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HILLSBOROUGH: Board balks at paying interim assistant superintendent
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor School board members balked Monday night on paying interim assistant superintendent Andrew Rinko for his first five days on the job in December. Mr. Rinko was hired at $575 per day for up to two months while Guy Wheelock, the permanent replacement for the resigned Scott Rocco, winds up his…
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LAMBERTVILLE: City, state park officials seek crosswalk
By John Tredrea, Special Writer LAMBERTVILLE — The superintendent of New Jersey’s Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park has joined the government of Lambertville in asking the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to OK installation of a mid-block crosswalk on Bridge Street, near the point where the park’s towpath crosses that street. The crosswalk is…
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PRINCETON: Residents seeking gun permits
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A “steady flow” of Princeton residents have applied in the past six weeks to the Police Department seeking the necessary documents to buy and own firearms. Police Capt. Nicholas K. Sutter said that since Nov. 29, 20 people have applied for a firearms identification card and or the handgun…
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New Hope walking tour slated Jan. 27
Do you know where the first commercial bank in New Hope was located? How about the first general store; the first house with running water; the building that became a hospital for Revolutionary War soldiers? These and many other questions about New Hope’s origins will be answered during the one-hour Walking Tour of Historic New…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Volunteer firefighters celebrate 50th anniversary
Dennis Symons Bob Thomson, Ruth Arnwine, Debbie Walker and Jim Merritt look through old photographs at a brunch celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Washington Volunteer Firemen. Mr. Thomson and Mr. Merritt are past presidents of the WVF and Mrs. Arnwine and Ms. Walker are life members of the WVF Ladies Auxiliary.…
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WEST WINDSOR: Board likely to move school election to November
By Charley Falkenburg, Special to the Packet WEST WINDSOR All signs are pointing to a November election for the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District this year. Once again, the Board of Education is faced with the opportunity to move its school election to November a new option the state gave towns last year to…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town starts gun surrender program
By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor Township police announced the start of Project Safe Surrender this week allowing residents to surrender unwanted guns to the agency without the fear of being charged with a crime. ”We have always accepted firearms that residents wanted to surrender,” Chief of Police Raymond Hayducka said in a press release…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Union, BOE resume talks
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE — Despite signs of protest in the school parking lots where teachers have covered their cars with slogans about their expired contracts, there also were signs of movement Monday in the 18-month labor impasse. ”The Board of Education’s negotiation team and members of the WTEA’s negotiation team have resumed…
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