• RBC 4×800 team invited to run at Millrose Games

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Red Bank Catholic’s 4×800 relay team had a fun ride home from Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Shore Regional’s Rob Faccone (center) leads the pack in the boys 400-meter dash during the Monmouth County Track & Field Championships on Jan. 22. Shore Regional’s Cameo Kirk nears the finish line in…

  • CONCERTS: From the Jan. 28 edition

       Upcoming shows at The Record Collector, 358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown City, are listed below. Prices are listed in order of advance tickets/night of show.    Saturday, Jan. 30 — Sweetback Sisters, “Honky Tonk Straight Out Of Brooklyn,” 7:30 p.m.    Sunday, Jan. 31 — Evan Dando (from The Lemonheads)/The candles. Doors 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in…

  • MONTGOMERY: School district dropping student activity fee

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    The Montgomery Township Board of Education plans to do away with the student activity fee as part of the 2010-11 budget.    The move was announced by Superintendent Earl Kim said at a meeting Monday night intended to solicit public input on the budget. The board plans to introduce a tentative…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Board to review housing proposal

    Kingston development includes rehabs By Davy James, Staff Writer    The Zoning Board of Adjustment is expected to review an application at its meeting Thursday for six new houses and rehabilitation of two others in the Kingston historic district.    The bulk of the properties, on a 3.422-acre lot, would be located on Greenwood Avenue off Ridge…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Going ’50s for its 50th

    Constable dance to celebrate anniversary By Davy James, Staff Writer    As part of its ongoing 50th anniversary celebration, Constable Elementary School will take its students back in time Friday to when the school first opened.    The school will hold a 1950s-style sock hop dance to celebrate the time period during which the school first opened…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Increase in rec fees set for vote

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The Township Council will go ahead with an ordinance that will raise fees for recreational programs by as much as 50 percent.    The ordinance will be up for a second reading at the next council meeting Tuesday when there will be a public hearing on the increase.    ”This is something…

  • NJ Sports Stars, Authors & Celebrities Join the NJ State Library Team to Stress the Power of Reading & Literacy

    NJ Sports Stars, Authors & Celebrities Join the NJ State Library Team to Stress the Power of Reading & Literacy

    By Gary Cooper They are some of the best at what they do in the world of entertainment and all have joined the NJ State Library team of Library Champions to emphasize how important reading and libraries were in establishing the basis for their successful careers. “These men and women are known all over the world…

  • Budget increases need clarification

    William C. Becker, Princeton The budget forecast article dealing with the Lawrence Township budget for 2010 stated that our tax rate was to be increased from 72 to 77 cents per $100 of assessed value. This amounts to a 6.9 percent increase.     The reasons given to account for the increase fail to fully account…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Firefighters admit posting degrading cartoon

    Union boss: Shots at Archer were satire By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — A cartoon on YouTube depicting township Fire Director John Archer as dimwitted and incompetent is fueling the already contentious relationship between Mayor Dave Fried and the Fire Division.    Brendan O’Donnell, president of the union that represents the township’s nine paid firefighters,…

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