Category: archives
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LAWRENCE: CEO describes being an ‘undercover’ boss
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Something was bugging Phil Cooper about his business. His Lawrence Township-based pest control company wasn’t succeeding the way he wanted. Yes, business was up, but not the way it should have been. Commercial sales were outpacing residential sales and he wanted it the other way around. So, Mr. Cooper took…
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MILLSTONE: Girl Scout aids horse rescue center
Girl Scout Maddie Kaba with one of her donation bottles.
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HILLSBOROUGH: School package would bring lower class sizes, return language program
Idea balances property tax relief and adding teaching, other job jobs By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor School administrators have proposed a plan that could add 12 teachers, a vice principal at the high school and other full- and part-time positions. Most are envisioned for this coming school year. The proposal would reinstate the world language…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of Aug. 18
Business seminars offered at no cost Friday, Aug. 19 — No-cost business counseling sessions are offered by the Small Business Development Center at Raritan Valley Community College from 1 to 5 p.m. at Affinity Federal Credit Union in the Hillsborough Promenade, Route 206, Suite 501. For an appointment, phone 908-526-1200, ext. 8516. Car wash boosts…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Police to focus on drunken driving
ROBBINSVILLE Law enforcement officers from the township police department will be cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the summer 2011 Over the Limit, Under Arrest campaign. Beginning Friday and running through Sept. 5, local and state law enforcement officers will conduct sobriety checkpoints, looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated.…
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LAWRENCE: Police blotter
A picnic table and one of the supports for a pavilion on Town Court North were damaged when someone set the contents of a nearby garbage can on fire in the Avalon Run rental development off Quakerbridge Road at 1:50 a.m. on Aug. 14. The Lawrenceville Fire Co. extinguished the fire. Someone is reported to…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Anti-drinking-driving emphasis coming
Police say they’ll be extra alert for DWI in next two weeks Fair warning: Hillsborough police say they will crack down on impaired rivers in the remainder of the summer. The increased enforcement is part of the “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” statewide campaign. From Friday, Aug. 19, through Labor Day on Monday, Sept.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Walk in sunflower field Sunday
Walk through acres of sunflowers in bloom at Duke Farms off Route 206 in Hillsborough on Sunday, Aug. 21, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. A naturalist will lead participants through the sunflower fields, observe how wildlife is using this habitat and explain the concepts behind the land management practices being used in these fields. The…
