• UFRSD budget rejected due to bloated costs

    Immediately following the overwhelming (73.8 percent against) rejection of the proposed school budget by the residents of Upper Freehold, Joseph Stampe, school board president, blamed the result on the costs associated with opening the new school, the loss of state/special fund aid and “a township-wide property revaluation.” This is self-serving nonsense. There has been no…

  • U.F. officials have difficult, complex task in front of them

    These are very difficult times for the members of the Upper Freehold Township Committee. They have had to tell firemen and public works employees they will no longer be able to keep them employed. Telling someone they will no longer have a job must be very stressful to a caring person. At the April Township…

  • Schools must stay within means of tax base

    This letter is in response to a letter published on April 29, 2010, titled “Millstone Has Done a Great Injustice to its Schoolchildren.” While some residents may be fortunate enough not to have been affected, many people in our community, our state, and in our country have suffered from the fallout of the global financial…

  • CHESTERFIELD: Man, 26, shot by police after attacking officer

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    CHESTERFIELD — A township police officer shot a 26-year-old man after the man attacked another officer with a knife Tuesday, according to officials.    The 26-year-old man was hit “more than once” and was airlifted to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton where he underwent surgery and was listed in…

  • "Armored Language" – Lecture Presentation by Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Princeton June 5, 2010
  • Somerset County Federation of Democratic Women Announces Awards Winners

    By Maureen Papke The Somerset County Federation of Democratic Women (SCFDW) is proud to announce the winners of the 2010 Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Service Awards. The mission of the SCFDW is to unite the Democratic women of Somerset County, encourage Democratic women to participate in government at all levels and to support qualified Democratic women nominees…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Complaints lead to drug charges

    Staff report    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A township man has been charged with drug offenses after police said they were tipped off by residents’ complaints.    Scott H. Biddulph, 23, of Linden Avenue, was charged Saturday with unlawful possession of oxycodone, possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute and tampering with evidence.    Police said they took him…

  • Neighbor speaks in landscaper’s defense

    Mark R. Hettler of Bordentown    As a resident of Potts Mill Road in Florence Township, I want to speak in defense of my neighbor, the landscaper who was the subject of a letter in the April 29, 2010 Register-News.    First, concern was expressed regarding the proximity of the landscaper’s property to “hidden driveway” signs. The…

  • LAWRENCE: Principals shift positions in two district schools

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Lawrence Intermediate Lower School Principal Christopher Turnbull has been chosen to lead the Ben Franklin Elementary School as its principal, replacing retiring Principal William Buss.     At the same time, Lawrence High School Assistant Principal David Adam has been named to replace Mr. Turnbull at LIS. The lower school…

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