Category: archives
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Warning sirens test Saturday
New system will notify residents when to tune in emergency radio By:Alec Moore Come noon Saturday, residents should not be alarmed if they hear a loud sound blaring throughout the borough. Borough officials will be testing Manville’s new emergency alert siren system at that time. "What we really want to get across to the people…
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Township honors Malkofamily for service
By:Alec Moore The Township Committee paid homage to the Malko family of Belle Mead at last week’s Township Committee meeting for their courage and selfless devotion to America’s war effort during World War II. "America always has its generation of heroes and my generation certainly owes your generation a debt of gratitude for what we…
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‘Four Dogs and a Bone’
Director Michael Driscoll moves to 12 Miles West Theatre Company in Montclair to stage this Hollywood revenge piece. By: Stuart Duncan Playwright John Patrick Shanley has been riding the carousel of fame for some time, reaching for the golden ring but rarely grasping it. His biggest hit has been Moonstruck, which bounced off Broadway to…
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Pennsylvania manheld for ATV theft
By: John Tredrea A Pennsylvania man, who was pulled over by Hopewell Township police because one of his pickup truck’s taillights was not working properly, is being held in the Mercer County Correction Center for allegedly stealing an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) from a dealership in the Poconos area of Pennsylvania. Having failed to post 10…
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Families concerned over bridge project
Loss of land, trees and property value feared by local residents By:Vanessa S. Holt CHESTERFIELD Two Sykesville Road families are concerned that they will lose land, trees and property value if the state Department of Transportation realigns portions of the road near their homes as part of a bridge replacement project that has been…
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Peace concert to host cellist and singer
Internationally acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz and Toshi Reagon, the soulful singer/songwriter, will headline the annual Concert for Peace Sunday, Feb. 10, 4 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road. Matt Haimovitz appears world-wide in recital and as soloist with many of the great symphony orchestras including those of Boston, Chicago,…
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Aid numbers concern school district
Plumsted asks governor’s office to speed process for providing aid figures. By: Scott Morgan PLUMSTED School board officials Monday night expressed concern over an anticipated delay in Gov. James McGreevey’s release of the state budget proposal, including school aid figures for the next fiscal year. While the governor’s budget report customarily is due no…
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Accident blocks turnpike
By: Brian Shappell Traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike came to a standstill for more than four hours Monday following an accident involving three tractor-trailers and a car at Exit 8A. Mike G. Sisko, 58, of Metuchen was traveling south at 8:10 a.m. when he drove his Subaru into the back of a tractor-trailer driven…
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WASHINGTON: Input sought for park proposal
Washington officials hold off endorsement of Mercer County plan for recreation area. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON The Township Committee last week put on hold a resolution formally endorsing a Mercer County plan to place an 80-acre park in the township, with at least one member saying more information was needed. Committeeman Jack Mozloom said…
