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  • PLUMSTED: More land preserved

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The Ocean County Board of Freeholders recently gave its approval to preserve more farmland here, which will be the township’s 36th preserved farm.    The 24-acre Clyne Farm is located on East Colliers Mill and Hawkin Roads. The township endorsed the land preservation, according to Mayor Ron Dancer,…

  • Worried about boys’ safety

    Elana Berlinger, of East Windsor     I am responding to the article in last week’s paper regarding the Yeshiva operation in Roosevelt. First it was Bernie Madoff and then it was the rabbis in New Jersey who are involved in the corruption scandal. Now it is the people who are running the yeshiva.    What an…

  • PLUMSTED: POLICE BEAT

       A 17-year-old girl from Columbus was charged July 21 with careless driving.    Police said she was driving on Route 528 when she hit a bump, lost control of her car and hit a utility pole. She was treated by the New Egypt First Aid Squad but was not taken to a hospital, police said. *…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: From the Aug. 6 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…

  • Land Trust market has Peach Party

    Land Trust market has Peach Party

    As a special event, the Hunterdon Land Trust Farmers Market will feature a Peach Party Sun´ day. But the usual supply of plants and fresh food also will be available. Above, Rob Willey (left), of Blue Mist Hollow Farm, Stockton, answers questions about the potted annuals and per´ ennials he sells at the market. Ken…

  • LAWRENCE: A night against crime

    LAWRENCE: A night against crime

    Wesley Cordy, 6, jumps with his friends on an airbag set up at the National Night Out event at Heritage Park. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • MCCC Receives State Grant to Help Adults Returning to College

    By Saveria Symons WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — Mercer County Community College (MCCC) has received a $74,185 one-year grant from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education to contact and re-engage previous students who left in good academic standing. The federally-funded grant seeks to increase the number of New Jersey students who complete college degrees or…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Businesses join locations

    HILLSBOROUGH: Businesses join locations

    Phil Maiorca (at right) hands Mayor Frank DelCore and his wife, Colleen Maiorca, ceremonial scissors to open the new location with his nephew, Scott Tellep (at left) during the grand opening.

  • LAWRENCE: A night against crime

    LAWRENCE: A night against crime

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The annual National Night Out event is supposed to be about crime and drug prevention, but for many visitors — Theresa Jorkasky of Eldridge Avenue and Jaelin Briscoe of Eggerts Crossing Village among them — it was more about the food.     But that was fine with the Lawrence Township…