Category: archives
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ALLENTOWN: ‘Flamingo Fashion-ation’ takes flight
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ALLENTOWN — Flamingo fashion is the latest trend to swoop down on the borough, but it has nothing to do with clothing boutiques or haute couture. The Allentown Library’s “Flamingo Fashion-ation” is a fundraiser for everyone willing to let their inner fashionista run wild by outfitting the library’s flock of…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Boy Scout troop goes on New Mexico trip
Last month, 12 Boy Scouts and three troop leaders from Troop 489 of Hillsborough traveled to the Philmont Scout Reservation in the mountains of New Mexico. At 137,500 square acres, it is the largest Scout reservation in the world with about 1,200 staff members and 22,800 Scouts arriving every summer. Philmont also is operated as…
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LAWRENCE: Police blotter
Zahir Fenderson, 27, of Trenton, was charged with receiving stolen property at 8:07 a.m. Sept. 9 at Mount’s Motel on Brunswick Pike after it was discovered that he was in possession of a 2001 Audi that had been reported stolen from its Trenton owner. He was taken to the Mercer County Corrections Center on $5,000…
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MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of Sept. 13
Sat., Sept. 15 Clambake BBQ: Manville-Hillsborough Elks 21st annual clambake and barbecue supports special needs children. 1 to 5 p.m. at Lodge 2119 on Brooks Boulevard. Grilled chicken and sausage, clams, hamburgers, hot dogs, kielbasa, ribs and salads. Entertainment by the Hog Finger band. Tickets are $35 in advance from any Elk or at the…
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EAST WINDSOR: Man dies in fiery Turnpike collision
On Tuesday morning, the burnt remnants of two vehicles involved in a deadly Sept. 11 crash remain on the New Jersey Turnpike hours after the fiery incident. (Photo by Amy Batista)
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HILLSBOROUGH: Thespians to take on ‘Beauty and the Beast’
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor ”Beauty and the Beast” will be the latest Broadway musical challenge to be taken on by Hillsborough High School students. Director B.J. Solomon announced that the musical love story, based on the animated film, will be presented March 8-16 as the highlight of the stage year. Presentation of the…
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EAST WINDSOR: Man dies in fiery Turnpike collision
One man died while another man walked away uninjured after a southbound collision in East Windsor on the New Jersey Turnpike at approximately 12:30 a.m. Sept. 11. State police said that a UPS tractor-trailer was rear ended by a truck, driven by Phillip Frey, 33, of Toms River, which caused the vehicles to engulf in…
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MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, week of Sept. 13
The library has reopened as a branch of the county library system and has new hours. The library will open at 10 a.m. every day except Sunday. It will close at 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Manville residents who have a library card should not discard it. It will…
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Police Beat: Sept. 13
Police news from Plumsted, Robbinsville, Allentown Plumsted Police report there has been a rash of more than a dozen home break-ins in recent weeks in both the New Egypt and Cream Ridge sections of the township, including a burglary on Brindletown Road on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and a break-in on Ivins Drive on Monday, Sept.…
