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January the time for new contracts
Negotiations to continue through mid-January. By: Leon Tovey JAMESBURG The head of the borough’s Personnel and Negotiations Committee said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect to finish contract negotiations with the unions that represent the borough’s police officers and emergency dispatchers until mid-January. Councilman John Longo Jr. said negotiations between borough representatives and the New…
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READER’S VOICE: Gift brings dreams of peace
READER’S VOICE By Daniel Goldberg A gift of holiday cookies turns out to be more than just a tasty treat. At the beginning of his weekly supervision session today, Said came into my office, his hands cupped with a gift for the holidays. He handed me some cookies lying loosely in a brightly colored napkin.…
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TANGENTS: Inexplicably, Christmas question causes brain freeze
TANGENTS By John Saccenti The struggles of writing a Christmas list. There are few things that would make me happier this Christmas season than world peace. Yes, that’s what I would like to find under the tree Saturday, world peace. It doesn’t have to be in a big box, or wrapped in the shiniest of…
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Greenway gets go-ahead on Kiesler tract
Ordinance adopted to help preserve Kiesler property. By: Josh Appelbaum The Township Committee adopted an ordinance Monday that provides money to help a nonprofit farmland preservation group acquire the 28.6-acre Kiesler property on John White Road. The plan requires Delaware and Raritan Greenway to allow public access to the Kiesler property and establishes a nature…
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OBITUARIES: Thelma Davison Forman
Thelma Davison Forman Thelma Davison Forman, 83, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, with her children at her side. She was born in Hightstown, but spent most of her life raising her family in the Cranbury area. She will be remembered most as a caring, loving, helpful and unselfish person who was always ready to help those…
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Fun with reading at Barclay Brook
NJ Secretary of State breaks it down with a kindergarten class. By: Melissa Hayes MONROE Kindergartners at Barclay Brook School learned how much fun reading a book could be when New Jersey Secretary of State Regena Thomas visited the school and read two books to the students Dec. 16. "I am traveling from one…
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Barclay sale is delayed
Delay may result in loss of revenue for municipal budget. By: Josh Appelbaum The Township Committee will not be able to use $1.9 million it expected to receive from the sale of the Barclay properties in its 2005 municipal budget. Arthur Danser, who was the high bidder in an October auction of the land …
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Verizon pulls easement request
Company decides to mount cables on utility pole instead. By: Josh Appelbaum Verizon Communications withdrew a request for an easement that would have allowed the placement of a PSI fiber optic cable cabinet on the grounds of the new police station. Verizon said the proposed 20-by-35-foot cabinet would be needed to meet increased telecommunications needs…
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OBITUARIES: John James Rota
John James Rota John James Rota, 47, died Wednesday, Dec. 15, at home. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., he resided in the Bronx, N.Y., Old Bridge and Monroe before moving to Jamesburg in 2003. He was a mortgage marketing representative for Metro Marketing in Freehold for the past three years. He was a communicant of St.…
