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  • PLUMSTED: Winery raises $7,000 for ALS

       Laurita Winery is grateful for its generous customers who helped generate a large donation during the “Food Truck and Fire Pits” event held this past July.    Patrons kind efforts resulted in a check totaling $7,000 that will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). This donation benefits LLS in its mission to…

  • MANSFIELD: Part-time administrator hired
  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS

       Burlington County will be making repairs to the bridge located on Saylors Pond Road between Monmouth Road and Juliustown-Georgetown Road. The work is expected to be finished by Sept. 5. Sayors Pond Road will be closed at this portion of the road and detours will be necessary. Seek alternate routes.    Single stream recycling will begin…

  • MONROE: Gorman leaving with Hamilton
  • HIGHTSTOWN: Businesses worried about Peddie Lake rats

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — A local business owner raised concerns over an alleged influx of rats coming from the Peddie Lake area during a council meeting on Monday night. "We are taking the situation seriously and we are aware of the situation," said Mayor Steven Kirson on Wednesday. "The Board of Health…

  • ALLENTOWN: borough ready to make downtown more accessible

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    Parking and walking from place to place downtown is expected to get a whole lot easier soon.    The Borough Council voted to appropriate $1 million for the first phase of its Historic Streetscape Improvement Project, authorizing the issuance of $950,000 bonds and notes to finance a portion of the…

  • MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs

    MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs

    The Wal-Mart expansion to a Super Center means 85 new jobs this fall. 

  • CRANBURY: Struck bicyclist identity withheld

    By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — Officials are not releasing the name of a 52-year-old East Windsor man who was hit by a box truck while bicycling on Route 130 last month. The man was struck on July 17 on the southbound side of the highway in the vicinity of Old Trenton Road,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Vote on fire projects to be heard

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Polls will be open for two hours tonight, Thursday, to vote on a million-dollar request by the fire commissioners for equipment, including a $750,000 pumper for the Flagtown Fire Company. The vote will be from 6 to 8 p.m. in the municipal building on South Branch Road. Paper ballots will…