Category: archives
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Town crime rate inches up
Rate per 1,000 residents increased from 15.4 reported crimes in 1999 to 17.4 in 2000. By: Brian Shappell The township crime rate in 2000 increased from 1999, according to the state’s Uniform Crime Report. According to the report, the township crime rate per 1,000 residents increased from 15.4 reported crimes in 1999 to 17.4 in…
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EDITORIAL: Time to focus on needs at home
It’s October, just a little more than three weeks after terrorists and airplanes changed the way America thinks. It’s also just a few weeks before elections, more than a month before Thanksgiving, and nearly two months before the holiday season hits. Why are we consulting the calendar? Because, like it or not, we need to…
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New fund to help Sept. 11 victims
South Brunswick groups raise money to help township residents who lost immediate family members in the attacks on the World Trade Center. By: Brian Shappell Eight local community organizations have come together to help local families in the wake of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center tragedy. The groups have formed the September 11th Community…
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‘People’s faces tolda shocking story…’
WITNESS TO TERROR Editor’s note: Hillsborough resident Kevin Wayne Johnson barely made it into work in New York City when it became clear the World Trade Center had been the target of a terrorist attack. Here is his recounting of the day, as well as how he will cope with the devastation. I witnessed an…
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Sept. 11 Community Fund
Fund forms to support local victims of terror. Members of the South Brunswick community: All the words have been said there are no more ways to express our grief or our outrage or our patriotism or our thanks to the heroes of Sept. 11 but all the tears have not been shed. We…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 10/04
From the Oct. 4 edition of the Register-News By: Let’s keep charm of city growing To the editor: What do visitors to Bordentown City say about the town? Many comment on how pretty it is. Besides the interesting, well-kept buildings with their private gardens, they admire the many beautiful public gardens found throughout the…
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Agenda review added to meetings
Review will begin at 6:45 p.m. By:David Koch MANSFIELD A change enacted last week will allow an agenda review before each workshop and regular meeting of the Township Committee, said Dee Mayors, deputy clerk for Mansfield Township. The change will allow a 45-minute agenda review before the committee’s regular workshop meeting held on the…
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Crossing Oceans
Multi-talented baritone Jubilant Sykes will give a recital at the Peddie School in Hightstown Oct. 6. By: Matt Smith Upon completing his studies at Cal State Fullerton, Jubilant Sykes was lucky enough to cross the Atlantic to study privately with voice teachers in Austria and Berlin. The young baritone appreciated the chance to soak up…
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Discrimination suit filed against Griffin Pipe Co.
Suit alleges company denied promotions to African-American employees By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE A suit alleging that Griffin Pipe Products Co. has denied promotions to African-American employees was filed Sept. 27 in federal district court in Camden by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC). According to the EEOC, African-American employees who held seniority in…
