• UFRSD can exceed tax levy cap

    Public hearing on proposed budget scheduled for March 31 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The school district has received the goahead to ask voters to approve a 9.88 percent tax levy increase in support of the 2010-11 budget. The Upper Freehold Regional School District submitted a proposed $34.3 million operating budget to the Monmouth County…

  • Millstone aims to distend drug-free zone

    Ordinance would help generate increased penalties for persons using drugs near public property BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Millstone Township will not only have a drug-free school zone like most municipalities in the state, but a drug-free public property zone if two new ordinances pass. The Township Committee introduced the ordinances at the March 3 meeting.…

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    Ryli Amabile, 10, and Quincy Amabile, 12, decorate balloons, while Phillip Willis, 12, of East Brunswick, decorates a wine bottle during the “Fiesta Festival” to benefit the Foundation for the Assistance of Abandoned Children (FANA) at the Cream Ridge Winery in Upper Freehold on Saturday. The winery owner’s son, Jerry Amabile, adopted Ryli and Quincy…

  • Around here, the in-box is always an adventure

    Coda • GREG BEAN One thing I can say about my readers: they’re not shy about writing me concerning something I’ve opinionated over in this column. A few weeks back, for example, a frustrated John, from Hazlet, asked me where I get the ideas for my columns. I should point out that John has suggested…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Voters reject measure for new gym, solar panels

    By Vanessa S. Holt, Managing Editor     SPRINGFIELD — Voters rejected a $9 million referendum Tuesday by a vote of 332-284 that would have renovated the 70-year-old elementary school, built a new gym and installed solar panels to help pay for the cost of construction.     The plan was a scaled-down version of an earlier…

  • CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: From the March 11 edition

    The Crosswicks Friends Monthly Meeting will volunteer at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday, March 12. Car pool leaves the Crosswicks Friends Meetinghouse at 9 a.m. For more information call 298-4362.     The Board of Fire Commissioners District 1 Chesterfield meeting will be held 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March…

  • COLUMBUS NEWS: From the March 11 edition

    The next scheduled recycle pick up for Mansfield Township is Monday, March 15.     Think green! The Special Events Committee is planning a green theme for this year’s Field Day Celebration. The 72nd annual event is planned for Saturday, June 12. Our parade will be followed by green events in the Municipal Park plus games…

  • LAWRENCE: Congregation offers programs in March

        Adath Israel honors its third-grade class on Friday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. as they celebrate their Consecration. This special service currently known as the Kabbalat Siddur is the celebration whereby students receive their first Siddur, or prayerbook. It is at this time that these students start chanting from the prayerbook at Shabbat services.…

  • LAWRENCE: Mayor to conclude series of meetings

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Mayor Michael Powers wants to meet with township residents, and he plans to hold the third in a series of Meet the Mayor sessions Friday at Amalfi’s restaurant at 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road.     Mayor Powers and Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun will be available to answer questions and seek comment…

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