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CLARIFICATION: From the July 15 edition
In the June 24 article “Borough slashes tax rate 5 cents,” Fieldsboro Mayor Ed “Buddy” Tyler was quoted as saying he supports a push to limit municipal tax increases to 2.5 percent, which was realized Tuesday when Gov. Chris Christie signed a 2 percent cap into law. Mayor Tyler has corrected his statement to say…
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‘Cyrus’
It’s not the Duplass brothers’ best work, but it’s a lot better than most of what By Elise Nakhnikian FOR months after I saw The Puffy Chair at the 2005 South by Southwest film festival, I waited for it to open in our area so I could tell you about it. It wasn’t the best…
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LAWRENCE: HomeFront adds rental units, this time in Hopewell
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The two houses on Scotch Road in Hopewell Township, down the road from the Merrill Lynch campus near the I-95 exit, had been vacant for several years and were slowly deteriorating. But HomeFront, a non-profit group based in Lawrence that helps homeless and low-income families, joined forces with Hopewell Township…
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She’s One in Sixty Seven Million
Cherry Valley’s Donna Cortina Fires Two Aces in one Round at TPC at Jasna Polana By HollyRock Miller Skillman, NJ July 13, 2010-According to Cherry Valley Country Club’s Director of Golf Allan Bowman, “the odds of making two hole in ones during the same round of golf are sixty seven million to one.” But that’s exactly…
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Committee members must work together
Jim Cann of Bordentown Township I would like to respond to recent comments made by Mayor Bruce Hill and Committeepersons Michael Dauber and Anita Dimattia concerning the dire financial mess our township is in. Mayor Hill complained at the last meeting that the 2009 Township Committee led by then Mayor William Morelli “set him up…
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FLORENCE: Three charged in beating
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer FLORENCE Three people were charged with beating a Florence woman with a baseball bat, police said this week. Linda Ogbonnaya, 21, of Bordentown; Delphia Rollins, 24, of Maplewood Homes; and a 17-year-old Florence girl were charged June 27 with aggravated assault, conspiracy, possession of a weapon for an unlawful…
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JOINT BASE: Base brush fire extinguished
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST A fire on the base’s firing range consumed over 4,100 acres of unoccupied land before being extinguished early this week. The brush fire began in the afternoon July 4 and consumed several hundred acres off Range Road before it was contained, but Joint Base spokeswoman Lt.…
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POLICE BLOTTER: Week of July 15
During a routine traffic stop on Helen Avenue at 1:29 a.m. J uly 13, police stopped a driver who was found to have an active warrant from the Trenton Municipal Court for $81. The driver, Sedrick Bailey, 25, of Lawrence, was taken into custody and released after posting bail. * * * Police said that…
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NORTH HANOVER: Tax hike, shared services in $3.4 million budget plan
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer NORTH HANOVER The Township Committee is set to vote tonight, Thursday, on an average tax increase of $88 per person. ”The North Hanover Township Committee worked to craft a budget to maintain our current level of services and secure our financial future so that all North Hanover Township residents…
