Category: archives
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MANVILLE: Speak now, or …
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Mayor drops second chance for residents’ comments The public comments portion of Monday’s Borough Council meeting was devoted entirely to discussion about a lost opportunity for residents to comment. The issue arose after Mayor Lillian Zuza announced she had decided to eliminate the second public comment portion of Borough Council…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Dinner to include special preview show
The members of Hillsborough High School’s Winterguard team will offer hands-on lessons to parents and residents attending their Jan. 22 pasta dinner. Photo courtesy of Sian Godwin
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Stained Glass Stories
Cotsen Children’s Library STAINED GLASS STORIES Before literacy really caught on in Europe, people used stain glass windows to teach and tell them stories. Come and tour our special stained glass gallery that features fabulous modern tales (see if you can guess them all!), and make a stained glass window of your very own to…
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Jazz in January
By Kingston United Methodist Church Kingston United Methodist Church presents “Jazz in January”, a celebration of the church’s 131st birthday. The church invites the general public to come enjoy an evening of live music on Saturday, January 30th from 7-9 pm. The historic presence in the community of the Kingston United Methodist Church will be…
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LAWRENCE: Police dismiss bomb scare as toy
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A child’s toy that apparently had been left behind by a visitor resulted in a bomb scare at the state Department of Motor Vehicles Commission office on Brunswick Pike at 5 p.m. Jan. 6, according to the township Police Department. An MVC employee was locking up the building…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Township plans a dozen employee furlough days
By Davy James, Staff Writer The township will close all of its buildings one day a month as part of a plan officials say could save up to $500,000 in 2010. The closings are part of a furlough plan that will dock each employee one day’s pay when facilities are closed. Township police officers and…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Remembering MLK, serving the community
By Davy James, Staff Writer Service to the community will highlight the observation of Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 18. The Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands is seeking volunteers for a cleanup day picking up litter and clearing brush at the Mapelton Preserve in Kingston. ”Congress designated Martin Luther King Day as a day…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: KP fire tab to increase
By Davy James, Staff Writer Fire District No. 1 is proposing a budget increase of about $200,000 for the upcoming year. The proposed $1.11 million budget for the district, which covers Kendall Park, would carry a tax rate increase of about one-fifth of a cent, from about .076 to .078 according to Fire Commissioner Larry…
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SPRINGFIELD: Three injured in crash
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD Three people were injured, two of them apparently seriously, when two vehicles collided head-on on Route 545 Tuesday afternoon, officials said. State police Sgt. Julian Castellanos said Karlie Cunningham, 17, of Wrightstown, was driving south on the road at 3:24 p.m. when Melanie Yan, also 17 and of…
