Category: archives
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Fire guts Stockton property
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer STOCKTON — An early morning blaze Sunday gutted a Main Street home and damaged other nearby buildings, including a guest suite at the Stockton Inn, Mayor Stephen Giocondo said. No one was injured in the fire that began at about 2 a.m., but the town lost power for several hours…
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Towns hoping lawmakers veto state aid cuts
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed budget cuts could leave small municipalities in a tough spot as they prepare to put together their own budgets at a time when they also have to deal with a new 4 percent cap on how much they can collect in taxes. Depending on a municipality’s…
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LOOKING AHEAD
Check out some notable events happening in the coming weeks in central New Jersey and beyond: Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, screening of Flatland, an animated film version of Edwin A. Abbott’s 19th century math novel, March 25, 7:30 p.m., accompanied by a talk from Thomas Banchoff, who contributed a new introduction to…
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Raise voices against municipal aid cuts
Ron Shapella of West Amwell Gov. Corzine’s proposal to drastically cut municipal aid was bad news for towns throughout Hunterdon County and all over New Jersey last week. If this plan is approved by the state Legislature, however, few towns anywhere will be hit as hard as West Amwell. Almost 20 years ago, West…
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Father and son charged in unrelated incidents
By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor BORDENTOWN CITY — A father was charged on a sexual assault warrant out of Trenton and his son faces drug charges after the two were found at 5:25 p.m. Monday on West Street. Police said U.S. Marshals and undercover Trenton police officers had a tip that Bobby Lee Blanche,…
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South encouraging students to enjoy reading
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer WEST AMWELL — Reading rocks. That’s the message South Hunterdon Regional High School Superintendent Nancy Gartenberg wants to get across to children of all ages. To celebrate reading, South Hunterdon administrators and teachers took time to participate Monday in the 10th annual National Education Association’s Read Across America. According to…
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Orchestra and church choir to present ‘Requiem’ concert
BORDENTOWN CITY — The Christ Episcopal Church and its choir will be joined by an orchestra March 14 for a presentation of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in a community event that is free to the public. Choir director Stephen Bearse hand picked the orchestra members for this performance, and he will conduct the piece, while…
