Category: archives
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Pond Road group aids California pupil
By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE Approximately 60 students from the Pond Road Middle School allowed one California high school student and his family to get back on their feet following the wildfires that destroyed their livelihood. Fifth-graders from Carol Hotchkiss’s and Katie Gildea’s classes discussed an article in a December issue of…
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Toll road plan will create burdens
Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s program to greatly increase the tolls on the N.J. Turnpike will be a disaster for people in South Brunswick and New Jersey. This will put an unfair burden on truckers and commuters. Drivers will try to avoid the Turnpike. Route 1, Route 130 and several other roads in South Brunswick will…
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Dorothy Irene Ruddiman
VENICE, FLA. Dorothy Irene Ruddiman, 79, of Venice, Fla. died Jan. 8 in Venice Hospital. Born in Philadelphia, she lived most of her married life in Robbinsville before moving to Florida 15 years ago. Ms. Ruddiman worked for the New Jersey National Bank and later Amerigas in Bordentown. She was at one time a…
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Time to increase teachers’ salaries
Cathie Miskov, Manville Education Association Years as mayor were rewarding To the editor: I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank everyone who attended my last Borough Council meeting, has written to me, called me, or stopped me on the street to wish me well, and for your kind words regarding my years…
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POLICE BLOTTER
Tracey Rush, 44, no address available, was charged with theft at 4:03 p.m. after an A&P manager reported seeing him allegedly leave the North Main street store without paying for a package of meat. Police reported locating Mr. Rush outside the store with $65.75 worth of stolen meat. Mr. Rush was transported to Somerset County…
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Town may auction off Kushner tract
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE The township is considering auctioning off the 72-acre Kushner tract on the south side of Town Center. Instead of participating in a redevelopment process, which would allow officials to privately select and negotiate with a developer, the township would auction off the property and receive bids in a…
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Ten reasons why ‘locavore’ should be in your vocabulary
Weekly eco-tips courtesy Sustainable Lawrence By Ralph Copleman, Sustainable Lawrence ”Locavore,” according to the Webster folks, is now an official word. It means someone who eats only things grown locally. But this shouldn’t only apply to food. Take it a step further. Suppose you could meet all your needs locally. Could be challenging. Could create…
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Township, city set to merge EMS
By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer Bordentown Township and Bordentown City have taken another step toward consolidating services to save money and increase efficiency in both towns. The township and city are working on the final details of emergency medical service consolidation. Bordentown Township Mayor George Chidley said this week the township will have the details…
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Robert P. Steinberg
Former Princeton resident MANCHESTER — Robert P. Steinberg died Wednesday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was 65. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Steinberg was a former resident of Millburn and Princeton. A graduate of Kings College, he was project manager at Hatzel & Buehler Inc. an electrical contractor headquartered in…
