Category: archives
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Library anticipates computerized system
New operations will be in place for 40th anniversary By:Eric Schwarz A computerized card catalog and other automated services are coming to Manville Public Library after five years of planning. Selected patrons will be given new bar-coded library cards in October. The rest of the patrons will receive the new cards in November, in time…
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Volunteers to be honored at Mayors’ Breakfast
Event Oct. 21 at golf club What do a health planning consultant, a nursery school teacher, a law enforcement professional and a salesman all have in common? They are all parents looking for ways to stay in touch with their teenagers. In addition, they are the founding facilitators of a pilot program called Parent Leadership…
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Brick auction showcases local history
Collections has over three centuries worth of antiques By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE – Tours of the Tullytown, Pa., landfill have been scheduled in October in response to continuing questions from township residents who do not feel the landfill followed through on its agreement to control odors and install landscaping. Local residents and township officials…
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Director takes band where it’s never been
Haran leads players to overnight camp Late this summer the Hillsborough High School Marching Band was quietly told to get out of town. The request was made by Jules Haran, the high school’s new band director. It’s likely the band program will never be the same again. For five days and four nights, the rolling…
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County to close on farm properties
Closing expected to take place this week By:Jeff Mikalaitis NORTH HANOVER – Burlington County is set to close on the first of six properties in the township that have been approved this year for farmland preservation. The closing is expected to take place this week. The township’s municipal cost share to preserve the 50-acre…
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NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 9/28
From the Sept. 28 edition of the Register-News By: 120 years ago When W. T. Devlan returned home from Africa, a few months since, he brought home three monkeys, one of which was tamed, the other two not so much so. The tame one, chained in the yard, has had troops of youngsters to gaze…
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Gwiazdowski chides committee for not buying land
But Democrats claim land not a good purchase By:Laura Toto A Republican candidate for Township Committee meeting asserted before the sitting members that they had lost grant money from the county by failing to act on an open-space purchase. Tony Gwiazdowski told committee members, all Democratic, that he had learned on Sept. 26 from a…
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Brick auction showcases local history
Collection of antiques over three centuries old By:Vanessa S. Holt CHESTERFIELD – The large white house in Crosswicks called Four Acres has been home to the Brick family for almost 100 years. Built in 1904 by Josiah Brick, the 11-bedroom house at the corner of Buttonwood and Front streets was occupied by his daughter,…
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Cards earn key win over Knights
Girls Soccer By: Mike Molaro The 5-0 triumph that the Lawrence High School girls soccer squad posted over West Windsor-Plainsboro North at home last Friday was huge for a number of reasons. First, the Cardinals evened their record at 3-3 and kept them on pace for a post-season invitation. Second, it was the first shutout…
