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Three farms eye state protection
Three South Brunswick properties received preliminary approval from the Middlesex County Agricultural Development Board last week to be entered into the state’s farmland preservation program. By:Brian Shappell Three South Brunswick properties received preliminary approval from the Middlesex County Agricultural Development Board last week to be entered into the state’s farmland preservation program. The properties are…
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Resident campaigns for boroughtakeover of neighboring blocks
By:Steve Rauscher The section of Hillsborough Township where a devastating fire occurred three weeks ago should by all rights become a part of Manville Borough, said resident Paul Lebedz at a recent Borough Council meeting Citing the delayed response of the Hillsborough Fire Department to the July 2 fire on Nostrand Road that incinerated one…
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Artist opens ‘dream’ shop in Allentown
Paintbrush in hand, Natalia Kozlowski talks about her shop, the Dreamin’ Tree. By: Sarah Winkelman ALLENTOWN Paintbrush in hand, Natalia Kozlowski talks about her shop, the Dreamin’ Tree, which opened last October. Right before her shop opened, Ms. Kozlowski was driving in her car when the Dave Matthews Band song, "The Dreaming Tree" came…
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Bordentown 10’s win District 12 softball title
Following the Bordentown 10-year-old girls’ softball All-Star team’s 10-4 victory over West Windsor on Monday to capture the District 12 Little League title, Brittany Bakeman stood on the mound at West Windsor smiling from ear-to-ear with her face positively beaming. And why not? By:Sean Moylan Her hard hit two-run homer to right-center in the fifth…
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Dorothy Bloom
CRANBURY Dorothy C. Bloom, 79, died Tuesday, July 24, at home. Born in Princeton, she was a longtime Weehawkin resident before moving to Cranbury six years ago. She graduated from Princeton High School and retired after 35 years with Interpublic Group Co., an advertising firm in New York City. Daughter of the late John…
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Editorial: Is power station a good idea for Bordentown?
We are curious as to what Bordentown Township residents think of a proposal presented to the Township Committee to build a 550-megawatt power station in the township. By: Conectiv, a regional power company, wants to build the plant on a 110-acre parcel of land that includes a section of Newbold Island, near Burlington-Bordentown Road and…
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First aid squad asks township for new building
When the Lawrence Township Emergency First Aid Squad opened the doors to its new building in 1962, the ambulance was a specially outfitted Cadillac. It fit nicely inside the squad house. By: Lea Kahn In 1962, the volunteer rescue workers did not worry about being contaminated by the AIDS virus or by hepatitis from the…
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Who is Michael Lapointe
A profile of Michael Lapointe By:Chabre Mingo Michael Lapointe lives in Hamilton, NJ. He has lived there most of his life. He has been to all Hamilton township schools. Next year he is going to Hamilton West. After that he wants to go to UCLA. He hopes he will like high school better than middle…
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