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HILLSBOROUGH: Salvage cars burn on lot off Valley Road
About 15 to 20 cars burned in a fire at an auto salvage company lot on Valley Road early Monday morning, police said. At 1:27 a.m., responding police officers found what officials said was an expansive staging area on the Hercules Enterprises industrial property, with hundreds of salvaged cars parked there. The vehicles…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Corfield says fight for values continues
To the editor: Now that the votes in the 16th Legislative District Assembly race have been tallied, I have called Assemblywoman Donna Simon to congratulate her on her victory. I want to thank my family for its unending support, and all of our supporters, volunteers and dedicated staff. We could not have come so close…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: 15K lights, 125-plus trees equal holiday magic
Family’s Christmas open house to gather Sandy relief donations By Rachel Lavery, Special Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — If the Grinch tried to steal Christmas from the McCormick family, he would need a much bigger sled. Every year, Mike and Debbi McCormick, along with their children, Christopher and Matthew, decorate their home for Christmas inside and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Planners to hear testimony Thursday night on rehab center
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Testimony will continue tonight before the Planning Board on an application to build a 56-bed drug- and substance-abuse rehabilitation facility on Route 206 at Old Somerville Road and Flanders Drive. Neighbors, who wonder about the appropriateness of such a center adjacent to a residential area, will be listening carefully.…
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Concern over hunting on Mercer park land
Tony Singleton, Lawrenceville I am a resident of Lawrence and am very concerned about allowing deer hunting in the Pole Farm which is connected to Mercer Meadows, Rosedale Park and joined to the new soccer field on the Lawrence-Pennington Road. There has never been legal hunting in this preserved land and the number of people…
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MANVILLE: Community calendar: Week of Dec. 6
Fri., Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor service: Thomas J. Kavanaugh Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 and its Ladies Auxiliary will conduct its annual Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Service at 7 p.m. at the post, 600 Washington Ave. Thur., Dec. 13 Library opens late: The Manville Public Library will be closed from 10 a.m. to noon…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Holiday celebrations take place this weekend
The lighting of the township’s official Christmas tree will take place at 7 p.m. Friday at the municipal complex on South Branch Road. Santa Claus will arrive to welcome everyone. The Hillsborough High School Chorale will perform outdoors, Norz Farms will set up a petting zoo and the high school wind ensemble will…
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LAWRENCE: Council plans user fee for bulk pickup
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer An ordinance that would impose a user fee on each property owner for the curbside collection of bulk items regardless of whether the property owner uses the service has been introduced by Township Council. A public hearing on the proposed ordinance, which allows the fee to be set…
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HILLSBOROUGH: First workers from grant aid now on board
The first two temporary employees are on the job for the township’s Public Works Department. Township Administrator Anthony Ferrera said Tuesday that two men, hired through a temporary federally funded program, started Monday. He hopes to bring others on board quickly, eventually hiring as many as 12 for the DPW and two for the recreation…
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