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Georgia man charged with lewdness
Police charge man after reports of lewdness at office building and movie theater By:Alec Moore A Georgia man was taken into custody by police July 10 after he allegedly exposed himself to a woman. Ronald Ross, 24, of Marietta, Ga., was charged with lewdness, criminal trespassing and harassment after entering several women’s restrooms and approaching…
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Door-to-door effort aimed at keeping crime rate low
Bordentown City police reach out with crime prevention effort By: Scott Morgan BORDENTOWN CITY One door at a time, Sgt. Ken Moretz reignited his department’s campaign to get the city’s residents to pay attention to crime prevention again. After a decade of relative quiet, the Bordentown City Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit is …
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Lawrence included in ‘Safe Corridor’ plan
McGreevey signs bill while next to new designated road. By: Lea Kahn Standing in the shadow of the state Division of Motor Vehicles’ Bakers Basin inspection station, Gov. James E. McGreevey signed into law a bill that designates selected highways as "Safe Corridors" Tuesday afternoon. Under the new law, the commissioner of transportation can designate…
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Frances Yurasek
By: MANVILLE Frances (Suhaka) Yurasek died Friday, July 11, at her daughter’s home in Chesterfield. She was 80. Born in Manville, she was a lifelong resident of Manville. Mrs. Yurasek was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart R.C. Church in Manville. Her husband, Michael J. Yurasek, died in 1992. Survivors include,…
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Fence measure approved
Mansfield will allow fences in certain easements By: Eve Collins MANSFIELD Residents will soon be able to put fences in buffer, landscape and shade tree easements, under a new ordinance approved 3-1 by the Township Committee last week. Few residents turned out for a public hearing on the issue, despite its popularityat past meetings.…
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Mayor’s grant request irks councilmen
Stockton officials may not accept the $5,000 award for a visitors center. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON If someone wants to hand you $5,000, normally that’s a good thing. That wasn’t the case at the Borough Council’s work session Monday. Councilmen were angry Mayor Gregg Rackin applied for a grant for a visitors center without…
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Police, firefighters get raises with new contracts
Three-year union contracts are retroactive to Jan. 1. By: Lea Kahn The township’s police officers are in line for 3.75-percent pay increases and its paid firefighters will get pay hikes of 3.25 percent, under the terms of union contracts approved by Township Council Tuesday night. The 3-year contracts for the Lawrence Township Police Benevolent Association…
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The wild blue yonder
Princeton Airport is thriving in the midst of challenges. By: Paul Sisolak Superman learned to fly at Princeton Airport. In 1976, years before The Man of Steel could be seen soaring over Metropolis on the big screen, Christopher Reeve flew his first solo flight in a small airplane from the airport on Route 206, in…
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‘Seabiscuit: An American Legend’ comes to the screen
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman By: ‘Seabiscuit: An American Legend’ comes to the screen The national best seller "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand is soon to be a major motion picture starring Toby McGuire. The early buzz is that it is a winner like the horse and great book he inspired. However,…
