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LAWRENCE: School board candidates outline positions
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Seven of the eight candidates for five seats on the Lawrence Township Board of Education may have different approaches and different priorities, but on one issue they are united the need to manage spending and still provide a quality education for the students. Incumbent school board members Murali Aiyar,…
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MANVILLE: There’s a school budget, but no vote on Tuesday
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor When a new state law this spring gave schools the option to skip a vote on the school tax levy, Manville school board members grabbed it. No surprise, considering the electoral history on school tax votes in the borough. Until last year’s passage, the budget had been defeated for five…
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Friends of Somsert Regional Animal Surgery
Friends of Somerset Regional Animal Shelter Grab your grass skirt and join us at the Bow Wow Luau on Thurs. June 7, 2012. What: Bow Wow Luau When: Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 6 – 8 pm Where: Basking Ridge Country Club, 185 Madonsville Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ Tickets: Advance tickets are $55 per person…
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LAWRENCE: A record number of tax appeals are filed
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Nearly 200 property tax appeals, which is a record-setting number for Lawrence Township, have been filed with the Mercer County Board of Taxation or the New Jersey Tax Court, according to Lawrence Township officials. When the April 2 deadline had passed, 195 tax appeals had been filed, Municipal Manager Richard…
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MANVILLE: Watershed group organizes stream cleanups
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association will hold its sixth annual stream cleanups over the next three weekends. Volunteers from 11 towns and four counties will don work gloves to help make local rivers and lakes cleaner and healthier. In 2011, more than 360 volunteers hauled 10,568 pounds of trash from area waterways. Since…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Cleanup day is Sunday in township
Hillsborough Township will host its third annual cleanup day on Sunday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to noon. The community-wide cleanup is possible through a state Clean Communities grant. Volunteers are invited to meet at 9 a.m. at the municipal complex on South Branch Road for road assignments. Information is available…
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Groeger, Van Hise for school board
Deborah Endo, Lawrenceville To the editor: As a former member of the Lawrence Township Board of Education I would like to ask that on April 17 you come out and vote. My tenure on the board enabled me to see the importance of a board that consists of individuals that care about our students and…
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MANVILLE: For first time, we don’t need to urge you to vote
What a difference a year makes. At school budget time in 2011, the Board of Education had to be struggling to produce a budget that could deliver maximum benefits to the students, while being palatable enough to the voters to achieve their approval. After all, Manville school budgets had been rejected five years in a…
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MANVILLE: Catholics observe Easter ceremony of blessing of food
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Sacred Heart Church upheld the Polish tradition by having its annual blessing of the food for the Easter holiday on Saturday. As a tradition in European countries, the season is a time of pageant and customs. Saturday, which was Holy Saturday in the Catholic Church, the food that…
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