats and Friends meeting    Thursday, March 30 — The monthly meeting of Bordentown Democrats and Friends will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Jester’s Restaurant on Farnsworth Avenue. Chinese Auction    Saturday, April 1 — The Roebling Historical Society will sponsor a Chinese Auction at Holy Assumption’s McGrath Hall on Hornberger Avenue in Roebling. Doors…

  • BOE canddates offer views on diversity, speical education and the budget.

    The Lawrence chapter of the League of Women Voters asked the three candidates for school board to weigh in on key issues. The election is April 18.    Editor’s note: The Lawrence chapter of the League of Women Voters posed four questions to the Lawrence Township Board of Education candidates and asked them to respond in…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Montgomery resident Brian Harvey, 30, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1 a.m. March 18 on Route 206.    Police said he was speeding 77 mph in a 55-mph zone when police stopped him.    He was charged after failing field sobriety tests; subsequent breath tests revealed a 0.06 percent blood alcohol content ( 0.08…

  • Local man is charged with vehicular homicide

    Duffy is in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in lieu of $75,000 bail By Marisa Maldonado    FREEHOLD — A Hopewell Township man has been charged with vehicular homicide, a second-degree crime, in connection with a July truck accident in Upper Freehold Township that left his 24-year-old passenger dead.    Richard Duffy, 35, of Shrewsbury Court also…

  • Winter season produced many highlights

    HHS WINTER SPORTS AWARDS By: Rudy Brandl    I know this column is appearing a week later than usual, but blame the Hillsborough High winter athletes and teams for stretching the season beyond its normal limits.    It was another great season for scholastic sports at HHS. Almost every team posted a winning record and Raider varsity…

  • Florence to vote on 14.5-cent tax hike

    $23.8 million plan calls for a 14.55-cent increase to district tax rate By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — The school board introduced its 2006 budget Monday, a $23.8 million plan that calls for a 14.55-cent increase to the district tax rate.    If voters pass the budget on April 18, they will be greenlighting a tax rate…

  • Lawrence track taps opposite strengths

    Boys team has depth; girls have experience. By: John E. Powers    The Lawrence High School boys and girls track teams will start the season surrounded by much different circumstances.    While the boys team will be mostly an inexperienced group, they do have depth that head coach Dave O’Neal believes can pay off by the end…

  • HoVal has high expectations

    HOPEWELL VALLEY GIRLS LACROSSE By: Tim Falls    Hopewell Valley girls lacrosse coach Pam Edwards saw what she needed to in a preseason scrimmage against Eastern High School.    The 12-10 scrimmage victory showed Edwards what her team is capable of and what the Bulldogs need to work on for the start of the regular season. Hopewell…

  • Walker struck by car

    The 80-year-old township man was critically injured when struck by a car while trying to cross Sand Hills Road. By: Joseph Harvie    An 80-year-old township man was critically injured Monday afternoon when he was struck by car while trying to cross Sand Hills Road near its intersection with Old Beekman Road.    Thomas Scurato of Old…