Category: archives
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LAWRENCE: Local services topped agenda for 2009 mayor
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Service to township residents — whether it is through providing affordable housing, enhancing recreational opportunities or ensuring that the township follows sustainable practices — has been the priority of Mayor Pam Mount. Mayor Mount, whose third non-consecutive term as mayor ends at midnight Dec. 31, said service has…
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YEAR IN REVIEW: Late 2009 a busy time for police, poll workers
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer Editor’s note: This is the third and final part of a series examining the major local news stories of the past year. September Two bodies were found in Mansfield over the course of the month, solving several missing persons cases. Early in the month, a motorist found the body of…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Deputy mayor resigns to take board position
Year-end business includes redevelopment deal approval By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP A major waterfront redevelopment project has received the final approval needed to begin work and Deputy Mayor Jim Cann resigned a mere three days before the end of his term in order to be appointed to the Planning Board. Mr. Cann,…
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Thank you to community for basket donations
Norma Taylor of Lawrence My children asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I told them I wanted to give out 10 food baskets to seniors in need. As the word got out, donations from friends and coworkers began to come in. The number of baskets started to rise and bigger sponsors stepped…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: CIL eyes increased transportation options
By Davy James, Staff Writer The Citizens for Independent Living just completed its 25th year providing job support, training and living skills for South Brunswick’s developmentally disabled. As it begins what founder Jean Gibson calls the next 25 years, the group hopes 2010 will bring increased transportation options for its members to travel to and…
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LAWRENCE: Resident’s plea for donations yielded gifts for 70
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer All Norma Taylor wanted for Christmas was 70 baskets of food. Not for herself, but for some of the elderly residents at two affordable rental housing developments in Lawrence and Hamilton townships — Lawrence Plaza on Princeton Pike and the Alvin E. Gershen Apartments in Hamilton. Ms.…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Deputy mayor resigns to take board position
Year-end business includes redevelopment deal approval By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP A major waterfront redevelopment project has received the final approval needed to begin work and Deputy Mayor Jim Cann resigned a mere three days before the end of his term in order to be appointed to the Planning Board. Mr. Cann,…
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LAWRENCE: Group lauds doctor for volunteer work
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Jerry Weisberg considers himself to be a very lucky man. The self-described “poor boy from Brooklyn” studied hard and became a physician — the fulfillment of a childhood dream. Dr. Weisberg, who has lived in Lawrence since 1982, spent the majority of his 50-year medical career in…
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BURLINGTON COUNTY: Latest state aid shuffle brings cheers and jeers
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer A change in state aid policy has left some municipalities with seasonal cheer and school districts with coal in their stockings. Gov. Jon Corzine decided earlier this month to withhold the December Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief Act payments to more than 400 towns across the state that receive the…
