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FLORENCE: Car hits ditch, catches fire
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer FLORENCE An Upper Freehold woman was sent to the hospital early Sunday morning after police said her car flipped over and caught fire while she was intoxicated. Rebecca J. Banuelos, 22, of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, was charged Sunday with drunken driving, failure to maintain lane…
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LAWRENCE: Group recounts ‘nightmare’
Phil McAuliffe Todd Stone-Sapp gets emotional during a news conference after returning from a church mission in Haiti. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.
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LAWRENCE: Police blotter from the Jan. 21 edition
Route 206 between Carter Road and Cold Soil Road was blocked for 14 hours after a tree fell across the road next to the Upper Cemetery early Monday morning, according to police. A passing motorist contacted the Police Department at 2:51 a.m. to report a tree had fallen and was blocking both lanes, police…
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ROBBINSVILLE: RHS basketball game to benefit injured teen
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE Robbinsville High School plans to donate proceeds from Friday’s basketball game to the family of Sean Nemazie, the local teen seriously hurt in a car crash earlier this month. Robbinsville’s boys basketball team is scheduled to play Princeton High School in the Robbinsville High School gym…
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DBA efforts continue to help community thrive
Mary Barnes, Bordentown City It has been two years since I took office as the president of the Downtown Bordentown Association. I have enjoyed working with the Board of Directors these past two years. Doug Palmieri, Tom Moyer, George Karousatos, John Chrambanis, Russell Puches and our dear departed friend, business owner and original DBA member…
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BURLINGTON COUNTY: Families, friends await word from Haiti after earthquake
Sarah DeSilva, center, with two men from the host family she stayed with in Jacmel, Haiti, when she visited the country on a mission just before the Jan. 12 earthquake. Ms. DeSilva, like many other local residents with friends or family in Haiti, awaits word on whether her friends are safe.
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Community Invited to Unique Arts Event, "Dancing to Connect," at MCCC Feb. 2
By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. – The Dance Program at Mercer County Community College invites the community to "Dancing to Connect," an original modern dance performance to be held Tuesday, Feb. 2 at Kelsey Theatre, starting at 8 p.m. Presented free of charge, the event will mark the culmination of an intensive, collaborative three-day…
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MILLSTONE: Hearing Monday on $1.76 million fire budget
By Audrey Levine, The Packet Group MILLSTONE The Board of Fire Commissioners District 1 will present a 2010 budget of about $1.76 million to the public during an open hearing Monday to be followed by an official vote. The budget, according to board Chairman David Markunas, is $1,759,285, a decrease of about $95,000 from…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Township to spend 1/4 million dollars for 49 acres
By Audrey Levine, The Packet Group UPPER FREEHOLD Despite concerns from one committeeman over the price of a 49-acre development easement on Holmes Mill Road for farmland preservation, the Township Committee recently approved the $1.57 million purchase of which the township is expected to pay about $251,000. Committeeman Robert Faber expressed concern over the…
