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MILLSTONE: Proposed connector road troubles Planning Board
Millstone Property Investments LLC has received a variance approval from Monroe Township to build a shopping center off Route 33 on the lot shown in the upper left corner of this aerial photograph. The developer now wants approval from Millstone Township to connect the shopping center to Prodelin Way. The lot shown on the lower…
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Make your own New Year’s resolution. It doesn’t have to be zero garbage, but how about 25 or 50 percent less garbage?
By: centraljersey.com The holiday season is usually full of peace, love and joy. The POST-holiday season, however, is always full of trash cans overflowing with torn wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and plastic packaging. If this orgy of post-holiday garbage is one end of a spectrum, Rose Brown of Charlottesville, Virginia, is the other. She has…
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Adath Israel sets dedication
By: centraljersey.com Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, will have a very special sabbath morning service, on Saturday, Dec. 18. The synagogue will dedicate a new huppah and new bima furniture. The huppah is the wedding canopy under which all Jewish brides and grooms are married. The bima is the space or "stage", in the…
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ALLENTOWN: Redbirds are runners-up at national cheer event
ALLENTOWN — It’s official: The Allentown Redbirds Junior Pee Wee cheer squad is indeed one of the top teams in the country. The team placed second in its division at the Pop Warner National Cheer Championship at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Disney World on Dec. 6. The team competed against 17 other champion…
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Businesses working to help communities
Robert D. Prunetti, president and CEO, Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce After making a decision to not seek a fourth term as Mercer County executive, and spending some time in the private sector as a consultant and entrepreneur, it was important for me to move into a role that would allow me to work with…
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MANVILLE: Party brightens special kids’ holidays
Dancers from Serova’s School of Dance entertained the families and their children at the Elks’ holiday party. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara
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Town reimbursed $82,000
By: centraljersey.com BORDENTOWN CITY – A lawsuit stemming from five years ago has been settled and the city received a reimbursement check of $82,000. The county’s landfill, Florence Landfill (Aaxon Industrial Inc.), sued several municipalities for dumping trash into the landfill. All of the municipalities’ insurance companies, or the municipalities themselves were required to pay…
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‘Deadbeat’ parents target of dragnet for child support
By: centraljersey.com Forty-three people were charged with failure to pay a total of more than $856,000 in court-ordered child support during a three-day raid executed last week by law enforcement officers from throughout the county, Burlington County Sheriff Jean E. Stanfield said Tuesday. "Our Child Support Unit served warrants on 43 individuals who owed an…
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Reforestion pacts release funds for towns
By Amber Cox Chesterfield, Mansfield and the state Department of Enviromental Protection have reached an agreement for a reforestation project after the townships lost several acres of trees for the turnpike widening project. Chesterfield will receive three installments, over three years, totaling about $1.15 million. The first installment of $304,093 is expected before the end…
