Category: archives
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A looming crisis
DJ Kurz Lambertville It might be useful for readers to do some homework when it comes to the state’s claims regarding its unfunded pension and retiree health care liabilities. The state reports its pension system has an unfunded $41.8 billion liability. However, this unfunded liability number is vastly understated! According to Andrew Biggs, of…
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It’s Farmers Market Week: Buy Jersey Fresh produce
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher and Patricia Dombroski, USDA Food and Nutrition Service mid-Atlantic regional administrator, has called on Garden State residents and visitors to enjoy Jersey Fresh produce from one of the state’s 153 community farmers markets during Farmers Market Week, which began Sunday and runs through Saturday, and throughout the…
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Columbus church helps volunteers
Thanks to the hard work of the Columbus Baptist Church, nearly 400 teen and adult volunteers from all over the United States — and 40 from Japan — spent a week in northern Burlington County building wheelchair ramps, painting, and making other repairs to over 50 area homes. Andrew Bermudez, the church’s youth pastor, organized…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: ‘Night Out’ draws record crowd
Ed Birch photo A police volunteer hands a hot dog to Kendall Park resident Joe Leonardo, 11, during National Night out Tuesday.
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Columbus church helps volunteers
photoRyan Kim of Wayne, New Jersey, Frank Mancini of Rochester, New Jersey, Brian Hess of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Caleb Choi of Long Island, New York, work on a Bordentown City porch.
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: ‘Night Out’ draws record crowd
Ed Birch photo South Brunswick Patrolman Mongalieri shows off his motorcycle to Jackie Barbara, 10, of Cranbury, and Brendan Cabreca, 10, from Dayton during the annual National Night Out celebration at Rowland Park Tuesday.
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LAMBERTVILLE: ‘Music Mountain’ to be in limelight
By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor LAMBERTVILLE — From Aug. 17-19, the Friends of Lambertville Library and select galleries in New Hope will present an Artist Visions Festival event. This summer’s festival has been celebrating the creative visions of area filmmakers, musicians, and artists — via special exhibitions and films that showcase New Hope’s and Lambertville’s…
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BORDENTOWN: Swim program celebrates 50 years of learning, fun
Jayla Fresco, 7, of Borden´town Township jumps in after her lesson. Photo by Joe Knox
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Officials address virtual charter schools
By Charles w. Kim, Managing Editor PRINCETON — After successfully opposing a K-2 Mandarin immersion charter school, officials in two local districts are now turning their attention to the world of virtual charters. ”No (good) track record at all, no data throughout the nation (on their effectiveness),” Princeton School District Superintendent Dr. Judy Wilson said…
