Category: archives
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Grant sought for New Egypt firehouse site
TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer By: The Township Committee has authorized a grant application to the state for the "Local Aid to Town Centers Program." Our grant application requests $138,000 for improvements at the historic site of Plumsted’s first firehouse, located on Evergreen Road. The 1901 firehouse was purchased earlier this year by the Township…
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Rotarians offer financial hand to groups in need
Second in a series on people and organizations in the area that make giving their yearlong duty. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON On Fridays, when most employees are anxious for the weekend, a group of Washington businesspeople add an extra hour to their day. In the early morning hours, they meet at Daphne’s Restaurant in…
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Rationale varies in residents’ decisions
Voting location exit polls reveal diverse motivations By: Lea Kahn The school district’s $37.2 million bond referendum was overwhelmingly approved Tuesday, but the reasons voters gave for supporting it or denying it were as varied as the voters themselves. Bob Erickson, who lives on Trumbull Avenue, was one of the 1,936 voters who favored the…
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Town gets big gift in form of small fire truck
By:Alec Moore In the spirit of providing mutual aid whenever possible, the Hillsborough Fire Department has given the Manville Fire Department a new firefighting tool. The tool in question is a 1985 fire pumper truck, a small fire truck capable of traversing rough terrain and fighting fires with its high-pressure water hoses. Borough officials say…
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Hockey ticket promotion helps local children’s group
MIKES for Manville offering discounted tickets to Feb. 9 New Jersey Devils game MIKES for Manville, a fund benefiting local children suffering from catastrophic illnesses, has a "Devil-ish" offer for Christmas shoppers. The group is sponsoring a bus trip to the New Jersey Devils hockey game against Minnesota on Feb. 9, as a fund-raising promotion.…
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Santa visits Hopewell Borough
Tree-lighting brought St. Nick to town Caroline Meeks, 6, of Hopewell gives Santa the list of things she wants for Christmas during the party at Hopewell Firehouse following the Dec. 7 annual tree-lighting festivities in Hopewell Borough. The tree stands near the corner of West Broad Street and North Greenwood Avenue. With the added glimmer…
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Manville wants buffer from township houses
By:Alec Moore Manville resident and former Borough Councilman John Mehalick is not happy about Hillsborough’s settlement of the builder’s remedy lawsuit it faced earlier this year from the Bielanski Group. Mr. Mehalick, who resides on Dominic Street, approached the Borough Council Monday to request that action be taken to put more space between the existing…
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POLICE BLOTTER
William Miranda, 40, of Jasinski Street was charged with disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and resisting arrest after pulling bushes out of the front of Mi Casita Restaurant on South Main Street and dumping garbage cans over. Mr. Miranda was initially sent away from Sherry’s Bar on South Main Street at 12:32 a.m. on Dec. 7…
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Matrix Group proceeding with warehouse plans
Developer unfazed by Upper Freehold residents’ lawsuit. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON Litigation filed against the Washington Township Planning Board and Matrix Development Group hasn’t halted the application process for the proposed warehouse project. "The approval process is continuing forward," Planning Board attorney Mike Balint said. He said the board still hasn’t been formally…
