Category: archives
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Global movement fights climate change
By: centraljersey.com Bill McKibben, author of 1989’s "The End of Nature," the first book about global warming written for a general audience, says 350 is the world’s most important number. What’s the significance? Three hundred fifty parts per million is what many scientists and climate experts believe is the highest safe concentration for carbon dioxide…
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Colts prepping for post-season play
By: centraljersey.com The Manville Colts assured themselves a second or third seat in the Raritan Valley Conference playoffs with a 6-3 win over Metuchen. The Colts will travel for that game and hopefully come away with a win to put them in the finals which Manville will host. Head coach Walt Mathewson would like to…
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Holt reiterates stand on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
By: centraljersey.com In the Oct. 15 issue, The Princeton Packet mistakenly wrote that I believe the issue of gays in the military "should be left to the discretion of the military." That statement was actually made by my opponent. Instead of taking a definitive stand, he deferred on the issue, saying that a matter of…
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HILLSBOROUGH:Planned memorial borne of 9/11 fire
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer The steel beam is twisted, rusted, and bows upward in the middle. The 86-by-15-by-4-inch beam is far from pretty, yet will become a poignant part of Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company No. 3’s memorial garden. That’s because the seemingly common piece of damaged metal is a portion of a steel beam…
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Aspiring model, 12, enters pageant
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Being 12 years old and having a chance to participate in a pageant is sometimes just a dream for girls but Nicole Dima will live out that reality when she competes in the Miss Pre-Teen Trenton Pageant, Nov. 7. ”I am interested in modeling and thought this would be…
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WEST AMWELL: Court: Fulpers’ GDP is exempt
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer WEST AMWELL — A lawsuit filed by the Fulpers, a farming family and major landowners in West Amwell, against the township over its reserve septic ordinance has been settled. The agreement reached by the two parties exempts the Fulpers’ General Development Plan from the ordinance. The settlement was accepted Oct.…
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DISPATCHES: Long and winding road
By Hank Kalet There are places I’ll remember all my life, though some have changed. Some forever, not for better; some have gone and some remain — The Beatles, In My Life It is difficult to believe it was 20 years ago, almost to the day, that I started as a full-time reporter at what…
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Bring ‘spooks,’ 3- to 5-years-old, to public library
By: centraljersey.com Boo! The library invites spooky, friendly, silly and delightful 3- to 5-year-olds to come in costume for a Halloween sing-along with Pat McKinley on Saturday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 a.m.! Bring preschoolers for spooky songs, crafts and treats – in costume, of course! Call to register, 609-655-0555, or stop in. *** Pumpkin Night…
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Geoffrey Wertime
By: centraljersey.com WEST WINDSOR – NRG Energy Inc. has pledged to donate $1 million to fund a solar project in a remote region of Haiti. The donation will fund the project The Sun Lights the Way: Brightening Boucan Carre. The cheap, renewable, and low-maintenance electric power it will provide will be used for fish farming,…
