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HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter, week of May 17
Township police reported this week: The AutoZone store on Amwell Road reported April 29 that three males shoplifted two electronic auto scanners, with a total value of $550. A construction company reported April 30 that two backhoe buckets, valued at $2,000, were stolen from an Anne Street construction site. * * * Police reported…
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PLUMSTED: Litter-packin’ llamas help clean up watershed
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor PLUMSTED — Undeterred by downpours, dozens of soaked volunteers and two wet llamas hauled out 36 bags of trash from the Colliers Mill Wildlife Management Area last week as part of Barnegat Bay Blitz watershed cleanup. The Plumsted contingent was part of a larger watershed-wide cleanup effort involving thousands of…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Annual Viking golf outing set
By Maria Riegel, Special Writer The Viking Athletic Club will be holding its 14th annual Golf Classic 7:30 a.m. on June 25 at the Golf Course of Concordia in Monroe, according to Athletic Director Elaine McGrath. ”Anyone is welcome to play,” Ms. McGrath said. The fee for an adult foursome to play is $380, the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts work for Bronze Award
Hillsborough Junior Girl Scouts from Troop 60367 collected donated towels and blankets for St. Hubert’s and other local animal shelters to help each girl qualify for the Bronze Award, the highest level service award a Junior-level Scout can earn. They also made dog and cat toys, as shown on the table, for the sheltered animals.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Raghavan, Wang win $2,500 National Merit Scholarships
Two Hillsborough High School seniors will receive $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. One awardee is Che “Simon” Wang. He will attend Rutgers University’s College of Arts and Science on a full scholarship. He…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Sharbell clashes with town over building permit
Previously approved condo project cannot move forward By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE — The zoning board last week narrowly upheld the township zoning officer’s interpretation of a 15-year-old ordinance in a decision that derails Sharbell’s plan to break ground on a new Town Center condominium building. Sharbell has been denied building permits to begin…
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LAWRENCE: Memorial Day parade this Saturday
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Army Col. James F. Stenson, commander of the N.J. Army National Guard’s 254th Regiment (Combat Arms) will lead off the annual Memorial Day parade with parade Grand Marshal Paul Mitnaul Saturday morning. The township’s annual Memorial Day parade will step off at 9 a.m. sharp one week, and one…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Students cleanup in stock market game
Ed Birch photo Cambridge Elementary School Principal Glenn Famous and teacher Michael Touhey stand with the fourth grade students that participated in the Stock Market Game.
