Category: archives
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Cat charges dropped
By Birgitta Wolfe BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP The local man who was ticketed for having too many cats on his property said the citations have been dismissed. This came after it was confirmed to police that he had had the cats licensed and after he gave two cats to his mother and let a…
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Premiere dancers claim top honors at AC competition
By: centraljersey.com HILLSBOROUGH – The Premiere Dance of Hillsborough Dynamics Team won big at the Starbound National Dance Competition held in Atlantic City in July. Out of the 1,400 dancers in the week-long competition, the Dynamics team performed 47 dances and took home 29 high gold (the highest award given) and 18 gold awards; and…
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Editorial
Push towns to find way to merge By: centraljersey.com Municipal consolidation may be gaining momentum. Consider some recent events: The two Princetons have formed a commission to investigate consolidation, the first time the towns will formally sit down and discuss the issue since 1996. Hightstown and East Windsor have entered discussions to determine if a…
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Book notes
Over the years, our brilliant brains keep going strong By: Joan Ruddiman – Special Writer As the Baby Boomers hit retirement age, the "Me Generation" (of which I am one) is consumed with concerns about our aging brains. We make jokes about having a "brain spazz" or "early Alz" as we fret over forgetting names…
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LAWRENCE: Planning Board gets Complete Streets presentation
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer More than 150 communities across the United States have committed to the “complete streets” concept — and the township’s Sustainable Mobility Committee would like to add Lawrence Township to that list. Peter Kremer of the Sustainable Mobility Committee outlined the philosophy of “complete streets” — which means a street should…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Extra-inning defeat keeps 12s from World Series semis
By Justin Feil, The Packet Group After dropping its first game of the summer Saturday, the Robbinsville 12-year-old all-star softball team knew it had to win Monday to earn a berth in the Little League World Series semifinals in Portland, Oregon. ”It’s a lot of pressure for 12-year-olds,” Robbinsville manager Ed Horowitz said Monday before…
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Florence tries new ‘gable top’ recycling program
FLORENCE Burlington County is looking to expand its curbside recycling program to include the “gable top” paper cartons commonly used for milk and orange juice, and Florence Township residents are helping the county “pilot” the program. The county is gauging the logistics and economic feasibility of collecting the cartons countywide. Florence Township became the…
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Police make 6-pound pot bust
By Geoffrey Wertime BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP State police said they arrested two Florida men last week after finding they were hauling 60 pounds of marijuana along the New Jersey Turnpike. Pedro Ramos, 43, of Miami, Florida, and Armando Rivero, also 43, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, were charged Aug. 11 with possession of a controlled…
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Local nurses band together to assist Health Department
By: Davy James – Staff Writer When an emergency strikes, preparedness for what may come is crucial for first responders. With that goal in mind, a group of volunteers has joined together to form the South Brunswick Volunteer Nurses Corps. The Nurses Corps will assist the township Board of Health and the Office of Emergency…
