Category: archives
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HILLSBOROUGH: Mayor seeks talks on using open space fund
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Mayor Carl Suraci raised the possibility Tuesday night of using the township’s open space fund to pay for maintenance or recreation equipment. He asked fellow Township Committee members who are liaisons to recreation and open space committees to research the idea and report back. Any change in the spending would…
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MANVILLE: Community Calendar, Sept. 27
Sat., Sept. 29 Health fair: The Board of Health Department will host family health and safety day for residents from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the community room of the library, 100 South 10th Ave. Flu shots and blood screenings. Fri., Oct. 5 Tricky tray: 100 gift certificates and prizes, including 42-inch TV, outdoor grill,…
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ROBBINSVILLE: New options eyed in Windsor warehouse zone
By David Kilby, Special Writer ROBBINSVILLE — The Planning Board last week gave the nod to proposed land use code revisions designed to attract more types of “pedestrian scale” commercial development in the Windsor Industrial Park off Route 130. The township’s Office Warehouse Light Manufacturing District zone, which includes about a dozen parcels in the…
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MANVILLE: Borough, county plan Health Day
The Somerset County Health Department and the Borough of Manville Board of Health will host the first Family Health and Safety Day in Manville at the Manville Public Library. The event will be held on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The library is located on 100 S. 10th Ave., Manville. ”This is a great…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Police Beat Sept. 27
Robbinsville Carlyle Frank, 52, of Robbinsville, was charged with DWI and other offenses after a motor vehicle stop at 12:31 a.m., Sept. 23, police said. Patrolman Scott Kivet stopped Mr. Frank’s vehicle for speeding and failing to maintain its lane on Route 130 South, police said. The officer detected evidence Mr. Frank was intoxicated and…
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MANVILEL: VFW post remembers POW, MIA
By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Members of Veterans of Foreign War Thomas J. Kavanaugh Post 2290 and its Ladies Auxiliary held the solemn POW MIA ceremony Friday night to remember those who are being held and still missing in action. This ceremony was performed on Friday all over the state. ”We the members of…
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LAWRENCE: Drug, alcohol center back before board
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A controversial use variance application to locate a residential drug and alcohol detoxification center in an office park at 100 Federal City Road, which was denied by the Zoning Board of Adjustment in 2011, will be reconsidered by the board on Oct. 17. A use variance is needed because a…
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POLICE BLOTTER: Sept. 27
A Baird Drive resident reported to police on Sept. 12 that sometime in the previous three days someone entered a gray Ford parked in the driveway and removed $100 worth of electronics. * * * On Sept. 12 NJ American Water told police a water flow monitor worth $3,500 was stolen from a fire hydrant…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Utility pledges to respond more quickly
JCP&L official cites improving system By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor A year after severe weather cut off electrical service for days for many township residents, a JCP&L official updated the Township Committee on what’s been done to reduce outages and make quicker repairs. John Anderson, area manager for JCP&L, said the company had gone into…
