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  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Cooking benefit raises money for abused children

       MT. HOLLY — Cooking for CASA, a benefit held Nov. 13 at Café Madison, raised more than $8,500 for court-appointed special advocates of Burlington County, the nonprofit organization that serves the interests of children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect.    In addition to a gourmet silent auction, Cooking for…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Proposed ordinance to thwart ‘weed’ farm plan

    Township Committee says it will introduce ordinance Dec. 1 By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — After an emotional two-hour public meeting last week, the Upper Freehold Township Committee said it would introduce an ordinance tonight (Dec. 1) aimed at derailing a nonprofit group’s plan to locate a medical marijuana-growing operation in town.    Breakwater Alternative…

  • FLORENCE: Court official charged with theft

       Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi and Florence Township police Chief Stephen Fazekas have announced that a Florence Township Municipal Court official has been charged with using court-collected funds for personal expenses.    Tracey A. Verduchi, 48, of 2042 Old York Road in Burlington Township, was charged with one count of theft by failure to make…

  • MANVILLE: Ciattarelli to get early start in Assembly

    County GOP votes for Montgomery’s Mark Caliguire to fill freeholder vacancy By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough’s Jack Ciattarelli will be sworn in as the state Assembly’s newest member on Monday, it appeared yesterday.    Mr. Ciattarelli was selected by acclamation by the county Republican committee Tuesday night to fill the remaining six weeks of…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Leaking pool from play damages school stage

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    One of the creative stagecraft features of the Hillsborough High School theater department’s fall drama production was a 12-foot by 16-foot pool on stage, around which much of the action took place.    It now appears the waterproofing barrier for the pool, which was specially built, leaked, causing thousands of dollars…

  • MANVILLE: He gives tree, and hospital kids will benefit

    Tree from Manville featured in downtown Philadelphia By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    A Manville 30-foot blue spruce Christmas tree made a lot of children and adults very happy this holiday season.    The tree was owned by Michael Holodinski, of South 15th Avenue, and now is the centerpiece at the Rittenhouse Square Park in Philadelphia.…

  • Peapack-Gladstone Bank Announces 90th Anniversary Winners

    Peapack-Gladstone Bank Announces 90th Anniversary Winners

    By Rosanne Schwab BEDMINSTER, NJ – November 30, 2011 – On September 21, 2011, Peapack-Gladstone Bank officially celebrated 90 years of community banking. Guests were invited to visit any of the bank’s 23 locations to join in the festivities with food, fun and 90th Anniversary giveaways. Individuals were also provided the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to…

  • ALLENTOWN:UFRSD parents schooled on anti-bullying law

    By Rachel Lavery, Special Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The principals of all three Upper Freehold Regional district schools explained, at recent PTA meeting, how the district deals with incidents of reported bullying as required by a new state law, and how it distinguishes between normal conflicts and actual bullying.    The NJ Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights…

  • MANVILLE: Santa will deliver gifts atop fire truck

       Santa Claus is coming to town…and he’ll be riding in a local fire truck!    The Camplain Road Volunteer Fire Company is sponsoring its annual Santa gift delivery fundraiser Friday through Sunday, Dec. 17-19.    For a minimum $10 donation per family, Santa Claus will arrive at your home via his sleigh and fire truck to deliver…