Category: archives
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Developer to revise warehouse plans
Buildings would complete Hillsborough Business Center By:Laura Toto Larken Associates is redoing its proposal for six new buildings at Hillsborough Business Center in southern Hillsborough. The Planning Board on Sept. 14 told the developer the plan as submitted would cover too much of the ground with impervious surface. The meeting served as an informal hearing…
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Building a habitat
Rider students help build home for Trenton family By: Linda J. Field Rider University held a party in Lawrence Saturday with the purpose of helping a Trenton family build a new house. The sounds of saws and hammers took over the campus even before the ceremonial first nails had been hammered. In conjunction with Habitat…
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Volunteers make improvements to new Florence athletic fields
Four fields located on 16-acre parcel of land By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE – The new athletic fields in the township are undergoing some improvements this month, with help from local volunteers. The four fields, located on a 16-acre parcel of land at Florence Township Veteran’s Memorial Park by the municipal building, are still unnamed,…
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Signal to control extra traffic
Signal at Routes 660 and 656 By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE – A new signal to control increased traffic at the intersection of two county roads in the township was scheduled to be fully operational Wednesday. N.J. Turnpike Interchange 6 and new housing developments in both Florence and Burlington townships have contributed to increased traffic…
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Research complex to open this year
Opening day set for either November or December By:Jeff Mikalaitis MANSFIELD – The New Jersey EcoComplex at the county Resource Recovery Center is set to open in late November or early December, said county Freeholder James Wujcik. The EcoComplex will host research to develop technology that will be used to improve the environment. Construction…
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Manville youth teams capture Floyd trophy
By: John E. Powers For more than two years, the Manville Pop Warner Pintos team had trouble not only winning, but scoring points. Only a forfeit win over Metuchen last year had stopped the run of futility. But Sunday afternoon, at Bound Brook’s LaMonte Field, all of that was forgotten with one of the…
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Olympic games sportmanship’s best showcase
By: What drives an athlete on? Is it a multi-million dollar contract and limitless fame? And what images do we summon up when we think of sports? Some would say the images entail foul-mouthed millionaires spitting on referees, crowds pelting athletes with ice-packed snowballs or infantile coaches throwing chairs across basketball courts. Right now, on…
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Resident tired of Litterville volleyball
Too many signs go up but don’t come back down By:Eric Schwarz A resident and two councilmen say they’re tired of seeing signs advertising garage sales and other events posted on utility polices, though no final solution to the problem emerged at the Sept. 11 Borough Council meeting. Anne Marie Kralovich of Brooks Boulevard had…
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Health care know how benefits both employees and employers
By:Bonnie Butler Just how healthy are you and should your workplace have your health interests at heart? If you are feeling stressed out or depressed, how can you perform your job properly? No matter where you fit into the employment scene, whether you are an employer or an employee, you should know the answer to…
