• FLORENCE: Zoning Board of Adjustment dismisses solar application

    FLORENCE: Zoning Board of Adjustment dismisses solar application

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    FLORENCE — The people won out against large-scale solar development on farmland this week.    A handful of the residents who voiced concerns last year in opposition to a 137-acre solar farm proposed on Bustleton Road farmland witnessed the plan officially end Tuesday night when the Zoning Board of Adjustment dismissed…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A toy tractor that was on display on a Van Kirk Road resident’s mailbox was reported stolen between 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 and 7:30 a.m. Jan. 16. The toy tractor, which was valued at $150, had been chained to a piece of concrete.    An Apple iPod and a Garmin GSP,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Split township Democrats cheer Obama’s inaugural

    HILLSBOROUGH: Split township Democrats cheer Obama’s inaugural

    Guests entering Monday night’s Democratic party at Royce Brook Golf Club posed with a full-length photo of President Obama. At the party were, from left, Dr. Agber Ifan, Zanenge Ifan, former Township Committeewoman Sonya Martin, county Democratic chair Peg Schaffer and township party chairman Michael Goldberg.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Original 1860s map given to township

    HILLSBOROUGH: Original 1860s map given to township

       Three daughters of former Wertsville Road farmer Russell Everett Hill Jr. and his wife, Myrtle Ann, donated an original 1860 farm map of “Hillsboro” Township to the township government Tuesday night.    Historic Preservation Commission Chairman Greg Gillette said the maps are rare; the township has one, as does Rutgers University, he said. The map —…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Building a tower-climbing, Frisbee-tossing robot

    ROBBINSVILLE: Building a tower-climbing, Frisbee-tossing robot

    RHS Robotics Finance Team members Alec Karousatos(left) and Austin Mayweather crunch the fundraising numbers in the high school’s technology lab.

  • FLORENCE: Zoning Board of Adjustment dismisses solar application

    FLORENCE: Zoning Board of Adjustment dismisses solar application

    Florence Zoning Board of Adjustment held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 22. Above, Anant Patel (left) and William Bott raise their right hands while being sworn in to new terms as board attorney David Frank administers the oath of office. After reorganizing, the board dismissed an application, at the applicant’s request, to build a…

  • ALLENTOWN: $1.2 million shortfall forecast in next school budget

    State school aid levels for 2013-2014 wll be critical By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education released preliminary projections for the 2013-14 budget that show expenses exceeding revenues by $1.27 million, due mostly to declining tuition revenue from Millstone.    ”That’s our challenge right now. We either need additional…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Student entrepreneurs head to national tournament

    ROBBINSVILLE: Student entrepreneurs head to national tournament

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Six Robbinsville High School students, who recently swept the regional Virtual Enterprises National Business Plan Competition, now are getting fired up to pitch their virtual snack company at the national championships.    The RHS team of Nicole DeMentri, Ryan Febles, Lauren Fischer, David Pastuna, Victoria Sankey and Brandon Snyder…

  • MANVILLE: Civilized society depends on gun laws

    To the editor:    Gun ownership and gun responsibilities are not only political questions but also deeply spiritual issues. Their lethal capabilities can be used both for protection and for murder; require defined but not punitive regulation.     To maintain its viability, and freedom a nation must be concerned with its civic environment- in effect, that…

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