Category: archives
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Clerk, manager replaced
New Hanover and Springfield Townships have hired two clerks to replace position formerly held by one person. By: Eve Collins and Scott Morgan Two local municipalities recently have hired replacements for positions held by one person in both townships. Paul Thomas, who was the township clerk/administrator in New Hanover and the township manager in Springfield,…
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Keyport offers tough foe in title tilt
By: Sean Moylan On Sunday at 2 p.m. at Kean University, for the second year in a row, the Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity football team will be taking on an undefeated top-seeded, seemingly unstoppable football team in a NJSIAA Group I Championship football game (this time for a Central Jersey crown). Only…
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Letters to the Editor
For the Dec. 4 issue. Vote common sense on Dec. 9 To the editor: The Chesterfield School Board referendum, the facts: 1. The school board says "time is of the essence." Money is cheap to borrow and the school district can receive a partial grant from the state. They want to build a new school…
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Community Calendar
Fashion/dinner show Friday, Dec. 5 The Holy Assumption School PTA of Roebling invites the public to attend the annual fashion/dinner show "Evening at the Manhattan Club." Mark your calendars and plan to join us for a fun-filled evening of food, fashion and prizes. Tickets are $35 each; call 499-0045 for details. Flea market Saturday, Dec.…
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Vote yes on school bond referenda
EDITORIAL Residents in Chesterfield and Florence will have the opportunity on Dec. 9 to plan for the future and ensure that children in their communities will have adequate educational facilities in a world that asks for more both from its schools and from the young people who will pass through their halls. The $17.5 million…
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For the Dec. 4 issue
Mary Inverso, M. Jean Bodine, Paul Dakanich, Leo C. Przybylski, Evelyn A. Miller, Virginia M. Foulks, Emma Jean Risconsin. Mary Inverso BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Mary Fragale Inverso, 85, died Nov. 23 in the Compassionate Care Hospice, Trenton. Mrs. Inverso was born in Casteltermini, Sicily, and had resided in the Trenton area for the past 83…
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Crash kills Pa. man
A Pennsylvania man was killed and six others were injured in a auto accident on Route 130 in Florence Township. By: Scott Morgan FLORENCE A Pennsylvania man was killed and six others injured in a high-speed, three-car accident on Route 130 Saturday that police said was one of the worst accidents in the township’s…
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George A. Umrath
George A. Umrath, 49, of Pennington died Dec. 4 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident. He was a retired merchandising representative for East Coast Credit Company in Hamilton Township. He also was a fisherman, golfer and member of a local pool team. He is survived…
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Police Beat
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Glenn R. Grossman, 39, of Mansfield was charged with possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia at 1:33 a.m. Nov. 21. While patrolling on Route 130, officers said they saw Mr. Grossman, who was driving a white 1988 Lincoln Mark VIII, make an illegal U-turn at the intersection of Route 130 and…
