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  • EAST WINDSOR: Township hires new police officer

    BY Amy Batista, Special Writer     Township officials welcomed a new police officer to the ranks Monday with the swearing in of Timothy Purpuri.    Mayor Janice Mironov administered the oath of office to Patrol Officer Purpuri with his parents, Maryann and Richard Purpuri, by his side.    According to Mayor Mironov, Patrol Officer Purpuri graduated…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: September 5

    Sat., Sept. 7    The West Jersey Masonic Association will hold its Square and Compass 5K, 10K Run September 7, at 10a.m. at the Round Valley Recreation Area. Check in begins at 8:30 a.m.    Proceeds from this fund raiser benefit the WJMA and it’s affiliated organizations and charities. Registration is $25 for the 5K run and…

  • ALLENTOWN: Allentown explores parking expansion

    ALLENTOWN: Allentown explores parking expansion

    Borough officials are hoping to encourage growth in the downtown area through increased public parking. by David Kilby, Special Writer ALLENTOWN — Borough officials are hoping to encourage growth in the downtown area through increased public parking.    A bond ordinance that would permit the borough to acquire land behind four properties on South Main Street…

  • ALLENTOWN: UFRSD officials concerned about bus safety

    With the new school year underway, school officials voiced their concern for public school bus safety, emphasizing that there’s hardly a standard way for bus riding habits to be monitored on a regula by David Kilby, Special Writer ALLENTOWN — With the new school year underway, school officials voiced their concern for public school bus…

  • HILSBOROUGH: Primer on Obamacare is scheduled for library

    Library is looking for teen volunteers, too    Katherine Woodfield Hermes, a health insurance consumer advocate, will present a program for those interested in or confused by health care reform, insurance exchanges or the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act on Monday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Hillsborough Library on South Branch Road.…

  • ALLENTOWN: Borough hosting October festival

    Fall festival set for Oct. 12-13 ALLENTOWN — For nearly 30 years, the Fall Festival has been a staple of the borough and the 28th rendition of the event will be no different.    There is something for everyone at the free event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: September 6

    Mon., Sept. 9    Baby Rock n’ Rhyme, an event for babies between 12 and 24 months, will be held at the Hamilton Township Library. Two sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., respectively. Additional sessions will be held Sept. 16 and 23 as well as Oct. 7. Registration is required and begins…

  • ALLENTOWN: Church to focus on Biblical literacy

    The Allentown Presbyterian Church plans to begin the experience Sept. 8 and continue through June, 2014. ALLENTOWN — The Bible is the best-selling book in history, but how many people actually read it? A Gallup survey reports the average American household has four Bibles. However, research by Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (2008)…

  • STATE WE’RE IN:Veto would damage N.J. forest lands

    by Michele Byers Colonists arriving in the New World found vast primeval forests filled with centuries-old trees.    By the end of the Civil War, nearly all virgin forests in New Jersey had been cleared for timber, charcoal, mining, glassmaking or agriculture.    Photos and surveys of New Jersey landscapes from the late 1800s reveal young hillside…