Archive for July, 2008
In the News - Public Safety
Towns face charges for services of state cops
By LISA G. RYAN
Gannett State Bureau
Towns that depend on the New Jersey State Police for all or part of their police protection received letters this week indicating how much they’ll have to pay the state if they want to keep the service.
The 89 towns affected — mostly rural, [...]
In the News - Lebanon Borough
Rural Central Jersey towns among 89 told to start paying for state police patrol
By LISA G. RYAN
GANNETT STATE BUREAU
Towns that depend on the New Jersey State Police for all or part of their police protection received letters this week indicating how much they’ll have to pay the state if they want to keep the service.
The [...]
Opinion - COAH and Highlands
Captain Jon steers for two more icebergs
Posted by pmulshin July 19, 2008 12:20PM
You know that cliche about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?
Jon Corzine just did it one better. Actually he did it two better.
As if our economy weren’t sinking fast enough, the Corzine administration last week found a couple of ways to make [...]
In the News - COAH
Corzine signs affordable housing overhaul
By GREGORY J. VOLPE
Gannett State Bureau
In a scene reminiscent of a Southern Baptist tent revival, Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed legislation on Thursday overhauling the state’s affordable housing policy that advocates called landmark and critics called another property tax raiser.
It “is the most important housing reform legislation enacted in the nation, [...]
In the News - Rural Police Funding
Rocky Hill challenges bill for State Police patrols
The number of towns challenging a provision in the new state budget that bills them for previously free State Police patrols has grown to seven, including tiny Rocky Hill in Somerset County.
Ed Zimmerman, the unpaid mayor of Rocky Hill Borough, said today the annual $90,000 bill for State [...]
In the News - Lebanon Borough
Mixed reactions to census report in Somerset, Hunterdon counties
STAFF REPORT
Officials had mixed reactions to the release of figures by the U.S. Census Bureau that shows, in some cases, significant growth in Somerset and Hunterdon counties between 2000 and 2007.
In the four-county region covered by the Courier News, Middlesex County’s population grew 5.1 percent from 2000 [...]
Lebanon Borough - In the News
Census reveals population growth for Central Jersey towns
By ERICA HARBATKIN
STAFF WRITER
The populations in Middlesex, Somerset and Hunterdon counties have grown more quickly than the state population since 2000, according to U.S. Census estimates released today. Union County’s population, meanwhile, has remained relatively constant.
The Middlesex County population grew 5.1 percent from 2000 to 2007, compared to [...]
