Category: archives
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Grant gives schools second cop
$125,000 will be used for new officer By: Lea Kahn Lawrence Township has been awarded a $125,000 federal grant to hire a new police officer through the U.S. Department of Justice’s "Cops In School" program. The grant will allow the Lawrence Township Police Department to hire a new police officer and to assign a veteran…
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Calli, NBC defense throw out a 28-0 beauty
By:Sean Moylan Anthony Cali threw three touchdown passes to lead the Northern Burlington County Regional High School football squad to a nearly meticulous 28-0 home win over Monroe on Saturday. While last year’s Greyhound squad gave opponents a steady diet of Artie McDonnell up the middle and Ryan Orloski and Bryant Richardson on the…
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Township has lowest property tax rate in Burlington County
Tax rate lowest for third consecutive year By:Jeff Mikalaitis NORTH HANOVER – The township has the lowest property tax rate in Burlington County for the third consecutive year. Mayor John S. Kocubinski said the low tax rate is due to good financial management, and the township’s decision not to chase ratables, but instead to…
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SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
The first annual Hopewell Valley Softball Fall Classic tournament can only be described as a complete success. Not only was the weather and the games excellent, but the home team won. In the tournament that featured two teams from Hopewell, Montgomery, Hamilton, West Windsor, Clinton, Ewing, and North Brunswick, the defending league champion Hopewell One…
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Pennington to hire hydro-geologist
Council wants study of B-MS water management plan By:John Tredea The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) wants the Pennington Borough Council to vote on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s water management plan for the firm’s proposed major expansion of its research campus in Hopewell Township, about a mile northeast of the borough. "The DEP has requested formal…
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Floyd devestation moves deli owners to new careers
HURRICANE FLOYD RETROSPECTIVE By:Minx McCloud There are signs of activity at the former George’s Hard Rock Deli on South Main Street. The "for rent" sign has been taken out of the window and a new deli apparently is opening. But it won’t belong to Manville residents Duane and Maria Potosky. "I can assure you, we…
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NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 9/14
From the Sept. 14 edition of the Register-News By: 110 years ago Complaints have been made against the miserable light now furnished by the Gas Company. Two months since, after decreasing the schedule of prices, the company began to furnish a substitute for gas, the new light being made from some sort of oil. Private…
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Holt points to independence in tight race
Democrat squaring off against Dick Zimmer for 12th Congressional District By: Jennifer Potash U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) is preparing for a tough battle to hold on to his seat. He will face Republican Dick Zimmer, who held the seat from 1992 to 1996, in the November election. Rep. Holt sat down with The Packet…
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$1.6M landfill lawsuit filed
Suit claims county owes Florence Township additional landfill host benefit fees By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE – The township is seeking more than $1.6 million from the county in a suit claiming the county owes it additional landfill host benefit fees since a composting plant opened here. The suit was filed Sept. 1 in Burlington…
