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MANVILLE: ‘Fracking’ hurts Delaware River, he says
To the editor: Fracking? Exactly what is it and why should we care? Fracking involves injecting millions of gallons of water, chemicals and sand intoshale rock formations at high pressures to break open the rock thus releasing natural gas. The chemicals used in this process are toxic and can leak into drinking water. The fracking…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Rowland Park artificial turf almost complete
By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor The township is hoping to finish the installation of artificial turf on four fields in Rowland Park by next week. ”It is weather related,” township spokesman Ron Schmalz said Wednesday. “We hope it is done by the end of the month or early August.” As of last week, the…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of July 28
Thurs., July 28 Outdoor Game Day: Noon., Senior Center, Route 522; 2010 romantic thriller; exercise, banjo music. Fri., July 29 Concert in the park: 7-8:30 p.m., Spook Handy, Beech Woods Park, 137 Beekman Road at the intersection of Route 1, Monmouth Junction; free; rain location South Brunswick Community Center, 124 New Road; for information, call…
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LAWRENCE: This sculpture is sustainable
Sculpture made of recycled material on the front lawn at the Municipal Building.
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ALLENTOWN: Embley named new principal of Allentown High School
By Rachel Lavery, Special Writer ALLENTOWN Constance DeNicola Embley, the vice principal at Allentown High School for the past 12 years, was named principal last week. Mrs. Embley replaces longtime AHS principal Christopher Nagy, who recently left to become the new superintendent of the Northern Valley Regional School District. Mrs. Embley’s appointment was announced…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Complaint filed against land use officials
Libertarian says financial disclosure law disregarded By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE Libertarian Party chair John Paff has filed a complaint against nine members of the township’s planning and zoning boards who either did not file financial disclosure forms by the state deadline, or filed incomplete forms. All planning and zoning board members named…
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RUN FREE RANCH MUSIC GALLOP FEST TO BE HELD AUGUST 27
By Donna Weaver RUN FREE RANCH MUSIC GALLOP FEST TO BE HELD AUGUST 27 — FEATURING DANIELIA COTTON, HOWARD ALDEN AND MANY MORE — AT SNIPES FARM, MORRISVILLE, PA BENEFITS NATURE-BASED LIFE SKILLS CAMP FOR INNER-CITY YOUTH YARDLEY, PA July 18, 2011 n Run Free Ranch will host its first Music Gallop Fest on August…
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ALLENTOWN: AHS student’s drowning ruled suicide
Toxicology report: Body had ‘significant’ levels of cocaine By Mae Rhine, The Packet Group The body of an 18-year-old Allentown High School student found in a Burlington Township pond in May contained “significant levels of cocaine” at the time of her death, which the Burlington County medical examiner has ruled was a suicide. According to…
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MANVILLE: Seniors like socializing as much as exercise in the pool
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Photo by Mary Ellen ZangaraManville seniors take to the water of Cooper Pool with aerobics instructor Susan Asher hatless in back. Seniors like the socializing at aqua aerobics class Mary Ellen ZangaraSpecial Writer If you travel by Cooper Pool on a Tuesday or Thursday morning, you will see about…
