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Township, police, union reach new agreements
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer The township has reached agreements on new four-year contracts with the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association and the AFSCME municipal worker union in South Brunswick. Both contracts are retroactive to Jan. 1 and run though Dec. 31, 2011. Ordinances to adopt the contracts were introduced by the Township Council on June 24,…
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Township to join opposition of housing regulation changes
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD The Township Committee is pledging to support the statewide effort to oppose newly adopted third-round Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) rules due to cost and environmental concerns. The committee unanimously voted last week to authorize pledging $500 to the League of Municipalities, which is organizing a possible…
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Dispatches: Reinvent public financing
by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor Barack Obama has pulled the plug on a campaign-funding system that has been on life support for years. The Illinois senator, who is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, announced last month that he would opt out of the presidential public finance system — foregoing approximately $84 million and a…
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Petition will seek to recall ‘divisive’ Patten
Mayor says he’s not concerned By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN Mayor Bob Patten on Thursday became the subject of a petition calling for his recall from office. The mayor in his second year of his second, four-year term says he is not concerned. ”I’m never worried about things like that. What…
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10s tourney starts tonight
DISTRICT 12 BASEBALL By Tim Falls, Sports Editor The Lawrence 10-year-old District 1 team begins play tonight with a game against West Windsor. Lawrence manager Dave Miller said he’s hoping strong defense and some hitting will help his team advance out of pool play into the elimination tournament, which begins July 11 at West Windsor.…
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Carpeting, computers and classroom lighting lead the list of summer’s school projects
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer New carpets, energy-efficient lighting, and new computers are on the agenda as improvements to district schools, with work on the projects beginning while school is out. While the district plans additional projects for the summer, key areas include asbestos tile replacement in the Weston School store room, new carpet in…
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Obituary
Doris R. Wittkop PENNINGTON Doris R. Wittkop, died at Capital Health System Fuld Campus on June 2. Mrs. Wittkop was born in Elizabethon Sept. 21, 1917. Most of her adult life was spent in Central Jersey, most recently Pennington. She worked at Educational Testing Service( ETS) from which she retired after 29 years of…
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Joseph T. Degnan
Joseph T. Degnan, 77, of Rossmoor, died Saturday, June 28, at St. Peter’s University Medical Center in New Brunswick. Mr. Degnan was a member of the Emerald Society of Rossmoor, past president of the Catholic Society of Rossmoor and devoted his talents and energy as a founding member of the Holy Name Society of Nativity…
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Another first: Flatley honored for 25 years of service
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer Doris Flatley, of Oxford Place, is used to breaking glass ceilings. Working in the high-tech world of 1959 as a semi-conductor process engineer for the David Sarnoff Research Center in West Windsor, where she, in simple terms, worked on processes to make computer chips, she often was the only woman…
