• Millstone board tweaks budget, cuts 1 cent from tax rate increase

    Panel meets goal of holding general fund tax levy stable BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Several adjustments to the Millstone Township School District’s proposed 2013-14 school year budget were made just prior to the board’s adoption of the spending plan at a meeting on March 21. According to Business Administrator Bernard Biesiada, the 2013-14 budget…

  • New Jerseyans have fresh perspective on farming

    More growers are going organic, joining communitysupported agriculture BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Elaine Taylor tends to the organic crops that are grown at Shangri La Farm, Howell. About one year ago, Taylor co-founded a cooperative whose members pay $35 for a 15-pound bag of seasonal produce, a half-dozen eggs, a piece of cheese and…

  • Annual art contest open to students

    The Department of Human Services’ Division of Family Development will hold its 18th annual Teen Media Contest to reinforce the department’s mission to instill an understanding of parental responsibility in teens. The statewide contest is open to all New Jersey middle school and high school students. This year’s challenge is to illustrate the ways in…

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     Paterson Eastside High School class of 1963 will hold a 50-year reunion on June 1 at 7 p.m. at The Bonfire, 999 Market St., Paterson. There will be a buffet dinner including hors d’oeuvres and dessert. Music and memories will also be provided. Details: Email [email protected] or call Donna Roemer at 201-891-2250.  An…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar, issue of March 28

    HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar, issue of March 28

    Steve Goodman Next on stage — "The Great American Trailer Park Musical” will be presented by the Somerset Valley Players at their playhouse at 689 Amwell Road on weekends from April 12 to May 5. General admission is $20, with seniors and students $18. The show contains mature themes and adult language. For tickets, visit…

  • MILLSTONE: School tax levy to remain flat

    by James McEvoy, Managing Editor    MILLSTONE — The Millstone Board of Education approved a $36.4 million budget for the 2013-14 school year, including a debt service budget of $3.5 million, which will be supported by a general fund tax levy of $26.3 million.    School Business Administrator Bernard Biesiada told the Messenger Press that the budget,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: School superintendent resigning

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — After nine years with the school district, Superintendent Victoria Kniewel is resigning to take another superintendent position out of state.    Board President Hemant Marathe said he received the notification a little more than a week ago. He had hoped all the details would have been resolved by…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Kole says he’ll run for Township Committee
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Psychiatrist’s report due in Neshanic arson case

       A lawyer representing Curtis Westover, a Zion Road man charged with aggravated arson of a decrepit, but historic, building on Amwell Road a year ago, is awaiting a written report from a psychiatrist on Mr. Westover’s competency at the time of arrest and his ability to stand trial.    His public defender, Chanel Wilson, said…

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