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  • MANSFIELD: Energy-saving audits available to farms

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — A new energy audit program may have some local farmers seeing a new kind of green.    The nonprofit South Jersey Resource Conservation and Development Council in Columbus has teamed up with Vermont-based business EnSave to offer farm energy audits.    Earlier this month, EnSave trained five New Jersey residents…

  • LAWRENCE: Tower plans tabled

    Council re-examines language for Carter Road cell tower fall-zone By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer     The Township Council unanimously opted to table an ordinance to amend plans for the proposed Carter Road cell tower’s fall-zone until next month.     The stipulations agreed on in the original land use ordinance require a tower fall-zone to measure…

  • Veteran’s Tables Donated

    Veteran’s Tables Donated

    New Egypt Elks The New Egypt Elks Lodge #2457 constructed 10 handicapped accessible picnic tables for the Vineland Veteran’s Home.  Lumber was generously donated by ProBuild of Lakehurst, NJ and Ace Hardware of New Egypt, NJ.  Lodge members delivered the tables as well as sundae toppings and supplies for the Veteran’s to enjoy an ice…

  • LAWRENCE: Police Beat from the July 23 edition

    At 8:33 p.m. July 14, a woman reported the burglary of several expensive rings, watches and other jewelry from her Fernwood Lane residence, police said.     According to the police report, the victim said she noticed a few rings missing from a drawer in her bedroom while dressing for dinner. She had worn one of…

  • MILLSTONE: Principal leaving middle school

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    MILLSTONE — The Millstone Middle School principal has resigned after working in the district for seven years.    Michelle Vella is leaving Millstone to be the principal of the Orange Avenue School, a grades 3-8 school in Cranford, Union County.    It presents an opportunity for Ms. Vella to move and…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Sunday, July 26    Reunion Worship Service — The Friends of Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House and the Upper Freehold Baptist Church will hold their 94th annual Reunion Worship Service at 11 a.m. at Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House, 70 Yellow Meeting House Road, Upper Freehold.    A continental breakfast will be held at 10 a.m. The…

  • MANSFIELD: Teen’s charity turns compassion into action

    MANSFIELD: Teen’s charity turns compassion into action

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — What started out as a school project for an eighth-grader at St. Mary School in Bordentown City has grown into a large charity that has donated a large amount of supplies to soldiers in Iraq and local people in need.    And all of this is thanks to a…

  • PLUMSTED: Busy intersection set for upgrade

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — Work planned for the intersection of Routes 539 and 528 will begin next month and require a 12-day detour before the start of the school year.    The $1.4 million project calls for a new traffic signal at the heavily traveled intersection, as well as road paving that…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: POLICE BEAT

       Shawn Batra, 23, of Wycklow Drive, was charged July 5 with driving while intoxicated.    Mr. Batra was pulled over on Route 130 South for failing to maintain his lane, police said. He also was charged with failure to maintain lane, careless driving, reckless driving and failure to provide an insurance card. * * *    Duane…