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ROBBINSVILLE: Firefighers, Teamsters get raises in new contract
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVIlLE — The Township Council has approved a new four-year contract with Local 3786 representing the town’s career firefighters that provides 2 percent annual raises each year for the next three years, followed by a 3 percent salary increase in 2015. The memorandum of agreement with Local 3786 approved at…
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HILSBOROUGH: Flood buyouts gain potential source of funding
Township could use open space trust fund By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Homeowners of flood-prone properties may have a slightly easier path to having their municipalities buy their homes. Municipal officials are weighing the state Legislature’s unanimous passage of a bill that allows local and county open space funds to finance part of the acquisition…
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Iron Lady’
Meryl Streep turns in another yet another ‘astonishingly good’ performance as Brirtish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was, at one time, the most powerful woman in the world, and who relished her position.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Jan. 19 edition
Thurs., Jan. 19 School-age Storytime and Craft: 4:15 p.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville. This class if for children in kindergarten and up. Online registration required at www.mcl.org. Free Rabies Vaccination Clinic: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Robbinsville Township Pubic Works garage, 56 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville. For further…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: It’s a bittersweet start to retirement for Joe Malone
By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor BORDENTOWN CITY It wasn’t supposed to end like this. For Assemblymen Joseph Malone, R-30th, it was a hectic last day in an 18-year career in the state Legislature. The Bordentown City resident did not run for re-election and was looking forward to semi-retirement. He had put in a grueling…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Commemorated at MCCC
Mercer County Community College’s Brothers of Faith Mime Team performed as part of the college’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration. Pictured are Marrche Miller and Jahmir Miller. (Photo by Candace Zafirellis)
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ALEX KASDIN OF PRINCETON ON TOUR WITH PRINCETON’S FAMOUS ‘TRIANGLE SHOW’ n PLAYS BROADWAY, FEBRUARY 3
Classic apocalyptic themes such as the four horsemen get a new twist in Princeton Triangle Club’s 2011 show: Doomsdays of Our Lives
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Capital Health Attains Prestigious Magnet® Recognition for the Third Time
Acknowledging the recognition is Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr., Patricia Cavanaugh, Patricia Barnett, CEO of New Jersey State Nurses Association and Al Maghazehe
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Celebrating a life, releasing the grief
Spc. Benjamin Moore remembered by friends and family By Amber Cox, Special Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP A year ago on Jan. 12 an improvised bomb took the life of 23-year-old Benjamin Moore in Afghanistan. On the first anniversary of that loss, a community of more than 250 friends, family and colleagues celebrated his life and…
