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  • Outsourcing busing not a long-term solution

    By: centraljersey.com After reading Joanne Degnan’s poignant article (March 10 Messenger-Press) about the potential layoffs of 15 bus drivers and three bus aides in the Upper Freehold Regional School District, I felt compelled to write this letter. The article stated that privatization of most transportation routes would save $275,000. This would mean firing almost all…

  • EDITORIAL: Eliminate PILOT doubts

       Princeton University might be intimating it could decide to end its annual payments in lieu of taxes to the borough and township if the zoning changes it is seeking for its arts and transit project are not granted, but such a move would not be wise.    The resulting publicity and media coverage would go national…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Edison, South Brunswick copsbust ‘safe’ transfer of pot

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Township and Edison police teaming up led to the arrest of resident Braham M. Romkey, 32, on Friday for allegedly receiving more than a pound of marijuana in the mail, according to police.    Police said they received a tip last week that drugs reportedly were being shipped to a North…

  • PRINCETON: Borough Council gets first look at zoning changes proposal

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The Borough Council on Tuesday heard the first proposal of a draft ordinance for Princeton University’s arts and transit neighborhood at the Dinky station on University Place and Alexander Road.    Even though university officials were in attendance at the meeting, the proposed arts, education and transit zoning has not been…

  • MONTGOMERY: Student helps raise funds for Japanese aid

       MONTGOMERY — When Daniel DiLorenzo, a sixth grade student at Montgomery Lower Middle School heard about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, he knew that he wanted to do something to help the victims.    Daniel’s father, Mas DiLorenzo, has family in Japan who they are trying to convince to come to the United States.    ”The…

  • Staffers

    By: centraljersey.com Gene Robbins Managing Editor On Monday, staffers in Hillsborough schools were "on a high" knowing that a negotiated agreement staved off the privatization of 270 jobs, which is more than one-fourth of the school’s work force. By Tuesday, they were mulling the reality of a $2,000 to $3,000 increased expense in their personal…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Viking girls take county championship game

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Viking girls take county championship game

    By Packet Group The Viking 8th grade girl’s team won the Middlesex County championship this week with a 39-11 win over IC-Spotswood.    The Vikings got out early behind Erica Dwyer’s eight first quarter points. Janae Mayfield and Erin Carroll each scored on a 3-point play in the second quarter to give the Vikings a commanding…

  • Surplus important to township budget

    By: centraljersey.com In the March 18 edition of The Cranbury Press, there was an article about Cranbury’s 2011 municipal budget. Some of the reasons why four Township Committee members are in favor of an increase in the municipal budget of 2 cents were not included in the story. Please allow me to present them now.…

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