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Manderski takes second on district mat
Manville heavyweight just misses title By: Rudy Brandl HILLSBOROUGH Mark Manderski had the match where he wanted it. The Manville High heavyweight wrestler just couldn’t finish it. Manderski came very close to becoming Manville’s first individual champion since 2001 at last weekend’s District 18 Championships. He advanced to the finals with a pair of…
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School budget-framing efforts frustrated by late state data
Information released Feb. 21 by the state will allow Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s 2006-2007 budget to grow by 4.04 percent, but officials warn that their early reading of the newly issued guidelines suggests they still must cut $1 million from existing operations in order to meet state spending limits By JoAnn Meyer "Because of…
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Schools worried over aid
The school district received $4.5 million in state aid last year, but it is not known whether the district will receive the same amount. If the ammount of aid is the same, the tax levy increase likely will be in the 9-cent range, officals said. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Salaries, benefits, utilities and transportation costs…
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Bond approved for golf course preservation
Plan to sell Route 539 to state is finalized (March 3) By: William Wichert UPPER FREEHOLD The long-awaited preservation of the Cream Ridge Golf Course is under way. As the owners finalize plans to sell the Route 539 property to the state through the Green Acres program, the Township Committee adopted a $5.4 million…
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DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Wrong solution to the problem
DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Eminent domain is useful as long as the properties taken are part of a larger redevelopment plan and no one private developer benefits. By: Hank Kalet Eminent domain has been getting a bad rap these days. Beginning with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year in Kelo v. New London, Conn.,…
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Lady Raiders repeat as county champs
MVP DeLuca, Neumann lead way By: Rudy Brandl SOMERSET The Hillsborough High girls played like champions and earned their second straight Somerset County basketball title Saturday afternoon at Franklin High’s beautiful new athletic facility. Hillsborough employed an old trademark recipe one that the team hadn’t been able to execute very often this season…
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Bulldogs fall in MCT semifinals
HOPEWELL VALLEY ICE HOCKEY By: John E. Powers The Hopewell Valley Central High School ice hockey team’s experiences in the state playoffs the last two years basically have been positive. The Bulldogs have opened with a win, and then lost a competitive game to a much higher seed. Hopewell Valley was scheduled to open the…
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Police Beat for the week of March 2
Washington Damian Miller, 25, of Windsor Road was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was pulled over by Patrolman Michael Opaleski on Route 130 on Feb. 15 at 2:37 a.m. Mr. Miller was stopped after he was observed weaving and making a right turn at an intersection without stopping when the traffic light was…
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‘The Pillowman’
Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy is staged at George Street Playhouse. By: Stuart Duncan Irish playwright Martin McDonagh looks at life from a tilt of at least 15 degrees. That makes his plays funny, sometimes very funny indeed. It also makes them disturbing, sometimes extremely disturbing. Having set the table with works such as A Skull…
