Category: archives
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BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS
3rd Tues. of the Month The Bordentown City Green Team meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Carslake Community Center, 209 Crosswicks Road. Meetings are open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there. Reach the Green Team at [email protected]. Thurs., Aug. 21 Bordentown Township’s Planning Board will…
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PLUMSTED: Naturalist takes kids on seed exploration
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Becky Beer Laboy called the group of 3-8 year olds in front of her wonderful scientists. The naturalist from Wells Mills County Park told the children that good scientists always ask questions and that’s exactly what they were doing during the nature demonstration at the Plumsted branch of the…
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MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs
By Deb Dawson, Special Writer MANVILLE — About 85 new jobs will be available in Manville this fall when Wal-Mart’s new 34,000-square-foot expansion of the North Main Street store is completed. The store will become a Wal-Mart Super Center offering groceries. William Wertz, director of communications east, for Wal-Mart, said people can apply for the…
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MANVILLE: Holt ‘delivers’ the goods to constituents
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Congressman Rush Holt may be retiring at the end of the year, but he still is bringing home the mail to his constituents. Literally. The six-term congressman spent a couple of hours Thursday morning going door to door with postal carrier Robert Ahr on North 5th Avenue in Manville to…
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SPRINGFIELD: Pulling out all the stops
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Smoke billowed out of exhaust pipes and dust flew as tractors tried to tow an increasingly weighted sled down a dirt runway at the Burlington County Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon. Garden tractors popped wheelies as their drivers tried to eke out a few more inches in hopes of winning a…
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Messenger Press: Write to us
We want your letters. They should not exceed 500 words and need to be accompanied by the writer’s address and daytime telephone number — information used only for confirmation and not published. Letters should be emailed to: [email protected] Emailed letters may receive priority over typewritten letters sent by fax to (609) 924-3842 or by mail…
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FLORENCE: Police pursue dirt bike rider
Police had to chase a dirt bike rider on foot after he crashed on W. Front Street around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 7. Rontae Worthen, 19, of Bordentown, was driving the motorized bike on W. Front St. when police tried pulling him over. He fled on the bike but crashed. Police then chased him and…
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Register News: Write to us
We would like to hear from you. Letters to the editor should not exceed 500 words and need to be accompanied by the writer’s address and daytime telephone number – information used only for confirmation and not published. Letters should be emailed to [email protected].
