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FLORENCE: Roebling Museum returns with start of spring
FLORENCE — Spring is here. Regular hours of the Roebling Museum, 100 Second Ave., opened this season April 3 and will continue through weekly Wednesday through Sunday. On those days the museum, located in the heart of Roebling, welcomes visitors from 11 p.m. to 4 p.m. According to a recent press release from the museum,…
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FLORENCE: Spring arrives at egg hunt
By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — Children gathered for Easter eggs last weekend. Held the day before the official holiday, the Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Boyd’s Pharmacy and the Florence Township Fire Department, is a longstanding tradition in the community. The Easter Egg Hunt was at the H. Kenneth Wilkie Park on Front…
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MANVILLE: Moms, Scouts see python up close and personal
At the end of his program, Dominick Rizzo reached over their heads of three Scout moms Jill Peterson, Barb Bezick and Angie Petti and placed a python snake in their hands. The moms squirmed at first, but after a while, they were comfortable enough to allow boys and parents to touch the snake…
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MANVILLE: No contests, no surprises emerge from filings
Asher, Onderko, Jurewicz, Harwick file for Borough Council ballot By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor As expected, two Democrats and two Republicans filed petitions for their party’s nominations for Borough Council by Monday’s deadline. For the Democrats, former Borough Councilman Frank Jurewicz and local party chairman Alan Harwick are seeking the two three-year council seats that…
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FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: Week of April 4
By Peg Dotson, Guest Columnist The Food Pantry at Florence United Methodist Church will be open this Friday. April 5, at 11.30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. We thank those of you who have so generously donated to our Food Pantry. I know there are many people benefiting from your donations who really appreciate them. Thank…
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LAWRENCE: Number of property tax appeals drops this year
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The April 1 deadline to file a property tax appeal yielded a sharp drop in the number of appeals filed with the Mercer County Board of Taxation and the New Jersey State Tax Court for 2013, according to Lawrence Township officials. Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun said he was aware of…
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CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: Week of April 4
By Nancy Mrzljak, Guest Columnist The Union Fire Company No. 1’s pancake breakfast will be held 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., Sunday, April 7 at the Crosswicks Firehouse. Everyone is invited, bring friends and family and enjoy a few flapjacks and some breakfast sausage. All-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage, orange juice, coffee. Ticket prices are adults…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Budget calls for 2.7-cent tax hike
By Amy Batista, Special Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee introduced its 2013 municipal budget last month at $10.5 million, which calls for a 2.7-cent increase in the municipal tax rate. ”The budget is very prudent,” Mayor Jim Cann said on March 27. “I think we got it as tight as we could.” A…
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MANVILLE: GOP is on the wrong side of gun issue, he says
To the editor: For decades, too many Republicans in Washington have stood by as our school children and moviegoers, worshipers and police officers and so many others have been gunned down. This shameful, tragic inaction must stop. Nearly 80 mayors across the state of New Jersey have signed onto Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition…
