Category: archives
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LAWRENCE: Academies to open student minds
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Aiming to help students figure out what they want to be when they grow up, Lawrence High School’s three new career academies are set to kick off next week when school opens. The Academy of Arts and Humanities, the Academy of Business and International Studies and the Academy of Science…
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IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures
Plumsted residents watch the floodwaters rise in downtown New Egypt on Sunday. Photo by Sherri Lotito
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LAWRENCE: Flood waters claim sewer pipe victim
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Cesar Ortiz, the owner of Lawrence Landscapes, died Tuesday afternoon when he was sucked into a Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority sewer pipe at 209 Bakers Basin Road the former site of his business. Mr. Ortiz, who lived on Lawrencia Drive, owned the property and had leased it to the Shemin…
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IRENE: BURLINGTON -Cleaning up Irene’s mess begins
By Birgitta Wolfe,Managing Editor Cleanup is under way as area towns break out the mops, rakes and chainsaws after Hurricane Irene’s weekend drive-by. While many town officials were grateful the damage was not more severe, tensions were high as the Category 1 storm passed through to the north. Florence Township was put…
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IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures
A detached garage behind a home on South Main Street in Allentown Borough after Hurricane Irene. Photo by Kelsey Carroll
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HIGHTSTOWN: Sergeant named acting police director
By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN — There’s a new police leader in town. Sgt. Frank Gendron will begin his duties as acting police director for Hightstown effective Thursday, Sept. 1. Council President and Police Commissioner Larry Quattrone made the announcement via a Hightstown Borough press release Wednesday evening, Aug. 31. Additionally, Wednesday was…
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IRENE: LAWRENCE: Irene slams town
Phil McAuliffe The Assunpink Creek in Lawrence overflowed its banks due to the heavy rain dropped by Hurricane Irene. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe
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Stop, remember and stand together
Sen. Frank Lautenberg To ensure America never forgets the price that terrorism exacted in the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. Senate recently approved legislation that asks all Americans to join together in a national Moment of Remembrance on Sept. 11 and I am glad that so many New Jersey communities have agreed to join…
