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Residents Can Pick Up A Second Recycling Bucket for Free on June 18
Somerst County Board of Chosen Freeholders FRANKLIN – The Somerset County Recycling Division is offering county residents an opportunity to pick up an additional recycling bucket for free on Saturday, June 18, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Franklin Township Municipal Complex, between the Senior/Community Center and the Villagers Theater. The Municipal Complex is…
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POLICE BLOTTER: June 16, 2011
Robbinsville Ruchira Kannambille, 27, of East Windsor, was charged at 11:24 p.m. on June 13 with driving while intoxicated, failure to maintain lane, driving an unregistered vehicle, driving without insurance, reckless driving and careless driving, police said. Patrolman Scott Kivet stopped Ms. Kannambille’s vehicle on Route 130 North for failing to maintain her lane of…
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Thanks for Green Fair success
Pat Skelly, Mike Hunninghake and the Bordentown City Green Team/Green Fair Organization Thanks very much to everyone who made the second Bordentown City Green Fair this past weekend such an amazing success! Members of the City’s Green Team and Environmental Commission were vital in organizing this communitywide effort. The city’s Police Department conducted a bicycle…
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NORTH HANOVER: Couple gives Arneytown Taven new life
By Amber Cox NORTH HANOVER There used to be a community called Arneytown in what is now North Hanover Township. But today the people are long gone and all but three of their houses have turned to dust. One of those survivors is the 280-year-old Arneytown Tavern on Chesterfield-Arneytown Road. And this is the…
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Primary voters cast their ballots
By Amber Cox Unofficial results are in for the seven Register-News towns that held primary elections on June 7: Bordentown Township Republicans Bruce Hill and John Moynihan and Democrats Jason Medina and Jim Cann are running for two three-year terms in November for Township Committee. Running unopposed in the primary, GOP incumbent Mr. Hill received…
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Bamboo Shoots, Mandarin Pre-school program
By Bernadine Liebrich Bernadine Liebrich 908-233-6718 For immediate release “Bamboo Shoots”, a new and exciting full day language immersion program in Mandarin will start in September 2011 at the Noah’s Ark Mountain Avenue facility in Westfield, NJ. The first of its kind in Union County, this Mandarin Preschool Program will offer a diversified full-day program…
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Kate Baker & Vic Juris Back in New Brunswick!
By Emma Cameron Vic Juris and Kate Baker were regulars in the clubs and restaurants in the area in the early 90’s and we are happy to welcome them back to town! They will be in performance at the Hyatt, Wednesday June 15 7:30-10:30PM. From New York to Europe & Asia, jazz guitarist, Vic Juris…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Town works to keep 2,000 new trees alive
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE — Township Business Administrator Tim McGough told the Township Council the more than 2,000 new trees planted throughout town a month ago were “taking a pounding” from the unseasonably hot weather last week. The trees were paid for under a $1.2 million settlement with the NJ Turnpike Authority, which…
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JAMESBURG: Frank Hayes’ legend kept alive
Richard Reinhardt holds baseball legend Frank Hayes’ license plate with a Philadelphia Athletics topper, which only was given to employees and players at Connie Mack Stadium. He also holds a picture of Frank Hayes from 1945 taken by Sporting News.
