Category: archives
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MANVILLE: Teacher realizing a classroom dream
Ashley Wollesen has been named the Teacher of the Year at Manville High School. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara
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LAWRENCE: Council appoints new Municipal Court judge
By LEa Kahn Municipal Attorney Kevin Nerwinski, who has advised Township Council since 2002, will pick up the gavel as Lawrence Township’s Municipal Court judge June 1, following his appointment to the judge’s post by the council Tuesday night. Mr. Nerwinski replaces Municipal Court Judge Paul Catanese, who is retiring. Judge Catanese has been Lawrence’s…
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ROBBINSVILLE: New emergency beacon sought for fire station
By Doug Carman, The Packet Group ROBBINSVILLE Township officials see the current emergency light in front of the Robbinsville Fire Department as a hazard in and of itself. Soon though, they hope to change it, Township Administrator Tim McGough said Tuesday. Mr. McGough said the township and the state Department of Transportation plan to…
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SPRINGFIELD: Township OK’s 2-cent tax rate hike
By Amber Cox SPRINGFIELD The Township Council unanimously adopted its $3.7 million 2011-12 municipal budget with a tax levy of $1.6 million on May 11. Residents assessed at the average $321,400 will pay 37.9 cents per $100 of assessed value for a total of $1,218.11 in municipal taxes, an increase of $64. The current…
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A difficult job
Edward G. Wiznitzer, Lawrence Last week the Lawrence Zoning Board continued its months long series of hearings on the Sunrise Detox Center. My sympathy goes out to the members of the board who soon will have to render a decision on a matter that has been overblown by some community activists into a crisis level…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Early morning blaze destroys warehouse
Firefighters battle the West Manor Way warehouse blaze from a ladder truck early Wednesday morning. (Photo by Steve Margeotes)
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LAWRENCE:Memorial Day parade set for May 28
By Lea Kahn Lawrence Township’s annual Memorial Day parade will step off promptly at 10 a.m. May 28, from its starting point at Lawrence High School until it reaches its destination one-and-a-quarter miles later at Veterans Park. The marchers, led by parade Grand Marshal Lt. Col. Robert K. Bryan of the N.J. Army Reserve National…
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MANVILLE: Squad makes its presence known
Manville Rescue Squad member Vic Emodi takes the blood pressure of Lawrence Frenkel of Somerset. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara
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Children’s safety must be top priority
Ramon Recalde, Millstone A loud cry of warning to all residents, parents, governing bodies, boards of education and administrators of the school districts of Allentown, Upper Freehold and Millstone: To date, this is by far the most crucial, serious and desperate letter to the editor I have submitted. I feel obligated to preach and remind…
