Author: Central Jersey
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It is all about the berries
Michael Brown oversees the berries grown at Pitspone Farm in Kendall Park.
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LOOSE ENDS: Sweet sounds for summer
Local jazz group shares music and some Princeton history By Pam Hersh It had been a ‘Hard Day’s Night’ filled with trivial traumas from sun up ’til moon rise. The final insults came when my brand-new smart phone behaved like a dummy. It flew out of my hands and smashed on the sidewalk, as did…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Alex Gianfresco, 18, of Princeton, was charged with shoplifting a box of condoms from Rite Aid Pharmacy on July 13 at 2:05. Princeton Research Instruments Inc. on Cherry Valley Road reported on July 13 at 1:11 a.m. that someone had stolen batteries, gasoline and a grill cover from its storage facility between July 12…
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Plumsted firefighters, EMTs make first heroin overdose save using Narcan
Township firefighters and emergency medical technicians successfully tested their training on Narcan by reviving a victim of a drug overdose with the antidote. The emergency medical division of the Plumsted Township Fire District made their first heroin overdose reversal using the antidote Naloxone, more popularly known as Narcan, on Saturday, June 14. They had…
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FLORENCE: Town shows its patriotic spirit
‘Little Toot’ owner Joseph Varga featured but not as before By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor This year, the 2014 Patriotic Day parade was bittersweet for Joseph Varga. After 37 years of driving his mechanized train in the parade, he saw his “Little Toot” placed upon a cart to be pulled along the route while he…
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PRINCETON: Twelve people apply for administrator job
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Twelve people had applied as of Monday afternoon to become the next administrator of Princeton, the top employee in municipal government. Monday was the application deadline for job seekers, in what was advertised as a regional search for candidates. Reagan Burkholder, the consultant helping officials with the search, cited…
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LAWRENCE: One candidate so far for school board
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Lea KahnStaff Writer With less than three weeks until the July 28 nominating deadline, only one of three Lawrence Township Board of Education members whose terms are expiring has said they are seeking re-election. Up for grabs are the seats held by Deborah Cherry, Dana Drake and Bill Michaelson. Their…
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LAWRENCE: Gathering notes 40th year of village
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer In a worship celebration that interspersed Biblical quotations with personal reminiscences, about 100 people gathered at the First Baptist Church of Eggerts Crossing last week to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Eggerts Crossing Village housing development. Setting the stage for the gathering, a Scripture lesson based on Jeremiah 29:1-7…
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LAWRENCE: House fire blamed on plumber’s torch
Lea Kahn photoFirefighters extinguish a blaze that heavily damaged a Hughes Avenue home July 3.
