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UPPER FREEHOLD: Budget approved with tax rate increase
by Jane Meggitt, Special Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — While the state does not permit municipalities crafting their budgets to exceed the 2-percent tax levy cap, it does allow for some exclusions and those exclusions are the reason that the Upper Freehold municipal tax rate will rise by 7 percent. At the April 4 Township Committee…
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PRINCETON: Police save woman at restaurant
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Police saved the life of a woman who suffered an apparent heart attack at a Hulfish Street restaurant Friday night. Police arrived on the scene of Mediterra Restaurant and Taverna around 6:52 p.m. to find the woman lying on the floor, “blue in the face” and without a pulse,…
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Stream Cleanup set Saturday
On April 13 from 9-11 a.m., the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, members of the Hopewell Township Environmental Commission, Department of Public Works, and volunteers will meet in the ShopRite parking lot (of off of the Route 31 traffic circle) for the seventh annual Stream Cleanup. Communities and local volunteers are joining together to score a…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: Historic school, breaking destiny
Students join adults during a silent vigil to Save St. Mary School at the Diocese of Trenton in Lawrence on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Amy Batista)
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May 4 Runway Show and Awards Ceremony Celebrates MCCC Fashion Program
Pictured from left, Ryan Ramoo, Pina Succi and Shannon Brown are among five Fashion Design students at Mercer County Community College who will present their collections at a May 4 Runway Show.
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ROBBINSVILLE: Teachers ratify new contract
by James McEvoy, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE — Nearly two weeks after the Board of Education unanimously ratified a pact with the Washington Township Education Association (WTEA) the teachers union has followed suit. According to WTEA President Mike Johnson the union voted to ratify the deal Monday. ”I am very pleased that we were able to…
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McDermott reflects on ‘Dream Season,’ 50 years of Jersey Shore basketball
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer John McDermott’s newest book, “Dream Season,” offers a trip down memory lane for followers of Jersey Shore high school basketball. McDermott, who starred at Raritan High School in the mid-1970s, talks about his dream season — his senior year with the Rockets, when he led the Shore in scoring with…
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