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Public Comment Sought on Transportation Future of Somerset County
Somerset County Board of Freeholders SOMERVILLE – The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) will make a presentation on its draft long-range regional transportation plan at the Somerset County Planning Board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 21, at 4:45 p.m. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in the third-floor freeholders’…
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Luby Britt Fishing Tournament
Youth Activities Chairman Ed Moore with Biggest Fish Winner Roger Moore
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NEW HOPE: In new job, Della Penna promotes the town
She has taken over for Emily Irwin By Linda Seida, Staff Writer NEW HOPE — One of the first times Carol Ann Della Penna ever rubbed elbows with a celebrity was about 20 years ago in New Hope, and it was a hint — an odd, amusing one — of her future occupation in the…
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Luby Britt Fishing Tournament
Holly Hoff The New Egypt Elks hosted the 13th annual Luby Britt Fishing Tournament for community children 13 and under. Winners were as follows: Largest Fish – 1st place – Roger Moore 2nd place – Devin Nitchman 3rd place – Dillon Marino 4th place – Tabitha Conk Most Fish – 1st place…
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PLUMSTED: Local teen outslugs pros in homer derby
By Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor TRENTON — Future major leaguers and multimillionaires were showing off their baseball skills at Waterfront Park on July 15. When it came to the ability to hit home runs, however, a kid from New Egypt High School in Plumsted was the star of the night. Mike Fassl Jr., who will…
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Ukrainian Folk Festival – 18th Annual
By Eugene A. Luciw Horsham, Pa.—August 23, 2009, 12:00 noon. The 18th Annual Ukrainian Folk Festival, celebrating Ukraine’s Independence Day, will be held at the Ukrainian American Sport Center — Tryzub (www.tryzub.org) , County Line and Lower State Roads, Horsham, PA. Exciting, spectacular, dazzling, breathtaking, exhilarating, spirited, soulful, enchanting, captivating, and intriguing – modest words…
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LAWRENCE: Police seek help identifying body found in creek
Man found dead in Shabakunk behind a business on Princeton Pike By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Township police are trying to identify the body of a man found Thursday evening in the Shabakunk Creek at the rear of a business in the 2200 block of Princeton Pike, according to police Lt. Charles B. Edgar. A…
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Bypass threatens wildlife, wetlands
Bonnie Tillery, New Jersey Chapter Sierra Club Regarding your article “New life for bypass project” in the July 2 Messenger-Press, nowhere do I see any mention of why the bypass was stopped during the last attempt to push this through. There were very sound reasons for this bypass not going forward: namely, endangered species and…
