Category: archives
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Solution sought for truck traffic
MANSFIELD Trucks mean major business for towns along Route 295, but they also can be a major problem. One township having problems with local truck traffic is Mansfield. By:David Koch Trucks coming from the Columbus Florence exit on Interstate 295 are running over lawns, tying up traffic, and present a safety hazard to…
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Zoners to consider service station plan
Township zoners will consider next week whether to permit a combination gasoline service station, convenience store and car wash to be developed on the site of an abandoned gas station on the corner of Spruce Street and Princeton Avenue. By: Lea Kahn The Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Motiva Enterprises…
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Homage to the spring harvest
Stage House Inn chef overseas ‘new French’ menu for Princeton University Dining Services By:Jeff Milgram David Drake remembers the smells that changed his life. He was working a menial job in the kitchen of the Inn at Phillip’s Mill in New Hope, Pa., when he picked up the aroma of garlic butter being prepared for…
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The State We’re In
Exciting news for New Jersey came in the form of a report titled "Voters Invest in Open Space." Produced by the Land Trust Alliance (LTA), this short work summarizes the results of all of the open space referendums around the country. The results of the year 2000 referendums were just released. By:Michele S. Byers The…
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Schoolhouse to be more accessible
BORDENTOWN CITY When Patti DeSantis looks across the street at the historic Clara Barton Schoolhouse on Crosswicks and east Burlington streets, she saysshe wishes it was possible for the building to be open year-round. People passing by the building stop and look in, try the door and walk away with disappointment because the building…
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School board OKs secretary’sfiring after long debate
A secretary in the Board of Education office was fired Tuesday, dismissed at the door before she walked in. By:Eric Schwarz Karen Sanford of Piscataway, who made about $28,000 a year as secretary to the board secretary and business administrator, talked with the board in closed session that night for about a half-hour, but to…
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Girls track team hopes to close gap on CVC
Switch to Colonial Valley Conference puts Allentown at disadvantage. By: Kyle Moylan As the scheduled start of the season, yesterday (April 4) was a big day for the Allentown High School girls’ track team. The way Jacqueline Mulryne sees it, however, it was not much more important than any of the 100 or so days…
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Many share credit for big rigs victories in war not yet won
EDITORIAL By:Ruth Luse A fatal one-car accident early Sunday morning on a wet Route 29 near Valley Road serves as a reminder to us all that no matter how many regulations we put in place, tragedies inevitably will happen. But, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t continue to work to avoid them. It’s ironic that Sunday’s…
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Planners tell auto dealer to rethink original plan
RJM Brunswick Pike LLC may have thought it was making a few changes to an approved plan for a car dealership Monday, but Planning Board members didn’t see it that way. By: Lea Kahn Car dealers Bob and Marcie Maguire, principal partners in RJM Brunswick Pike LLC, received Planning Board approval in 1999 for a…
