Category: archives
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Letters to the Editor, August 3, 2006
Should we laugh or cry? To the editor: Judging from the homes for sale in Pennington, I think residents have had enough. The township is once again looking at Pennington as the "whole in the donut," as it did when I was on Pennington Council back in the 1980s and early 1990s. One reason…
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Historically Speaking
Allentown, Its rise in progress, part 33 From New Jersey Historical Society’s Charles R. Hutchinson collection, begins with a description of the properties on "the hill" and ends with a colonial-era blockhouse, which guarded the former bridge crossing. James Johnston appears at Allentown as early as 1733. He was a "Chosen Freeholder for Upper…
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Squad starts 2-1 in sections
Allenton 11’s win District 12 championship By: Kyle Moylan Health can be a funny thing. Sometimes kids can pass along their colds and flus. Then there are the cases like this past Monday. The better Kyle Golla felt, the worse the kids on Freehold did. Golla had a temperature on Sunday night and had to…
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Township parks getting upgrade
Florence parks get new playgrounds, wheelchair access, sports facilities By: Molly Petrilla FLORENCE Thanks to a $1 million loan, three township parks are in the process of receiving face-lifts. The Township Committee has agreed to hire the Medford-based Command Co. to improve Roebling Park, Veterans Park and Ezra "Budd" Marter Recreation Complex, and construction…
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Marrow donors sought for screening event
Aug. 19 registration at fire company planned in honor of Tatiana Ingraham By:Charlie Olsen A little over a year ago, 17-year-old Hillsborough High School student Tatiana Ingraham died after a two-year battle with leukemia, but her passing has raised leukemia awareness and inspired the firefighters at Fire Company No. 2 to do something about it.…
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After 50 years, some lessons never change
By: Cara Latham BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Shirley Fisher can remember a phone call she received one day while she was still teaching swimming lessons in Chesterfield Township. "You saved my son’s life today," said a parent whose child was in one of her swim classes. Perplexed, Dr. Fisher responded that she had not seen her…
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Curious George: a hit at township library
Curious George’s arrival at the library sparked a boom in young readers checking out his books By John Tredrea What’s not to like about Curious George? The irrepressible monkey and hero of the series of children’s books by the late H.A. Rey and Margaret Rey is, needless to say, curious. He’s also friendly, adventurous, happy-go-lucky,…
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What fire dissolution really means
By: Purvi Desai WASHINGTON So what happens now and how is it going to be done? And how do firefighters and fire commissioners feel about it? That’s the lingering question on everybody’s mind here, as a potential Fire District dissolution looms in the township’s future, following months of debate over the issue, and culminating…
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Schools getting extraordinary aid for third straight year
District to receive $675,000 from state. By: Lea Kahn The Lawrence Township School District will receive $675,000 in extraordinary state aid this year. State Sen. Shirley K. Turner, D-Lawrence, made the announcement last week, marking the third consecutive year the Lawrence School District has received extraordinary state aid. The receipt of aid is in connection…
