Category: archives
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Running to the rescue
Workers save 3-year-old from mishap By: Matthew Kirdahy Three-year-old Sean Goldsmith was as spry and upbeat as ever Monday, tugging on a "get well soon" balloon in the kitchen of his family’s Kingston home. On the balloon was a picture of a bear wearing a cast on its left leg, the same leg on which…
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Give residents a chance to make decision
EDITORIAL: Committee should have acted sooner on charter question Just before collectively holding their noses and voting for an ordinance approving a charter-study question, the Township Committee members uttered their usual nonsense about charter studies. The move was in direct response to a petition drive underway seeking to have voters decide whether or not to…
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Voters should take government back
To the editor By: Hillsborough voters, take back your government. The present form of township government worked well in the 1700s and 1800s, when Hillsborough was a small town and everybody knew each other. Heck, in those days everybody owned guns and every farm had a tree. Getting rid of a bad mayor was easy.…
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Letters to the Editor
For the May 6 issue. Every vote demonstrates civic responsibility To the editor: I found it quite interesting that a letter in your "Letters to the editor" column (April 30, 2004) stated that the Mansfield citizens who voted no to the elementary school budget, "abandoned their civic responsibilities. They should be ashamed of themselves." Additionally…
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Democrats accuse panel of partisan bias
Democrats on the Township Council say the petition drive to impose restrictions on how much professionals working for the township can give to political campaigns appears a partisan ploy. By: Matthew Kirdahy Democrats on the Township Council say the petition drive to impose restrictions on how much professionals working for the township can give to…
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Iris Festival returns Saturday for eighth year
Bordentown City’s Iris Festival will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 8. By: Scott Morgan BORDENTOWN CITY C.J. Mugavero likes to remember last year’s Iris Festival as a somewhat continental affair. "It looked like Europe," said Ms. Mugavero, event coordinator and owner of the Artful Deposit gallery on Farnsworth Avenue. This weekend, for…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Godspell production Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8 The Florence Township Middle School will present "Godspell Jr." at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium and admission is free. The production is funded by the Florence Township Education Association through a grant. Call Lisa Jones at 499-4647 for details. Chinese auction Friday, May…
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Obituaries
Week of May 6 By: Jeffrey A. Geist Sr.  Jeffrey A. Geist Sr., 39, of Kendall Park, died Friday, April 30, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a good man, loving husband, devoted father, and a wonderful son and brother who will be sadly missed by all. Jeffrey was born in New…
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POLICE BLOTTER
Bobby Johnson, 40, of Amwell Road was charged with shoplifting at 9:25 a.m. April 25. Police responded to Blockbuster video at 2:44 p.m. April 20 on a report that four video games, valued at more than $200, had been stolen. The store manager said Mr. Johnson, whom he recognized from previous similar charges, had been…
