Category: archives
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Thanks follows great softball run
With the holidays upon us, we just wanted to share a belated, but heartfelt thank you to EVERYONE for supporting the 2008 Robbinsville 12 year old girls’ All-Star softball team this past summer. The monetary and other sundry donations, wonderful words of encouragement, fabulous celebratory parade, and stories of pride from our local and state…
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LAWRENCE: Panel endorses clean elections ballot question
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Committee to Assess Public Financing of Municipal Elections in Lawrence Township has endorsed placing the question of public funding for elections on the general election ballot. Half of the eight-member committee — those members who favor publicly funded elections — delivered their report to the Township Council Tuesday…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Township to buy JEM development rights
by Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — A longtime dispute between JEM Stables and Windsor Road resident Richard Cruser, which has resulted in numerous municipal citations against the stables, may soon be ending now that the township plans to buy the development rights on the property. The Township Council unanimously approved an ordinance Dec. 11…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Council stays the course on garbage, recycling pick up
By Davy James, Staff Writer The Township Council decided Tuesday to continue using the same company for garbage and recycling pickup, despite another company offering a similar service for less. The council awarded a contract to Republic Services of New Jersey, LLC, which uses a system called dual-stream recycling, over a contract from Central Jersey…
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LAWRENCE: A world of celebration
Rider tradition highlights diverse array of holidays By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer When Rider University freshman Amanda Aviles was young, her parents would put hay underneath her bed on the evening before Three Kings Day — a Latino Christmas holiday celebrated Jan. 6. The hay is symbolic of the hay for the camels the…
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CRANBURY: Township alert. Fire department line down for repairs
The Cranbury Township Fire Department direct telephone line, (609) 395-1313 is under repair. To report a fire or other emergency, please dial 9-1-1. The 9-1-1 dispatcher will take your information and dispatch emergency services to your location.
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HILLSBOROUGH: Thieves take electronics from Revere Court-area cars
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer Several Revere Court area residents reported their vehicles were broken into between 5 p.m. Dec. 3 and 7:30 a.m. Dec. 4, police reported. A Revere Court resident reported that someone stole an iPod, cell phone, cell phone charger and iPod charger from her vehicle during the night. The items were…
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Richard Joseph Mikovsky, 83,
died Saturday December 6, 2008, at Capital Health Systems with his family at his side. Born and raised in Trenton, NJ, he graduated from Trenton High School in 1942. As a young man he attended midshipmen’s school at Cornell University and later served first in the Naval Reserve, and then in the Navy aboard the…
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EDITORIAL: Remove final barrier to equality
A state panel has issued a report that makes it clear that New Jersey should join Massachusetts and Connecticut and make same-sex marriage legal. The New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission, which issued its report on Dec. 10, has found that civil unions have failed to address fully the concerns raised by the state Supreme…
