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  • ROBBINSVILLE/PLUMSTED: Fire departments team up for Toys for Tots campaign

    ROBBINSVILLE/PLUMSTED: Fire departments team up for Toys for Tots campaign

    Local fire departments have teamed up with the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots annual campaign, which has begun with Christmas a little over a month away. By Amy Batista, Special Writer    Local fire departments have teamed up with the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots annual campaign, which has begun with Christmas a little…

  • FLORENCE: Seriously injured fireman returns

    FLORENCE: Seriously injured fireman returns

    Florence Township Fire Department Fire Marshal Brian Richardson holds up a personal gas meter he now carries after losing his sense of taste and smell since being seriously injured May 31, 2011, at a truck fire on Route 295.  Amy Batista photo

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: Nov. 21

    By Peg Dotson, Special Writer Peg Dotson    The Willitts-Hogan-Tonne American Legion Auxiliary Unit 39 will have its annual Christmas dinner in place of its regular Christmas meeting Tuesday, Dec. 10.    Reservations are being taken by Betty Wargo at 499-2126. Deadline is Friday, Dec. 6.    The cost is $25. Menu selections are stuffed pork chop, veal…

  • Shop to End Human Trafficking at Whole Foods Market: Presents made by survivors of human trafficking. Gifts that keeps on Giving

    Shop to End Human Trafficking at Whole Foods Market: Presents made by survivors of human trafficking. Gifts that keeps on Giving

    By Anna Leung & Barbara Liu VIRGINIA- RIJI Green, a social business that is committed to fighting slavery through fair trade, has partnered with Whole Foods Market on a new bag that helps support survivors of human trafficking. RIJI Green’s eco-friendly bags are made in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. RIJI Green is beyond fair trade; their…

  • MANVILLE: Don’t just gloss over senator’s policy remarks

    To the editor:    Now that the Booker-Lonegan contest is over, it is an opportune time to revisit the Founding Fathers’ ideas regarding the United States Senate.    It is a generally forgotten fact that U.S. Senators have not always been popularly elected. Direct election of U.S. Senators only began with the adoption of the 17th Amendment…

  • CHESTERFIELD: Residents hope to ‘Be the Match’ for boy with leukemia

    CHESTERFIELD: Residents hope to ‘Be the Match’ for boy with leukemia

    Corinne Pecht, left, of Chesterfield swabs her cheek as Betty Kelly, account executive of the Northeast Division of the National Marrow Donor Program (right), explains the Be the Match bone marrow registry program.  Amy Batista photo

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Chinese restaurant snips ceremonial ribbon

    HILLSBOROUGH: Chinese restaurant snips ceremonial ribbon

    Hillsborough Mayor Frank DelCore helped Chang chun Yang (owner and chief chef) cut the ceremonial ribbon for the ”Chang’s China’s” restaurant on Nov. 9 at 256 Route 206 South in the Worden & Green shopping center, adjacent to Kmart.

  • LAWRENCE: Street named for Fred Vereen Jr.

    There is little doubt that Fred Vereen Jr. has left his mark on the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood. By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    There is little doubt that Fred Vereen Jr. has left his mark on the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood.    Mr. Vereen was instrumental in establishing the Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center on Eggerts Crossing Road —…

  • STOCKTON: Council discusses how to cope with lack of parking in borough

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A chronic problem of insufficient public parking in town was discussed by the Stockton Borough Council at its Nov. 11 meeting.    The governing body also talked about whether the borough’s nuisance ordinance should be amended in order to better deal with unsightly properties.    No formal action was taken on either…