Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Tax hike nears 40 cents Tuition increases cited, along with growing
Tax hike nears 40 cents Tuition increases cited, along with growing special ed. costs By lynn K. Barra Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The school tax rate would be raised 39.6 cents if voters approve a proposed $9.5 million school budget for 2002-03 that has been presented by the Board of Education. The proposed budget, adopted…
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Candidates discuss views on budgets and funding Four seeking three seats on East Brunswick board include three incumbents
Staff Writer By vincent todaro Candidates discuss views on budgets and funding Four seeking three seats on East Brunswick board include three incumbents EAST BRUNSWICK — Four candidates are seeking three seats on the Board of Education in the April 16 school election, but only one represents a new face. Michael Danatos, 47, a township…
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Judge upholds revocation of Krome’s liquor license Nightclub owner says business will stay open despite loss of license
Staff Writer By jennifer dome Judge upholds revocation of Krome’s liquor license Nightclub owner says business will stay open despite loss of license SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council’s decision to revoke the liquor license from the Krome nightclub, formerly Club Bené, was upheld by Judge Anthony T. Bruno of the Office of Administrative Law, Mercerville,…
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Tax hike $1.05 in Helmetta
Tax hike $1.05 in Helmetta Board president says change needed in funding of education in N.J. By brian donahue Staff Writer A $690,000 increase in expenses will translate to an unprecedented hike of $1.05 in the school tax rate under a budget adopted by the Helmetta Board of Education this week. The 32-percent increase in…
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FARRAH MAFFAI A school bus passes by the nearly completed sound barrier separating Route 18 from homes in East Brunswick near the border with Old Bridge.
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Summer completion expected in Route 18 bridge project Second project on Route 18 slated to begin in 2004
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Summer completion expected in Route 18 bridge project Second project on Route 18 slated to begin in 2004 Ongoing repair work on Route 18 at East Brunswick’s border with Old Bridge, which includes a newly constructed bridge over Main Street, should be completed by this summer, according to a…
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State’s first Butterfly Park
JERRY WOLKOWITZ Kaitlin Dwyer, 2, waves to students at St. Bartholomew’s School in East Brunswick March 15 during the school’s “Parade of Saints.” being designed off Rues Ln. Groundbreaking on park, designed by volunteers, scheduled for Earth Day By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township will soon be home to the state’s…
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$11.3M municipal budget carries 9-cent tax hike
Staff Writer By JENNIFER DOME SOUTH RIVER — A municipal budget for 2002 that carries a 9-cent increase in the tax rate was introduced at a special meeting of the Borough Council March 14. For the owner of property assessed at the borough average of approximately $82,100, the proposed tax increase would mean paying approximately…
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Relocation of one business will be a community affair Book Swap is among several businesses being evicted by county
Relocation of one business will be a community affair Book Swap is among several businesses being evicted by county JERRY WOLKOWITZ The Book Swap, Washington Avenue, Milltown, is one of eight businesses that must move by April 30. The 14-acre property was purchased by the county to be used as a park. MILLTOWN — For…
