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Members of the township Open Space Advisory Committee are willing to shoulder some of the cost of laborers to help maintain township parks, but they want the township to chip in, too. The committee on Feb. 17 voted down a suggestion from the Township Committee that it shoulder the entire $100,000 cost of two new laborers in the Department of …

The township’s payroll could grow by eight more positions this year, based on requests made at the Township Council’s second budget hearing on Feb. 12. Department heads presenting their budgets to the council also made requests for trucks, technology and other capital items during the four-hour hearing. In a process begun on Feb. 9, the council heard from seven department …

  Requests for a new bus for senior citizens and a new pickup truck for the township’s Fire Prevention department were made Feb. 9 during the Township Council’s first hearing on the proposed 2015 budget. The council heard from the heads of nine township departments during the session. The roughly $57 million proposed budget was put together by Township Manager Robert Vornlocker. …

More than $1.8 million was earmarked for a number of suppliers for purchases for 2015 by the Township Council at its Feb. 3 meeting. Items approved were: $25,000 in engineering services to CME Associates of Parlin, The Reynolds Group of Raritan and Carroll Engineering of Hillsborough. $10,979.40 for two AutoCAD license updates to DLT Solutions of Herndon, Va. $20,000 for codification …

[wpgmappity id=”18″]   The Township Council wants to sell two Churchill Avenue parcels to Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity. An ordinance authorizing the sale of the township property, for a “nominal” fee, was introduced at the council’s Feb. 3 meeting. The parcels are 140 and 178 Churchill Ave. The land will be used to construct affordable housing. The ordinance will …

A bond ordinance earmarking $18,500 for a 9/11 memorial was introduced Feb. 3 by the Township Council. The money is left over from a 2004 bond ordinance. A site near the township library has been targeted for the memorial. “It’s high time” the memorial was built, said Township Councilman Rajiv Prasad, (D-At Large). “I thank the township manager for getting …

[wpgmappity id=”17″]   Resurfacing of another portion of Canal Road is on the Township Council’s to-do list this year. Councilman Ted Chase, (D-Ward 1) said at the Feb. 3 meeting that money to resurface the road from Route 518 to Griggstown would be included in the 2015 capital budget. The project has been delayed, Chase said, by the state’s plan …

The architects of the township’s July 4 celebration are looking to expand the kind of entertainment offered to residents. Township Councilman Carl R.A. Wright (D-Ward 4), a member of the planing committee, said at the Feb. 3 council meeting that the group has “a  lot on the agenda.” “We’re looking at a $17,000 budget,” he said. “It’s not an inexpensive proposition. …

The school district will be able to enroll up to 90 more general- and special-education students in its Pre-Kindergarten programs. Interim schools Superintendent Lee Seitz said at the Jan. 22 Board of Education meeting that additional federal and local money has been found to fund the limited expansion of the program for the remainder of the school year. Pre-K programs …

The Delaware & Raritan Canal bridge on Amwell Road could be closed until the end of February, the state’s transportation chief said Jan. 16. State officials abruptly closed the bridge – which spans between East Millstone and Millstone – on Jan. 16 after it was determined that oversized trucks were further damaging the already-damaged bridge infrastructure. According to a release …