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  • LAWRENCE: Home is where the hive is

    LAWRENCE: Home is where the hive is

    Phil McAuliffe Honey bees at the Lawrence nature center. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • STOCKTON: Council seeks DEP OK for flood law

    Officials introduced flood prevention ordinance that would allow property owners to keep or apply for flood insurance through FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    STOCKTON — The Borough Council last week introduced a flood prevention ordinance, a move that will allow property owners to keep or apply for flood insurance through…

  • NORTH HANOVER: Police seek help finding thieves

    NORTH HANOVER: Police seek help finding thieves

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    NORTH HANOVER — Police are still seeking the public’s help in identifying a man and a woman who police said burglarized parked cars and then used stolen retail cards at numerous stores throughout a two-county area last month.    Police said on July 22 they received 17 complaints of someone breaking…

  • LAWRENCE: Meara receives new contract

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Superintendent of Schools Philip Meara has been given a four-year contract, extending his term as the school district’s top administrator, by the Lawrence Township Board of Education.     The school board voted unanimously to extend Mr. Meara’s contract, which was due to expire June 30, 2010, at its Aug.…

  • NORTH HANOVER: Police seek help finding thieves

    NORTH HANOVER: Police seek help finding thieves

    Video surveillance of a woman police say was involved in the burglary of numerous vehicles in North Hanover.

  • LAWRENCE: New program urges neighbors to get out and mingle

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Aiming to swell the ranks of residents interested in sustainable lifestyles, the nonprofit Sustainable Lawrence has launched a new initiative — meeting township residents in their own neighborhoods.     The goal of Sustainable Where We Live in Lawrence — SWELL — is to reach out to different neighborhoods and…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: From the Aug. 20 edition

       Please send items for this column to [email protected] with the words “Bordentown Jottings” in the subject line.    Bordentown Township Senior Citizen Club meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at the Senior Community Center on Municipal Drive. All township seniors age 55 and over welcome.    Events schedule for the month…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the Aug. 20 edition

    Peg Dotson Peg Dotson     Tel: 499-3807     Fax: 499-3807     E-mail: [email protected]    Post 194 of Florence is having a BBQ for the Vets in the Vineland Home on Saturday, Aug. 22, and we need volunteers to meet us at the Post Home no later than 9:15 a.m., so we can be there by 11…

  • NEW HOPE: Traffic study results shared

    Mayor said data and statistics would help police pinpoint problematic times and areas to monitor for speeding By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — Mayor Laurence Keller presented the public with the promising results of a recent North Main Street traffic study at the Aug. 12 Borough Council meeting.    The New Hope Police Department…