• LAWRENCE: Detox Center zoning hearing continues

    By Lea Kahn    After listening to three hours’ worth of testimony in Sunrise Detox Center’s application for a use variance last week, the Zoning Board of Adjustment has scheduled two additional public hearings this month.    The zoning board will meet May 11 and May 25 to hear more testimony and possibly public comment on the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter for week of May 5

       Hillsborough police responded to the area of 186 Capricorn Drive for a report of a possible stabbing on Sunday, April 24. Upon arrival, officers located a Capricorn Drive resident with a wound to the left side of his head.    The on-scene investigation revealed that the victim was struck with a wooden board outside of the…

  • LAWRENCE: Voters have their say, school budget passes

    By Lea Kahn    Lawrence Township school district officials breathed a sigh of relief last week, as township voters overwhelmingly approved the tax levy to support the district’s proposed $64.6 million operating budget for 2011-12.    The $57.3 million tax levy was approved by a vote of 999-478. The overall voter turnout was 1,477, which is about…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Lottery opens for extended-day school child care

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    Parents interested in having their kindergarten child attend an extended day care program at the school have a week to enter a lottery designed to fill the limited number of spaces.    Assistant superintendents Dr. Lisa Antunes and Scott Rocco introduced the Children at Play program, formerly known as the full-day…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Breakfast to kick off Memorial Day festivities

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    The annual Memorial Day festivities will be held on Saturday, May 28. The event will kick off with the sixth annual Salute to Veterans breakfast at the Municipal Building at 8:30 a.m., followed by the parade, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Auten Road and Triangle…

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  • MANVILLE: Christ The Kind School stages ‘Annie Get Your Gun’

    MANVILLE: Christ The Kind School stages ‘Annie Get Your Gun’

    Students at Christ The King School will stage ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Above, students rehearse a scene from the musical. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • MANVILLE: Christ The Kind School stages ‘Annie Get Your Gun’
  • LAWRENCE:Council introduces 6-cent tax rate hike

    By Lea Kahn    Township Council voted unanimously Tuesday to introduce Lawrence Township’s proposed $42.1 million municipal budget, which calls for a 6-cent increase in the municipal property tax rate.    Mayor Greg Puliti and Council members Jim Kownacki, Pam Mount and Michael Powers voted to introduce the budget, clearing the way for a June 9 public…

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