Category: archives
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Praise, don’t blame school district officials
Sam Qutub, Millstone My message to the parents and residents of Millstone Township is: if you don’t like the changes you see in the school district, don’t blame the Board of Education or the administration. What the school board and administration have done over the past several years is shield the students and parents from…
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Trio indicted on murder charges
By: centraljersey.com MOUNT HOLLY – Three Philadelphia men were indicted Aug. 18 by a Burlington County grand jury on charges of carjacking a 57-year-old woman in Philadelphia in September 2009 and killing her in a wooded area in Mansfield Township, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi. The indictments were returned against Lenroy Laurance,…
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Police blotter
By: centraljersey.com LAWRENCE – Yangzi Mao, 25, of Glenn Avenue, was charged with shoplifting Aug. 15 for taking jewelry and clothing, worth a combined $59.02, from Macy’s at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 1:50 p.m. Aug. 15, police said. A store loss prevention officer saw her pick up a pair of earrings and put them…
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Join conversation on Great Outdoors
By: Michele Byers The Obama administration is developing a comprehensive, cutting-edge strategy for preserving America’s natural heritage, and the time is now for citizens to join this conversation about conservation. On April 16, President Obama officially launched the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative at a White House conference for conservationists, farmers, ranchers, sportsmen, government leaders, public…
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PU scientists may have found world’s oldest fossils
By: centraljersey.com In findings that push back the clock on the scientific world’s thinking about when animal life appeared on Earth, Princeton University scientists may have discovered the oldest fossils of animal bodies, suggesting that primitive sponge-like creatures were living in ocean reefs about 650 million years ago. The shelly fossils, found beneath a 635…
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Spotlight
How to decode egg cartons By: Laura Sayre – Mother Earth News On a recent Saturday afternoon I bought three dozen eggs from my local Wild Oats supermarket. All were large, brown, cage-free, certified organic eggs. The least expensive, at $3.19, advertised "225 mg of Omega-3 per egg." The most expensive cost $4.29 and said…
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CRANBURY: Celebrating Main Street
Cranbury Day planned for Sept. 11 By Natalia Knochowski, Staff Writer CRANBURY Get ready for this year’s Cranbury Day, which is scheduled for Saturday Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Unlike past years, however, there is no real theme, said Christine Thompson, co-organizer of Cranbury Day and president of the Cranbury Business…
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Library happenings
By: centraljersey.com MANVILLE – August display: We are fortunate to have The Slavic Cultural Society displaying prints of Polish artists. A must see. Displays needed: Do you have a hobby or collection that you would like to exhibit in the display case at the entrance to the library? If so, please call us at 908-722-9722.…
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Pols promoting bigotry
Dispatches By: Hank Kalet Opponents of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque in New York are painting their opposition as a defense of hallowed ground and the memory of the nearly 3,000 people killed during the terrorist attacks nine years ago. But if you listen closely to the arguments, you realize that their opposition to the…
