Category: archives
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Anna Sadley
ALLENTOWN Anna F. Sadley died Nov. 28 at St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, Lawrence Township. She was 87. Born in Trenton, she was a resident of the Allentown area for most of her life. Ms. Sadley was a member of St. John’s Church and its Altar Rosary Society and an active member of the Washington…
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Gold-medalist Jessica Galli shares stories of Olympic successes
Jessica Galli, a 2002 Hillsborough High School graduate, visited the school to share her experiences at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing with students. Staff phto by Eileen Oldfield
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EDITORIAL: Town deserves answers about rec ordinance
Last week’s introduction of an ordinance to change the borough’s independent Recreation Commission to a municipal Recreation Department was received by many residents like last year’s fruitcake no one seems to know where it came from, or why it’s here, but … well, there it is. While the council members and Mayor Lillian Zuza…
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Grant to help fix Griggs Road tract
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — Griggs Road will be resurfaced with a $250,000 Department of Transportation grant that the township received recently. Mayor David Stout announced at a Nov. 24 Township Committee meeting that the grant money would be used to resurface the Griggs Road Tract. Township officials will likely go out to…
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Mixed reviews on pension plan ‘holiday’`
By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer Local officials in area towns have differing opinions on Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed plan to temporarily reduce the amount of money that municipalities are required to contribute to the state’s pension funds for the next three years. South Brunswick Chief Financial Officer Joe Monzo and Jamesburg CFO Denise Jawidzik said…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Officials agree on COAH plan
By Jessica Ercolino UPPER FREEHOLD With split public input, township officials have agreed on a plan to fulfill Upper Freehold’s increased affordable housing requirement. At a joint meeting of the Township Committee and Planning Board on Nov. 25, both bodies unanimously approved a housing plan element and fair share plan to be submitted to…
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Contact council about commission
On Dec. 15th, a public hearing will be conducted at the regularly scheduled meeting of the mayor and Borough Council of Manville on proposed Ordinance No. 2008-1074 which, if enacted, would replace the Recreation Commission. At the Nov. 24th meeting introducing the ordinance, to the best of my memory, there was only one dissenting vote…
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Police launch DWI enforcement effort
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH — As the holiday season begins, the Police Department is once again participating in the state’s Over the Limit, Under Arrest 2008 Year End Crackdown in an effort to increase patrols to find impaired drivers. The crackdown will last from Monday through Jan. 2, and will allow the township…
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EDITORIAL: Cut demand to cut prices
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 —…
