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  • Morton advances to final 24 103-pounders in state

    By: Kyle Moylan    Tom Morton was so dominant through his first 34 matches this season, very few of them ever lasted the scheduled six minutes.    In match number 35, however, Morton needed a little bit of that unused time.    Time ran out on Morton in the middle of a move in the 103-pound Region VII…

  • Andrew Borsuk

       HILLSBOROUGH — Andrew Borsuk died March 3 at home. He was 82.    Born in Poland, he had moved to the United States in 1951 settling in Millstone and then Hillsborough in 1970.    Mr. Borsuk was employed as a material handler for Sherman Williams located in Bound Brook for over 15 years and Lehn-Fink Cleaning Supplies…

  • Residents berate council over open space decision

    Residents of the Eggerts Crossing Road neighborhood object to the council’s vote to designate a parcel of land for open space instead of affordable housing. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Unwilling to accept Township Council’s decision to place a 3.5-acre parcel of land on Johnson Avenue into the state Green Acres Program, a group of township…

  • Obituaries for the week of March 9

    George A. Rein    George A. Rein of Lawrence died Wednesday in St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton. He was 39.    Born in Trenton, he was a Lawrence resident all of his life and was employed in the security department at Merrill Lynch Company.    Son of the late George Rein III, he is survived by his…

  • Property Transfers — March8, 2006 — Part 1

    The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to…

  • State budget delays frustrate towns waiting for aid figures

    State aid numbers are not expected to be released until at least March 22 By: Scott Morgan    On Monday afternoon, Gov. Jon Corzine delivered a forecast that was, from end to end, dreary. The state of New Jersey, to hear Gov. Corzine tell it, is in trouble. Four and a half billion dollars in debt,…

  • Washington eyeing savings by lowering benefits costs

    Township faces being $86 million in debt and possible tax hike (March 9) By: William Wichert    WASHINGTON — Between eliminating post-retirement benefits for new employees and switching health-care providers earlier this year, township officials are looking to trim the municipality’s rising health insurance costs.    Facing $86 million in debt and a possible tax hike, Township…

  • Police Beat

    From the week of March 9 BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Police charged 27-year-old Anthony Bisanzio of Hamilton with possession of drug paraphernalia after a routine traffic stop on March 1.    According to police, officers stopped Mr. Bisanzio on Williamsburg Drive when they learned that the car was unregistered. At the stop, police said, officers learned that Mr.…

  • Work on sewer project begins amid protests from residents

    Some Linwood Farms residents say they feel they were misled about project costs By: Scott Morgan    MANSFIELD — Though ground has yet to be broken, work has at long last begun on the sewer system at the Lynwood Farms development off Columbus Road — much to the chagrin of some residents who say they were…