Category: archives
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City man rates employees on value system
By: Mae Rhine LAMBERTVILLE — How would people rate how they feel about their job, a baby and nature compared to a rubbish heap, burning a heretic at the stake, blowing up an airliner in flight and torturing someone in a concentration camp, among other things? That’s one way WorkForce Solutions helps employers and employees…
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Mount: Historic area extension ‘won’t happen’
King’s Highway designation unlikely to go beyond Franklin Corner Road By: Lea Kahn If Lawrence Township will not pay for its portion of the King’s Highway study, then a group of township residents has agreed to pick up the tab, Township Councilwoman Pam Mount said last week. The study covers Route 206, also known as…
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Borough chief reinstates drug-sniffing dog program
By: Cynthia Williamson NEW HOPE — Police Chief Jerry Speziale was expected to take at least a couple weeks to research whether the borough had use for a drug-sniffing canine. But less than a week after the council pulled the plug on the program, Mr. Speziale has agreed to give it a try. “A lot…
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Fire and Rescue
Fire and Rescue Montgomery Emergency Medical Services Inc. PO Box 105 Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Location: 8 Harlingen Road, Belle Mead Emergency: 911 Non-emergency: (908) 359-4112 Fax: (908) 359-0008 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.princetonol.com/groups/mems/ President: Marvin Jacobson Captain: William Forbes Community CPR is offered several times through the year. Ambulance tours and lectures are also available…
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Council to consider salaries
Blue-collar and white-collar union agreements also on Tuesday’s agenda By: Lea Kahn An ordinance that grants 3.25 percent pay increases to nonunion township employees tops the agenda for Township Council’s regular public meeting next week. Township Council will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the courtroom at the municipal building to consider that ordinance, and…
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Parks and Playgrounds
Parks and Playgrounds MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP Recreation Department 2230 Route 206 Belle Mead, NJ 08502 (908) 359-7003 Fax: (908) 359-1084 Bessie Grover Park Located in Skillman (908) 359-8211 Fax: (908) 359-8259 Camp meeting place. Broadway Park Off Route 601 This park includes two softball fields. Harlingen Green Harlingen Road Includes a gazebo, frequently used as a…
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History
The Art Museum Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544-1018 (609) 258-3788 Fax: (609) 258-5949 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.princeton.edu Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Open to the public. Admission: Free, donations accepted Acting Director: Peter Bunnell The Art Museum, Princeton University, houses collections ranging from ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman to impressionist,…
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Borough spruce-up topic of meeting
By: Cynthia Williamson NEW HOPE — The Revitalization Committee will hold a public meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Eagle Fire Department to discuss its ideas for rejuvenating the borough. A 10-member panel of business owners and residents appointed by Council President Richard Hirschfield in January has been working with community and economic development consultant…
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Promenade too sprawling
Scaled-back center would be better By:Hillsborough Beacon There’s a certain “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” reality to planning issues. No matter how a town’s officials try to deal with development, it’s a safe bet the developers are going to be further ahead in the end than the town. Such appears to be…
