Category: archives
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Firefighters take on global warming with TerraPass
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — The Robbinsville firefighters union is doing more than just fighting fires: It’s doing its part to fight global warming, too. Local 3786 of the International Association of Fire Fighters has become the first public safety agency in the country to participate in the TerraPass offset program, an eco-friendly…
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An open letter to Michele Byers, of New Jersey Conservation Foundation
Kate Wood, Foxcroft Drive Thank you for your invitation to Rachel Carson’s play, "A Sense of Wonder," and your timely reminder to get our children out of the house and into the natural world, in The State We’re In, "Help rekindle love of nature in children." If you don’t know about it already, I want…
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Michael F. Scully Sr.
TRENTON Michael F. Scully Sr. died March 9 at Care One in Ewing. Born in Trenton, son of the late Michael Patrick and Catherine McNally Scully, he was a Robbinsville resident most of his life. A U.S. Marine veteran of World War II, Mr. Scully had been a truck driver with Winans Reliance Company…
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State budget cuts worry local farmers
They say Agriculture Department important to industry By Maria Prato-Gaines, Local farmers say a plan to eliminate the state Department of Agriculture will affect every farm in the state and handicap farmers’ ability to market their goods. Gov. Jon Corzine has proposed eliminating the department as part of his 2008-09 fiscal year budget. The department’s…
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Jean R. Gilardi
MANSFIELD — Jean R. Gilardi, 75, died March 12 at South Nassau Community Hospital in Long Island, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., daughter of the late Joseph and Theresa Russo, she resided there before moving to Columbus with her husband in 1965. Ms. Gilardi loved the theater and painting. She was…
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Local pastor is going on peace mission
The Rev. Charles J. Stephens, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing, is a member of the delegation On March 24, an interfaith delegation of local clergy and community leaders will travel to Israel and Palestine on a mission of peace. The group of 20 Muslims, Christians, Jews, and others will spend…
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Aid cuts delay many budgets
By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer Early spring means budget season, but that schedule may be pushed further back due to the projected $1.8 billion decrease in state aid proposed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. Florence Township Administrator Richard Brook said Wednesday that the budget for Florence, which had been prepared in draft form, was now…
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Native daughter returns for Trenton art exhibit
Kristin Lerner’s work on display until April 13 By John Dunphy, Managing Editor Artist Kristin Lerner, right, originally of Pine Knoll Drive, poses in front of one of her works currently on display at the Trenton City Museum, with her Lawrence Middle School art teacher, KhalilahSabree, who is now art Art is not just about…
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BEING GREEN
Farmers Against Hunger ready for spring By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor Life begins to return to farm fields in March, a muddy compromise between lingering frost and eager new greenery. But while the growing season in New Jersey is hemmed in by frost dates, hunger does not take a winter vacation. That is where…
