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TOWN TALK: Plumsted seeks more police aid
Community increases full-time force with addition of Officer Earl Meroney. By: Ron Dancer The Township Committee appointed Earl Meroney as another full-time police officer for Plumsted. Our community has its first full-time (24/7) local police patrol and coverage without increasing taxes. Obtaining grant funding from federal, state and county sources has helped the Township Committee…
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Warriors fall 1-0 in state softball playoffs
New Egypt High School squad knows its day will come — perhaps very soon. By: Kyle Moylan The Paulsboro High School softball team walked off the field this past Tuesday with a 1-0 win in the South Jersey Group I Tournament. The New Egypt High School softball team walked off the field knowing that its…
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Double take
Studio’s customers preserve memories of images created in adjoining salon By:Jon Steele Some things make so much sense that you wonder why you don’t see them more often. Take, for example, the marriage of a photography studio with a style salon, which was celebrated last month when the daughter-mother combo of Jennifer Hoffman and Mary…
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Allentown Borough gets ‘village center’ status
Surrounding municipalities will be encouraged not to develop near Allentown, and the borough will have priority in obtaining state grants. By: Mark Moffa ALLENTOWN The borough last week received a recognition it has been striving toward for more than 12 years. The New Jersey State Planning Commission voted unanimously to bestow its "village center"…
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Effort is officially under way to bring football to CHS in fall
School board directs administrators to try to do three things needed to get a team on the field for the 2002 season. By: John Tredrea An effort to bring interscholastic football to Hopewell Valley Central High School this fall is officially under way. The unanimous consensus of the school board on May 16 was to…
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Hopewell yard sales slated June 1, 2
Music events also slated The Hopewell communitywide spring yard sale is scheduled for June 1 and 2. Clean out basements and attics and price treasures for sale. Hopewell Borough waives fees for yard sales that weekend. Jam du Jour, a musical jam session in the center of town, on Broad Street near Dana Graphics and…
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HBA/EDC breakfast: What a great way to start a Monday!
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By: Ruth Luse In the late 1970s, a group of Hopewell business people gathered to form Hopewell Business Associates (now Association). In the early years, this group (which calls itself HBA) met monthly at places like Rose & Chubby’s and Mignella’s Hillbilly Hall, sponsored events like Hopewell Community Day in June, published Hopewell…
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Man charged with stalking
Two previous complaints are still awaiting trial. By: Brian Shappell A 46-year-old Kendall Park man was charged with stalking a Monmouth Junction woman for the third time in six months. Police said Arthur Scott of Stillwell Road was seen by both the 36-year-old woman he allegedly had been stalking and another witness on Bedford Road…
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St. Gregory the Great to construct new facility
Work is expected to begin on a new church to serve the rapidly growing congregation next month. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON After four years of planning and preparation, parishioners at St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church will see work begin on a new church next month. The Rev. Richard LaVerghetta said the old…
