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Central Jersey: Annual changing of guard brings few changes
Fierstein, Grbelja, Mount remain mayors of their respective towns Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor Allentown, Upper Freehold, Millstone and Plumsted held their annual reorganization meetings last week in events that were, for the most part, notable for continuity of leadership, rather than change. In Allentown, Stuart Fierstein was sworn into his sixth four-year term as the…
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LAWRENCE: School board, teachers head to mediation
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The teachers’ union and school board’s contract negotiating teams expect to hold their first meeting with a state-appointed mediator on Jan. 26 in an effort to reach a settlement on a new contract, according to school district officials. The Lawrence Township Education Association and the Lawrence Township Board of Education…
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LAWRENCE: Trenton men face weapons charges
Two Trenton men were charged with multiple weapons-related offenses after a short car chase that began on Brunswick Pike in Lawrence and that ended on Klagg Avenue in Trenton shortly after midnight on Jan. 7, according to police Lt. Charles B. Edgar. Wade Wallace, 26, and Ronnie Livingston, 22, both of Trenton, were charged with…
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HILLSBOROUGH: April school election could be thing of the past
It’s up to governor to sign bill by Tuesday By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor By next week, the Board of Education will likely have the power to move school board member elections to the November ballot, or avoid a vote on the school budget entirely. A bill passed Monday on the last day of the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Professor shared porn videos on the Internet, police allege
The accused, Gavin Swiatek, 49, lives in Hillsborough A Rutgers University instructor who lives in Hillsborough has been arrested on charges that he used a computer in his university office to share hundreds of videos of child pornography over the Internet. Gavin Swiatek, 49, a biochemistry instructor on the Rutgers University Cook campus in New…
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LAWRENCE: School tax rate could rise 3 cents
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A final version of the Lawrence Township public school district’s 2012-13 budget is many weeks away, but township property owners might be faced with a 3-cent increase in the school district property tax rate. Barring changes, the proposed 2012-13 budget would increase the school district tax rate from $2.33 per…
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MANVILLE: Library Happenings for week of Jan. 12
The library is open on its normal schedule, with the exception of being closed on Monday, Jan. 16, to observe the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday holiday. * * * Cost of copies: Due to the cost of ink cartridges, the library Board of Trustees has raised the price of copies, effective Jan. 1.…
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MANVILLE: Citizens of the year’ are recognized
Mayor Corradino poses with VFW Post 2290 members Commander Andy Henkel, Reny Dilks and Charles Goodyear. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)
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Hopewell Valley Children’s Theatre presents….Alice in Wonderland, Jr.!!! February 4 & 5, 2012
By Vicki Krampf Don’t miss the fun…grab the family and take a wacky musical jump down the rabbit hole with Alice and visit Wonderland! Mark your calendar now for an evening performance on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 7pm and matinee on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 1pm at the Performing Arts Center at Hopewell…
