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LAWRENCE: Public hearing on budget, tax referendum tonight
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The first of two special public meetings to learn more about the proposed 2012 municipal budget and a special referendum to raise property taxes will get under way tonight, Thursday, at the Slackwood Fire Co. on Slack Avenue at 7 p.m. A second public meeting is on tap for April…
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MANVILLE: Police blotter for week of March 29
A Kendall Park man came to headquarters at 12:09 p.m. March 19 to report a theft of an 18-inch gold chain valued at $3,000 on March 16. * * * Wal-Mart security reported holding a suspected shoplifter in custody at 7:07 p.m. March 19. Kaitlyn Albanese, 26, of Manville was charged with shoplifting, and, while…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Crossroads principal retiring
By Ed Birch, Special Writer Raymond Tucholski, an employee of the district for more than 35 years and current principal at Crossroads South Middle School, has announced his plans to retire at the end of July. The Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to accept his retirement. Mr. Tucholski has served Crossroads South in…
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MANVILLE: State grant received for West Camplain Road work
Manville will receive $160,000 in state aid for the planned work on West Camplain Road. Hillsborough Township was awarded $200,000 for work on Hamilton Road. The bulk of the Local Aid grants was awarded under the Department of Transportation’s Municipal Aid program; there were 374 grants totaling $76,126,200. About 57 percent of the 661 project…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Fried proposes pools, parks in Town Center South
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE — Mayor Dave Fried unveiled plans last week to preserve nearly half the township-owned land in Town Center South for a new 20-acre park that would include swimming pools, a multipurpose athletic field and walking trails. The mayor displayed a poster-size diagram of the proposed park at his State…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Sireci: COAH made us do it
Planning Board chair says mixed-use project OK was necessary By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Hillsborough Township planners unanimously approved a plan Thursday night for 469 apartments, an extended-stay hotel and some retail stores for a 50-acre tract off Route 206 near Valley Road. To people who complained the project took down too many trees, didn’t…
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POLICE BEAT: Robbinsville
A 1982 Ford F1900 tractor and a 1991 Chrysler Lebaron were stolen from the same residence on the 200 bock of Windsor Road, police said. A friend of the victim, who is overseeing the property, told police the tractor, valued at $4,000, was take sometime between 4:30 p.m. on March 11 and 3 p.m. on…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: PIACS charter application denied
Staff photo by Charles W. Kim More than 100 people attended last week’s Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting at the Senior Center to see the board deny the application of the Princeton International Academy Charter School.
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE passes $138 million budget
Photo by Ed BirchResident Charles Hartman addresses the Board of Education on Monday night.
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