Category: archives
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America does the world’s heavy lifting
Victor Heutz, Kendall Park Mr. Kalet, while we can all debate the issues that led us into Iraq, its disingenuous to use only media sources that support your position — like the AP, why not throw in NPR radio and Al Franken? To be fair, why not at least use some sources that are at…
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Manager works to trim fat from budget
Projected tax rate increase expected to stay the same By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Sharpening his pencil, Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun returned to Township Council Tuesday with an amended budget proposal that takes into account a $391,000 cut in state aid — while still holding the projected tax rate increase to 4 cents per $100…
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Dispatches: Across the great divide
By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor Race has been the subtext of this year’s presidential election. With U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, of Illinois, seeking to break the color line and become the first black man to win the nomination of a major party in the nation’s history and the tortured history of race in America, it…
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EDITORIAL: Madness, for March, indeed in NJ
There is only one phrase that can properly describe the premature arrival of daylight saving time, the simultaneous celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and Holy Week, the stunning resignation of New York’s governor (and, with it, unpleasant reminders of a similar fate that befell New Jersey’s governor nearly four years earlier) and a stock market…
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Donations pour in for family that lost mother, brother in fire
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer A sold-out benefit held Saturday for the Ferrell family of Springfield family raised approximately $7,000 for an education fund for the youngest child, James. Siblings Emily McManus, 23, and James Ferrell, 15, were both injured in the four-alarm fire in their Jobstown home early Feb. 27, which killed their mother,…
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Estimating police costs proves difficult
By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s budget calls for a $20.5 million decrease in rural patrols by state police, a figure that has some local officials aggravated. Chesterfield Mayor Larry Durr said he’s “offended” by the fact that the township could be forced to pay for state coverage. The township, which…
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LHS looks for effort
BOYS LACROSSE By Tim Falls, Sports Editor Hard work and a solid effort is all Lawrence High School boys lacrosse coach Anthony Ammirata is asking of his players. The Cardinals fared relatively well in a 9-8 scrimmage loss to East Brunswick in Lawrence’s first preseason test on Tuesday. Lawrence also takes on Southern Regional today…
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Michele M. Russo Miller
WATERFORD Michele Marie Russo Miller, 36, died suddenly March 10 at Virtua-West Jersey Hospital, Berlin. Born in Mount Holly and a 1989 graduate of Northern Burlington Regional High School, Ms. Miller attended Kutztown State College and Kathryn Gibbs School in Philadelphia. She was an accountant for 15 years with the NJSIAA, Robbinsville. She loved…
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Hearing on apartment complex plan delayed again
EAST WINDSOR – A hearing on a long-delayed plan for a large apartment complex on One Mile Road has been postponed for a second straight month. The Zoning Board hearing for Wyncrest Commons, scheduled for Thursday night, has been carried over to April 17. Township officials said the hearing was delayed this month because the…
