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Township needs 3 more cents
Council introduces $18.9 million budget By: Dick Brinster EAST WINDSOR The Township Council has scheduled a public hearing May 16 for an $18.9 million budget that would cost the average homeowner about $42 in additional municipal taxes. The spending measure, calling for a tax rate increase from 44.7 cents to about 48 cents per…
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Aid figures remain flat
School district may see a 4.7 percent increase in aid for 2006-2007, while aid for the township would remain flat. By: Jessica Beym Cranbury officials said there were few surprises when the state released aid figures to schools and municipalities this week. Under the $30.9 billion state budget outlined by Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday,…
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Council demands action on police
Says mayor must discuss consolidation as it introduces plan for 28-cent tax hike By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN The Borough Council has introduced a budget with a tax rate hike of about 28 cents while requiring Mayor Bob Patten to do something he says he’s been doing for a long time, apparently with no success:…
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Dream Weavers
Fiber artists offer ‘Contemporary Visions from Traditional Woven Arts’ at Hicks Art Center Gallery. By: Jillian Kalonick A maze of spiraling fire escapes and bright blocks of color, Rita Gekht’s tapestry "Constructive Interlude" is easy to become lost in exactly what happens when she is weaving, she says. "It’s the dream of any weaver…
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Monroe: remove concrete
Ford Motor Co. asked to remove 12,000 cubic yards of contaminated concrete used at a construction site on Applegarth Road. By: Leon Tovey MONROE The township will ask that Ford Motor Co. be required to completely remove some 12,000 cubic yards of contaminated concrete used as fill at a medical office complex under construction…
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Monroe boys dip but girls get better
By: James McKeever After back-to-back superb seasons, the Monroe boys bowling team dipped below the .500 mark this winter. Call it a rebuilding year if you will, because the 2006-07 season has the makings of a bounce-back year for the Falcons. "We have a solid nucleus back," head coach George Packard said. As for the…
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State aid is stable
Monroe and Jamesburg school and municipal officials’ state aid predictions were on target. By: Stephanie Brown and Leon Tovey School and municipal officials in Monroe and Jamesburg said there were few surprises when the state announced formula aid figures this week. Under the proposed $30.9 billion state budget outlined by Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday,…
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‘The land beyond the forests’
An unofficial amabassador, museum proprietor talks up Romania By: Michael Redmond Back in the 1890s, when the Anglo-Irish novelist Bram Stoker was casting about for a suitably exotic location for a supernatural thriller, he settled upon Transylvania, which was then, as now, one of the most remote and least familiar regions of Europe. Stoker went…
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Health commission urges hospital to keep clinic in town
Princeton HealthCare System representative asserts service would be discriminatory By: Marjorie Censer Members of the Princeton Regional Health Commission have reiterated the importance of maintaining a free-standing clinic in Princeton after the University Medical Center of Princeton moves. At a meeting Tuesday, they pressed Pam Hersh, Princeton HealthCare System’s vice president of government and community…
