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EDITORIAL: Money wasted on prison cells for drug users
Addicts and other nonviolent criminals are causing prison populations to balloon in New Jersey and across the country. Better alternatives are needed. Here’s a question you might think is a no-brainer: Who has a higher percentage of citizens locked up behind bars Robert Mugabe or Jon Corzine? If you picked the bloodthirsty dictator of…
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Florence family’s mold concern grows
By: Stephanie Prokop FLORENCE It has been just under two and a half years since Bart and Jennifer Shrader first started having difficulty with mold overtaking their Tall Timber Lane home. "It’s just been a nonstop continuous cycle, and I still can’t explain how stressful it’s been … and how much time it has…
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Obituaries
From the Aug. 9 edition Michael D. Fantozzi Jr. ROEBLING Michael D. Fantozzi Jr., 68, of Roebling, died Tuesday in Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills. Mr. Fantozzi was born in Florence, he was the son of the late Michael D. Sr. and Grace Mendozzi Fantozzi and was a lifelong Florence resident. He…
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A Haydn Mass to Draw the Masses
VOICES Chorale hosts its ‘Summer Open Sing’ at Music Together in Hopewell. By: Rachel Marx Alison Davy will be a featured soloist at VOICES Chorale’s "Summer Open Sing" at Music Together in Hopewell. Do you ever want to go back to ’98? 1798, that is. Well, if you don’t happen to have a DeLorean on…
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BRSD special education gets $300K boost
By: Anthony Coppola BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Bordentown Regional School District officials say a $300,000 state grant they have received will help them to expand special education services and keep more disabled students in the district, instead of sending them to costly private schools. "I think it was very generous of the state to provide us…
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MYAL holds first Punt, Pass & Kick contest
Kids test their skills, win prizes By: Mary Ellen Zangara The Manville Youth Athletic League held its first Punt, Pass and Kick competition Sunday at Gerber field. The free event was open to all Manville boys and girls ages 5-13 with 25 participants competing. Originally, the competition was scheduled for the day before the…
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Pennington to implement student safety plan in September
Pennington’s primary concern is for the safety of children who choose to walk to school By Olivia Tattory Pennington Borough will post a uniformed police officer at the intersection of Route 31 and Delaware Avenue, extend the hours for the crossing guard at the intersection of Main Street and Delaware Avenue, and implement other safe-passage…
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Do more cents make more sense?
Some Upper Freehold residents say they are willing to pay more to preserve land By: Michelle McGuinness The Upper Freehold Township Committee has until Aug. 24 to decide whether the November ballot will include a question asking voters to raise the current open space tax rate by 2 cents. Residents called for the tax increase…
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Geiger keeps MHS boys on court
Mustangs will be young next winter By: John E. Powers Marty Geiger was brought up in a basketball passionate family. He and his brothers and sister grew up in Bridgewater and went on to play high school basketball at both Immaculata and Bridgewater-Raritan East. His sister, Katie, made the University of Scranton Wall of…
