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IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures
Hundreds still without power three days post-flood By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor Hundreds of water-weary residents in Allentown, Robbinsville, Upper Freehold, Millstone and Plumsted were still without power Tuesday, two days after Hurricane Irene snapped utility poles, downed trees, flooded homes, businesses and power substations, and washed out numerous roads and bridges. There were no…
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EAST WINDSOR: Rescuer to be laid to rest Wednesday
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert,The Packet Group EAST WINDSOR – Emergency Medical Technician Michael Kenwood, 39, the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) member who died from injuries sustained during an attempted swift water rescue at an abandoned car in the western section of Princeton Township on Sunday, will be laid to rest Wednesday afternoon. Services…
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IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures
Dennis Symons, Jr. The driveway in front of the old Off the Wall gift shop in Allentown Borough was a waterfall on Sunday morning when torrents of water washed over the South Main Street Bridge. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville Division of Fire.
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IRENE:SOUTH BRUNSWIC: Never underestimate Mother Nature
By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor It’s a pretty rare event when a powerful hurricane hits New Jersey the way Irene did this week. Perhaps, as one woman pointed out in last week’s story on the earthquake we had, “I guess it is our turn.” Since moving to the Garden State in 1987, there have…
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IRENE:SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Agencies release storm information
By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor Several agencies throughout the state are making appeals and releasing information on how to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. The New Jersey Department of State put out an appeal Tuesday for residents to volunteer to help their neighbors clean up after the storm. ”It is at times…
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WRIGHTSTOWN: North Hanover has new superintendent
By Birgitta Wolfe,Managing Editor WRIGHTSTOWN For the new superintendent of schools at the North Hanover School District, the focus on writing and literacy runs in the family. Helen Payne’s father was a copyeditor in Scotland and in New York for the old New York Post and, “are you ready for this,” she asked, for…
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IRENE: LAWRENCE: Irene slams town
Phil McAuliffe U.S. Route 1 in Lawrence looked like a lake on Sunday. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe
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ROBBINSVILLE: Saturday garbage selection set for flood victims
Special pickup is for spoiled food from prolonged power outage Robbinsville Township Public Works Department will be doing a special Saturday trash collection in areas of the township that sustained prolonged power outages caused by Hurricane Irene. This special collection is primarily to picked up spoiled food and will be performed in the following developments…
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POLICE BLOTTER: Sept. 1
A thief escaped with four cartons of cigarettes and six bottles of vodka, worth a combined $346, during an early-morning burglary at the Glendale Liquors store on Quakerbridge Road Aug. 26. Police responded to a burglar alarm activation at 3:22 a.m. and discovered a broken window. The burglars damaged another window and the glass door,…
