Category: archives
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Matrix, warehouse foes square off again
Revisions to proposed warehouse park do little to make some area residents happy. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON Revisions including the addition of 1 percent office space to the proposed 5.58 million square foot Matrix warehouse development did not appease area residents opposed to the project. After four-and-a-half hours of presentations and public response Wednesday…
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State Police increase patrols
Look to curb vandalism in Upper Freehold Township. By: UPPER FREEHOLD A township neighborhood plagued by vandals is enjoying a respite from trouble. Earlier this month, some residents from the Drew’s Farm development fell victim to summer vandals who had been defecating in pools, hot tubs and backyards. These same vandals, it appears, were…
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Mail carriers keep a watchful eye
New program has carriers looking out for seniors in South Brunswick. By: Rebecca Tokarz Sophie is an 88-year-old woman who lives alone. Although she still drives her own car and is constantly out and about at the senior center, she became concerned that if something were to happen to her, her nearest relative, a son,…
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For the week of Aug. 29
Diana C. Rochford, Steven A. Ferry, Eugene G. Barth, Stephen T. Connelly, Dorcas Constant Mahacsi, Gary Stephen Hill, Veronica Anderson, Robert H. Baldwin, Roseann Mitchell, Richard T. Kauffman Sr., John F. Young Sr., Wilford Sommers, Geneva A. Patterson, Robert C. Case. By: Diana C. Rochford Diana C. Rochford died Sunday at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia…
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Listening to the music of his heart
Millstone’s Paul Heumiller working toward dream of becoming full-time musician. By: Joan Marshall MILLSTONE Paul Heumiller is an independent musician who has been there and done that from his "starving artist" beginnings to working closely with one of his idols (British acoustic king Martin Simpson) to finally tasting the fruits of his labor…
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Committee moves to assist commission
Trying to improve attendance of Upper Freehold environmental panel. By: Scott Morgan UPPER FREEHOLD A member of the Township Environmental Commission recently asked the Township Committee to help solve an attendance problem that she says has kept it from meeting since January. Last week, the Township Committee obliged. Commission member Sue Kozel appeared before…
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Police: Speed a factor in
A total of four teens involved in East Windsor crash Tuesday night. By: Chris Karmiol EAST WINDSOR Four teen-agers were sent to area hospitals with injuries after a car collided with a guardrail on Etra Road Tuesday night. One of the injured, an Allentown girl, as of Wednesday night was in critical condition with…
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Town mulls preservation of Kendall Park parcel
Funds are limited, but there is still hope By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi Residents looking to preserve the last large block of open space in Kendall Park did not get the resounding yes they had been hoping for. However, they still hope the Township Council and Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders will get together to…
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Reduced capital spending approved
Road projects, new equipment taken out of new ordinance By:Alec Moore The Township Committee introduced both a new reduced capital improvements spending plan and a new bond ordinance Tuesday. Although the $347,602 capital spending plan received the full support of the committee, Committeeman Tony Gwiazdowski voted in opposition to the introduction of the $273,630 bond…
