Editor's Notebook: Proposed School Budget Includes Zero Percent Tax Increase

Following on Feb. 22, schools around the state will be receiving a boost in state aid, including New Providence. At the Board of Education meeting on Monday, Finance Chairman John Wolak said  due to a  to the New Providence School District. The Finance Committee recommended that $10,000 be allocated toward the technology budget so the board can begin to replace outdated computers and hardware. The remaining balance of state aid, $312,610, will actually decrease the tax levy by 0.02 percent. And that wasn't all that we featured on New Providence Patch this week. Keep reading for the complete rundown:

On Monday, we featured our column and our weekly column about the most surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey over the last week. We also brought an article about in the heavyweight division and our column, featuring a “Girls’ Getaway” at Crystal Springs Report.

Tuesday, we featured an article about the Monday night Borough Council meeting, where the . We also brought you an article about the proposed Municipal Budget, . In other news, we featured an article about a and our new column. We also brought you two of our other weekly columns, including and

On Wednesday, we brought you a follow up article to the and how she approached an NYPD officer in Harlem to help her home after running away from home. We also featured game recaps from the varsity basketball games played on Tuesday night. Both teams advanced to the next round in the state tournament, after the , and the . We also brought you the next installment in our column and our weekly “” featuring things to do with your children over the weekend. We also featured an article about , where we will feature one child from the community each week who has accomplished something worth recognizing.

Thursday, we brought you an article about an in a nearby town, and an article about New Jersey State Senate President’s . We also featured an article about Salt Brook Elementary School’s and a recap from the at the New Providence Memorial Library. We featured the next installment in our column, our weekly column, with five of the best children's books to read right now, and our weekly column, listing what houses sold in Union County over the last week.

On Friday, we brought you recaps from both varsity basketball games played Thursday night. Unfortunately, the boys’ team was knocked out of the state tournament with their . But the girls’ advanced to the next round after their . In other news, we brought you the latest disasters on the last episode of and our next installment of

Saturday, we featured a brief recap of and an article on . We also brought you a recap of the Lady Pioneers' basketball game against No. 8 North 13th Street Tech. New Providence, the No. 4 seed, jumped out to a 27-3 lead and . Laura Gregory was the top scorer with 13 points and the Lady Pioneers will now face No. 7 University on Monday. We also brought you our weekly column, listing the open houses in Union County for the weekend, and our last installment of