• MONTGOMERY: Township budget keeps tax rate flat

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee Thursday night introduced a $26.7 million municipal budget with no tax increase for residents.    The municipal tax rate will remain 30 cents per $100 of assessed value with no increase over the 2008 rate. The average municipal tax will remain $1,530 on a home assessed…

  • CRANBURY: Boy Scout to create shelter from the storm

       CRANBURY — The temporarily displaced may soon have access to some much needed shelter in the township, as one local Boy Scout looks to revamp a Police Department space, from storage room to disaster shelter.    Matthew Mikula, accompanied by his father, Bill, presented his Eagle Scout project plans to the Township Committee at Monday’s meeting.…

  • MANVILLE: Christ the King School to present musical

    MANVILLE: Christ the King School to present musical

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    For the first time in about eight years, Christ the King School students are performing a school play.    The Christ the King Players will perform “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” a musical based on the comic strip by Charles M. Schulz and written by Clark M. Geiser. The…

  • Voters should support budget

    Bonnie Savage, of Monmouth Junction    On Tuesday, April 21, 2009, I encourage South Brunswick voters to support the proposed school budget, as well as cast a vote for experience on our board of education. Vote for Barry Nathanson.    The budget supports all current programs and services offered by our district, yet there is no t…

  • Rosenberg states his five principles

    Marc Rosenberg, Dubois Round    My name is Marc Rosenberg and by now, you probably know that I am running for re-election to the Hillsborough School Board on April 21. As the time to vote draws near, please think about the importance of this election and what I can continue to offer to the school district.…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Budgets, board candidates on election ballot Tuesday

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Voters will decide the fate of school budgets and school board candidates Tuesday.    In Cranbury the polls will be open from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., with all voting taking place in the senior room in the basement of the Town Hall, 23 N. Main St.    Three candidates — incumbents…

  • EDITORIAL: Participate in Tuesday’s school vote

       With polls open from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, we encourage voters to head to polling locations to decide the fate of the proposed school budget, and to select the members of the Board of Education.    The district is seeking approval to spend $109 million in the 2009-2010 school year, which would add about $35.50…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Volunteers needed for Valley public health drill

    On May 7 from noon-2 p.m. at the Hopewell Township Municipal Complex, Scotch and Pennington-Washington Crossing roads, Titusville    If there were to be a regional, national, or even worldwide health emergency, it would be up to local health departments to provide local residents with both information and medications. Federal stockpiles exist, but it is up…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Prostitution arrests made

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Police arrested two women on prostitution charges last week following an investigation into the solicitation of sexual acts on the Web site craigslist.org.    The arrests are the second incident of online solicitation via craigslist.org in the township since the beginning of the year.    Willmarie Luberza, 24, of Illinois, and Alyssa…

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