Category: archives
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NEW HOPE: Victorian Christmas is set for Parry mansion
Parry Mansion is ready to accept the weekend’s first holiday visitors.
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HAMILTON: Fire company to host second 5K
The Mercerville Fire Company is hosting its second annual Mistletoe 5K to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project & The Mercerville Fire Company. HAMILTON — The Mercerville Fire Company is hosting its second annual Mistletoe 5K to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project & The Mercerville Fire Company. The event will be held Saturday, Dec. 14 at…
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STATE WE’RE IN: Take action now for land’s sake
by Michele Byers It’s been a strong year for sales tax collections, a sign New Jersey’s economy is beginning to recover. The state collected 3.8 percent more in fiscal year 2013 than in the previous year. The first quarter of the new fiscal year was even better with sales tax revenues up a robust 11…
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HILLSBOROUGH: School contract snags, forcing more negotiation
Mail-order prescription co-payment is hangup, board member says By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor A snag prevented the approval of a three-year contract for most of the 1,000 or so Hillsborough school teachers, aides, secretaries, bus drivers and maintenance staff and others. The Hillsborough Education Association members were set to vote Friday, but a last-minute “misunderstanding”…
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REGION: Drunk driving details begin
Thanks to state grants, many area police agencies will be out this holiday season looking for drunk drivers. by Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group TRENTON — Thanks to state grants, many area police agencies will be out this holiday season looking for drunk drivers. According to the state, 400 law enforcement agencies throughout the…
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LAWRENCE: Police blotter
A 2013 Acura IXT was reported stolen from Precision Acura on Brunswick Pike between 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2 and 10 a.m. Dec. 3. The car was recovered in Trenton around 1 p.m. Dec. 3. An attempted burglary was reported at Alma Printing on Bakers Basin Road between 3:30 p.m. Dec. 3 and 5:40 a.m. Dec.…
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COLUMBUS: Mansfield students make blankets for less fortunate
On the gymnasium floor of Mansfield Elementary School Leslie Wyers helped her two sons make blankets for children in need in the school’s annual participation with the Linus Project on Dec. 5 by James McEvoy, Managing Editor COLUMBUS — On the gymnasium floor of Mansfield Elementary School Leslie Wyers helped her two sons make blankets…
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LAWRENCE: Council rejects one-year mayor’s term
A proposed ordinance that would restore the practice of choosing a mayor every year — instead of every two years — was beaten back before it even got out of the starting gate at Township Council’s De By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A proposed ordinance that would restore the practice of choosing a mayor every…
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ON CAMPUS
Students recognized for academic achievements Florence honor roll Florence Township Memorial High School recently announced its honor roll and principal’s list recipients for the fall marking period. Students earning straight A’s earn principal’s list distinction. Freshmen earning principal’s list recognition include Olayemi Abiona, Alexa Angelucci, Daniel Arango, Lukas Arnold, Victoria Carsley, Crista Chang, Kathleen Garcia,…
