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LAWRENCEVILLE POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEBATED AT PUBLIC FORUM
Public forum By Lawrence League of Women voters PRINCETON, NJ – Representatives of the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LALDEF) a local non-profit civil rights advocacy group, and Lawrence Township officials will hold a public forum on police-community relations on Tuesday, January 27 between 7 PM and 9 PM in the Lawrenceville…
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STOCKTON: Council considers cost of recycling as part of budget planning
Mayor Stephen Giocondo: ”If our recycling and solid waste costs spike along with other predictable cost-of-business increases, it may result in a tax increase to support our munici By Linda Seida, Staff Writer STOCKTON — The borough is preparing to go to bid for solid waste and recyclables collections as a four-year contract is set…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local man puts hat in gubernatorial ring
By Davy James, Staff Writer South Brunswick resident David Brown, of Davison Mill Road, said he believes 100 new ideas can change the entire financial landscape of New Jersey. It is on that platform that Mr. Brown recently launched his campaign to become the next governor of New Jersey. ”I didn’t anticipate six weeks ago…
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MANVILLE: Presidential play-along
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer ”Hail to the Chief” played on the classroom computer as the 54 third-graders in Rebecca Fosbre’s and Jennifer Griffiths’ classes marched into Ms. Fosbre’s classroom Tuesday. Once inside, the teachers directed them to face the front “in a presidential fashion” as the students prepared to recite the presidential oath. ”Today,…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Town readying yearlong birthday bash
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE For the next two months, residents and officials will be hard at work preparing a big bash for the township. On March 15, the township will begin its sesquicentennial celebration a year’s worth of fun and historical events to honor 150 years of Robbinsville (and Washington) Township.…
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EVERGREEN FORUM SPRING COURSES
Life and Mathematics, Justice in Life and Literature, and Speech Styles By www.TheEvergreenForum.org Life and Mathematics, Justice in Life and Literature, and Speech Styles: From Real Life to Stage Life are among the courses offered by The Evergreen Forum in the spring semester of 2009. Life and Mathematics will range from how many dance routines…
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LAWRENCE: Councilmen pose questions to Democratic nominees
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The three Democratic Party nominees to fill a vacant seat on the Township Council were peppered with questions — ranging from municipal finances to emergency services and election funding — by Republican Township Councilmen Bob Bostock and Rick Miller on Tuesday afternoon. The Republican councilmen requested the session so…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: CIL backs Greenwald bill
By Davy James, Staff Writer A bill to overhaul the way New Jersey cares for people with developmental difficulties could take what the local group Citizens for Independent Living has accomplished and apply it statewide. The proposed bill, drafted by Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald, D-Camden, would redirect money from institutional care toward community based services.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Family man killed in auto accident
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Friends launch fund for family Davenport Way resident Daniel Wasylak, 44, was killed Saturday after his vehicle struck a marked patrol car head on, and was then struck by a second vehicle head on on Finderne Avenue in Bridgewater. The crash occurred north of Van Veghten Drive at 10:32 p.m.…
