Author: Central Jersey
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LAWRENCE: Township to provide loans to fix residences
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Lawrence Township homeowners whose house needs new windows, new siding or a new heating system or a new roof may be able to tap into a special fund to pay for those repairs — if they meet certain income requirements. Aimed at low- and moderate-income households, the Lawrence Township Home…
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MANVILLE: Plenty of summer left for recreation
Swim for free, watch movie at pool on Friday night By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer There is still plenty of summer left to enjoy and Manville Recreation has programs and events to fill up days and nights. Most of the events will be held at Memorial or Cooper pools or parks. Recreation Director Stephanie…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Lively local lady celebrates 95th
Great-granddaughter, Allyson Hansbrough, is shown with Ruth Pierson.
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MANVILLE: Success of parish festival due primarily to volunteers
To the editor: I’m writing to personally thank all the volunteers that worked at the Christ the Redeemer Festival this past week. My wife Sharon and I attended almost every night, enjoying the great food, seeing old friends that we haven’t seen in a long time, meeting new ones and taking in the atmosphere of…
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HAMILTON: Traffic impact of Kingdom Church project reviewed
By Amy Batista, Special Writer The Zoning Board heard about the potential traffic impacts of the Kingdom Church project on July 22. The application is for a 51,017-square-foot church with 254 parking spots at 2367 Kuser Road. The applicant is seeking a use variance, various waivers and preliminary and final site plan. To accommodate…
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POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 7
A joyride on Brunswick Avenue resulted in two 15-year-old Lawrence Township boys being charged with taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission on July 31. A police officer on patrol observed a car on Brunswick Avenue around 2 a.m. that was being driven in an erratic manner. The officer stopped the car and when…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Lively local lady celebrates 95th
Photos by Paige Hansbrough On Saturday (Aug. 2), a birthday party/celebration was held at the clubhouse in Pennington Point for longtime area resident, Ruth Pierson, on the occasion of her 95th birthday. The party, organized by two of her daughters, Frances Hansbrough and Martha Payne, was attended by 50 family members — including her six…
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LAWRENCE: Everything’s just peachy at Terhune
By Charley Falkenburg, Special Writer LAWRENCE — Things were just peachy keen at Terhune Orchards last weekend as people came from all over to celebrate the season’s fuzziest fruit at the farm’s second annual peach festival. And to pay homage to the peach, a lot of sampling went on at the farm-to-fork tasting section where…
