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MANVILLE: Elks club gearing up for 18th clambake
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Manville-Hillsborough Elks Lodge 2119 will hold its 18th annual clambake Saturday, Sept. 12 (rain date Sept. 13), to help support special-needs children. The event, one of three Elks fundraisers that helps support special-needs children, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Elks lodge on Brooks Boulevard.…
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LAWRENCE: Community calendar for the Aug. 27 edition
Sept. 1 “Summer’s End: Drummers and Campfire” at the Lawrence Nature Center, 461 Drexel Ave. 7 p.m. Free. On the Web: www.lawrencenaturecenter.net. Special event co-sponsored by the Friends of the Lawrence Nature Center and the Mercer County Park Commission to be held at the Mercer County Park Northwest – Keefe Road and Cold Soil…
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BURLINGTON COUNTY: Water, from the ground up
Local water supplies face contamination from both natural and manmade sources By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer You touch and consume water every day, but did you ever stop to think about where it came from? And have you ever considered your effect on it? Most towns in the area draw their water from wells connecting…
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LAWRENCE: Police beat from the Aug. 27 edition
Someone stole six cell phones, worth a combined $710, from a cabinet at the Sprint kiosk at the Quaker Bridge Mall between 9:10 p.m. Aug. 17 and 10 a.m. Aug. 18, police said. There were no signs of forced entry. Car radios were reported stolen from two cars parked at the Coleman Suzuki dealership…
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LAMBERTVILLE: City hires clerk, seeks cap waiver
Former Councilwoman Cynthia Ege is new interim clerk By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — In a special meeting Monday, the City Council took care of two items of business: hiring a former councilwoman as the interim city clerk and authorizing an application to the state for a waiver to exceed the 4 percent cap…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Arts panel ready to roll tape
by Davy James, Staff Writer The South Brunswick Arts Commission and the Township Council are in talks to expand the offerings on public access Channel 3 on Comcast Cable. The commission came before the council at its meeting Aug. 11 to ask for permission to use township video equipment to start filming monthly Sunday poetry…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Blaze guts house
by Davy James, Staff Writer Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire early Sunday morning off Davidsons Mill Road that destroyed a house. At approximately 4:45 a.m., a passerby reported to dispatchers that the house at 2 White Pine Road was on fire. When officers arrived, they found the home completely engulfed in flames,…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Town hears ideas for seeking grants
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP The Township Committee on Monday heard a pitch from Birdsall Services Group, a Sea Girt-based engineering and consulting firm that provides municipalities with help in seeking grant money for “green” and renewable energy initiatives. Bob Girard, chief marketing officer with Birdsall, highlighted a number of grants for…
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LAWRENCE: Safe Dates program teaches teens life skills
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Nobody usually teaches someone how to be a girlfriend or boyfriend, a wife or a husband or even a good friend, but teaching those skills is the focus of the “Safe Dates” program at the Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center. The six-week program, which ended last week, aimed to help…
