Category: archives
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Library board knocks audit
Agrees to make changes in accounting system By: Sara Peters Members of the public library board of trustees this week were critical of a Township Council-requested report that said the library’s finances have been mismanaged. Several members said at Monday’s library board meeting that the report did not give enough credit to the library’s staff…
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Marion L. Pullen, 82
By: UPPER FREEHOLD – Marion L. Pullen, 82, of Cream Ridgedied Wednesday, Sept. 20, at Whiting Health Care Center, Whiting. Born in Pemberton, she had lived in the Allentown-Cream Ridge area all her life. She retired from Lenox in Trenton after 20 years service and McGraw Hill after 15 years service. She was a member…
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William Van Der Hey, 85
William Van Der Hey, 85, died Saturday at the Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Born in Clifton, he resided in Kendall Park for over 50 years. He lived mostly with his son in Somerset for nine months. He retired in 1975 as a foreman from REA Express, New Brunswick, after 31 years. He was…
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Rose G. Ross, 88
By: UPPER FREEHOLD – Rose G. Ross, 88, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, at home. Born in Illinois, she was a longtime Cream Ridge resident. She retired after 20 years as a clerk at Fort Dix. She was a member of Assumption Roman Catholic Church, New Egypt, and its Altar Society. Daughter of the late Natale…
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Woman killed in head-on tractor-trailer collision
Thursday mishap on Route 31 south of Route 518 By:John Tredrea A 36-year-old Trenton woman was killed instantly at 7:14 a.m. Thursday when, according to witnesses, she drifted across the center line of state Route 31 and was hit head-on by a northbound tractor-trailer. The victim, Anastasia Ellis of Centre Street was driving a Hyundai,…
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Anthony Bucci Sr.
EWING – Anthony Bucci Sr., 85, died Sept. 24 at St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Orsogna, Italy, he lived in Ewing Township most of his life. Mr. Bucci retired after 30 years as a self-employed electrical contractor. He was a past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus Ewing Council 3756 and a member…
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Airport, towns need to talk
BEACON EDITORIAL By:Hillsborough Beacon The governor’s decision last Thursday to veto a bill that would have set money aside to preserve New Jersey’s community airports brought a number of reactions from our neighborhood, but mostly disappointment: either that the bill was vetoed, or that the governor’s veto still would allow a similar bill to come…
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Committee behind full interchange
Current interchange setup ‘no longer acceptable’ By:Jeff Mikalaitis BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee approved a resolution supporting the construction of a full interchange at the Rising Sun Road exit on Interstate 295. The resolution, approved Tuesday, asks the state Department of Transportation to approach the Federal Highway Administration and convince it the current…
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Allentown gets set for Harvest Festival
By: Mark Moffa ALLENTOWN – Preparations are under way for the borough’s annual Fall Harvest Festival, Oct. 14 and 15. Plans call for much of the same activities as in past years, but with a change in venue for food vendors, who were located on Main Street last year. According to Don Wood Jr., owner…
