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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”…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • COLUMBUS: Mansfield students make blankets for less fortunate

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • HAMILTON: TCA students raise money for Philippine relief efforts

    HAMILTON: TCA students raise money for Philippine relief efforts

    Mariana Sanchez and Amanda Porras put their artistic talents to work in raising money for TCA’s “Phriends for Philippines” relief project. Courtesy photo

  • MANVILLE: Pearl Harbor vet attends ceremony

    MANVILLE: Pearl Harbor vet attends ceremony

    Nick Alimecco, 95, thanks everyone for remembering By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    VFW Pearl Harbor ceremony 2013 Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290 held its annual ceremony Saturday to remember Dec. 7, 1941, as the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into World War II.    Past Commander Andy Henkel, the master…

  • PLUMSTED: Police seeking suspect in armed robbery

    PLUMSTED: Police seeking suspect in armed robbery

    Township detectives have issued a warrant for James Warthen, 22, of Pemberton, who remains at large as of press time and is believed to be involved in the armed robbery of an 18-year-old man in the Oakford Lake section on Nov. 24. Another suspect, a juvenile, has already been arrested. Courtesy photo.