Category: archives
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DISPATCHES: A Jersey tradition
By Hank Kalet, Online editor There’s nothing like a crisis to get New Jersey legislators moving. Too bad they rarely move until the crisis occurs — especially when it is a crisis of their own making. Consider the constitutional amendment that state Sen. Stephen Sweeney is proposing that would prohibit the state from…
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ALLENTOWN: Land-lacking borough seeks affordable housing waiver
by Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The borough is requesting its affordable housing obligation be eliminated because of a lack of land. Under revised third-round state Council on Affordable Housing rules, the municipality is being required to provide 38 new affordable housing units by 2018. Allentown’s housing element and fair share plan must be…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Y keeps kids healthy
by Davy James, Staff Writer The South Brunswick Family YMCA is helping kids learn to stay healthy. As part of its Healthy U after-school program, introduced in October, children at the YMCA are getting a workout for both the body and the mind. The Healthy U program uses fun games to increase physical activity and…
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Community demonstrates its caring spirit
Connie Mercer, Executive director, Home FRONT, Lawrence To the editor: Want to live in great community? You already do. Once again, our community has demonstrated its caring and commitment to our area’s neediest families. Thanks to literally hundreds of individuals, organizations, corporations and congregations, HomeFront was able to provide an estimated 6,000 very…
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EDITORIAL: Falling prices no answer to energy crisis
Gas prices have hit their lowest point in nearly four years. Prices for unleaded regular gasoline ranged from an average of about $1.61 per gallon in Kendall Park to about $1.80 in the Princeton area, according to the AAA Fuel Price Finder. The national average, according to the federal Department of Energy, is $1.87…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Accidental journalist
by Hank Kalet I never intended to be a journalist. My initial goal after leaving graduate school at Rutgers was to catch on with a book publishing firm and to work my way up to becoming an editor, while at the same time writing as much poetry as I could. Instead, I’ve spent almost 19…
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BORDENTOWN: Remembrance service planned for families
On Saturday, Dec. 20 the Huber-Moore Funeral Home of Bordentown City will conduct its 10th Annual Service of Remembrance followed by the dedication of the Tree of Memories. The remembrance service begins at 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Bordentown located at 420 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown City. During this service guest…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter
Louis Kenkwofie, 39, of Maplewood, was charged with driving while intoxicated, improper passing, careless driving and failure to keep right after he was involved in a head-on collision on Millstone River Road at 10:13 p.m. Nov. 14. Mr. Kenkwofie was taken into custody after he failed several field sobriety tests, police said. Mr. Kenkwofie was…
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EDITORIAL: Falling prices no answer to energy crisis
Gas prices have hit their lowest point in nearly four years. Prices for unleaded regular gasoline ranged from an average of about $1.61 per gallon in Kendall Park to about $1.80 in the Princeton area, according to the AAA Fuel Price Finder. The national average, according to the federal Department of Energy, is $1.87 …
