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01/25/2006 Long Hill Township Warren Township
Watchung
WARREN TWP. – Voters in Long Hill Township,
Warren Township and Watchung went to the polls
Tuesday and by a vote of 2,800 to 1,836 approved
a referendum to authorize the expenditure of up
to an additional $3,260,560 to finish the
$41,889,151 construction and improvement project
at grades 9-12 Watchung Hills Regional High
School.
Of the $3,260,560 authorization, up to $260,560
would come from the capital reserve and up to $3
million would come from a bond issue.
School officials estimate that 75 percent of
the project is complete, but they feared that
they will have to order that work should stop
without the authorization for the additional
expenditure due to lack of funds.
The unfinished portion of the project includes
56,000 square feet of space, including the front
entrance, central offices, science classrooms,
music rooms, television studio and theater.
Districts 1 and 2, which voted at the Millington
Fire House, the vote was 290 yes, 155 no;
Districts 3 and 4, which voted at the Stirling
Fire House, the vote was 200 yes, 154 no;
Districts 5 and 6, which voted at Long Hill
First Aid Squad, the vote was 221 yes, 197 no;
Among absentees the vote was 66 yes, 8 no. The
total for Long Hill was 777-514.
Districts 1 and 3, which voted at Mount Horeb
Fire House, 19 Elm Ave.: the vote was 308 yes to
122 no;
Districts 2 and 4, which voted at Mount Horeb
School, 80 Mount Horeb Road: 267-164;
Districts 5 and 13, which voted at Angelo L.
Tomaso School, 46 Washington Valley Road:
202-171;
Districts 6 and 10, which voted in Our Lady of
the Mount Center, 167 Mount Bethel Road:
209-137;
Districts 7 and 8, which vote at Warren Middle
School, 100 Old Stirling Road: 181-184;
District 9, which voted at Watchung Hills
Regional High School, 108 Stirling Road: 61-112;
And Districts 11 and 12, which voted at the
Warren Township Public Library, 44 Mountain
Blvd.: 217-118.
The total for Warren was 1,626 yes to 1.033 no.
Five districts in Watchung, which all voted at
Valley View School, 50 Valley View Road: 397 yes
to 289 no.
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