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Community calendar for Feb. 4
Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542. All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to: [email protected] before…
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CRANBURY: Zoners nix retail proposal
South River Road project would have included restaurant, bank, stores and offices By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writers CRANBURY A proposal to build a retail complex on South River Road was denied Wednesday by the zoning board without much comment by members. The applicant, the Verde Group, planned to build a restaurant, bank and retail…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Dealership weathering recall
Dayton Toyota says it will work overtime to fix problems By Davy James, Staff Writer Toyota dealers are trying to handle an increase in customer calls because of a recall issued by the company on some of its most popular models. The company issued the recall Jan. 21 to address complaints that accelerator pedals on…
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MONROE: Work stops at rec center
Contractor walks out By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer MONROE Construction on the Monroe Township Recreation Center has halted leaving completion of the project up in the air. Monmouth Construction, of Holmdel, completed 85 percent of the work at the Monmouth Road facility, but has not returned to the site since Jan. 19, said township…
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TRENTON: N.J. Senate takes up bill that would kill COAH
The legislation, S1, sponsored by state Sen. Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, is on the agenda of the Senate Economic Growth Committee By Maria Prato-Gaines, The Packet Group TRENTON — Legislation that could bring back a tool that municipalities have used to meet their affordable housing obligations without having to build their own housing was taken up…
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SENIOR MENUS
Feb. 4-11 All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance. The value of each meal is $5.10. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Creating an award-winning kids’ sanctuary
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Architects’ group honors Tom Biro for kids’ hospital project A fountain globe floats on water, and copper arbors covered in vines will create a flower tunnel during the summer. But it is not just the design Landscape Architect Tom Biro is proud of, it is the therapy it provides for…
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Local towns get funds for transportation jobs
Of the three communities, Solebury was the big winner By Linda Seida, Staff Writer The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has awarded more than $1.4 million to three river communities for transportation-related projects. Of the three communities, Solebury was the big winner with a $660,000 grant for a bridge replacement. Lambertville was not far…
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PARENTING PEARLS: It’s important to err on side of truth
Dr. Mae Sakharov One the most memorable Saturday morning radio programs of my childhood during the late 1940s was about what happened to lost toys. Its theme still haunts me. A fatherly fish named Red Lantern guided two children (who surely I identified as my brother David and me) deep into the Land of the…
