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Alice Etzold
MANVILLE – Alice E. Etzold passed away Wednesday, March 20, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 80. Born and raised in Springfield, she moved to Manville 10 years ago. Ms. Etzold was a member of American Legion Post 507 Ladies Auxiliary in Bridgewater. Surviving are a sister, Agnes Feltman of…
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Couple seeks return of stolen statue
Bronze angel taken from grave site at Allentown Methodist Cemetery in Allentown. By: Ken Weingartner ALLENTOWN Stacey Ferro never expected anything so "evil" to happen here. Sometime earlier this month, most likely between March 8 and March 17, a solid bronze statue of an angel was stolen from her infant son’s grave site at…
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Car crash takes life of Hopewell Valley resident
Her passenger, also a local resident, was still in critical condition Wednesday. By: John Tredrea Ruth E. Johnson, 75, of Woolsey Court, Pennington, died Monday of head and chest injuries sustained after she lost control of her car on Route 206 in Springfield (Burlington County), went through a chain-link fence and hit a tree. Funeral…
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BOROUGH BRIEFS
By: Alec Moore Chief says cuts won’t affect service Manville Police Chief John Petrovic indicated that residents should not notice any significant decrease in police service as a result of the loss of three officers, each of whom accepted an early retirement package. Chief Petrovic noted that the department has made a shift in the…
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Zoners put off church hearing for one month
The zoning board will revisit the application May 8. By: Lea Kahn The Zoning Board of Adjustment won’t revisit Westerly Road Church’s use variance application until May. The zoning board did not reach a decision on the application at its March 20 meeting, which featured final testimony from the applicant and from two witnesses called…
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Large rig full of pearsrolls over on Route 31
The driver was charged with reckless driving and violating the state’s ban on 102-inch-wide tractor-trailers By: John Tredrea A tractor-trailer bound for Quebec with 2,400 pounds of pears careened out of control as it came through the Pennington Circle on Friday spilling its cargo across Route 31 and forcing the closing of the northbound…
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Realtors sing associate’s praises
Until recently, the majority of agents at Century 21 Worden and Green in Hillsborough had no idea that there was a starlet amongst them By:Alec Moore But during Century 21’s annual International Convention earlier this month in San Antonio, however, they learned that one of their very own had a hidden talent. Lana Evers, a…
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The more you use, the more you pay
LEDGER FORUM I fail to understand the uproar over the recent change in the sewer billing system from a flat rate to one that reflects actual water consumption. If I choose to use more electricity than my neighbor, I should expect my electric bill to be higher than hers. If I make more phone calls,…
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FORUM: School Spending Plan
How are you going to vote on the school district’s $98.15 million spending plan? How are you going to vote on the school district’s $98.15 million spending plan?
