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Community Calendar: Oct. 18
Thurs., Oct. 18 Special Storytime with Author Patricia Brady-Zandig: 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Allentown Library, 16 So. Main St. Learn basic Italian for kids as author Patricia Brady-Danzig reads in both English and Italian from “Fabrizio’s Fable,” her new tale about Luigi, the brave Italian mouse. All ages welcome. Registration requested. 609-259-7565. Robbinsville Flu…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Larger zoning board OK’d
An ordinance empowering the township zoning Board of Adjustment to have four alternate members was adopted Oct. 9 by the Township Committee. The ordinance brings that provision into compliance with board by-laws, said Leon Krals, board chairman. The board has been operating with seven regular members and four alternates. Alternate members are often called upon…
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MANVILLE: Assemblywoman tours Lost Valley flooding area
After meeting Tuesday with residents and touring Manville’s Lost Valley section, a flood-prone community cornered by the Raritan and Millstone rivers, Assemblywoman Donna Simon said there is no doubt the region needs bipartisan legislation creating a task force to find ways to mitigate and solve the region’s floods. ”The Lost Valley is still recovering from…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Slain child dumped in Clayton Park in 2005 ID’d
Three New York City relatives charged in cold case By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor UPPER FREEHOLD — Seven years after a hunter discovered her skeletal remains in Clayton Park, authorities say they have finally identified the little girl and charged three New York City relatives in connection with the cold case. Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Township will share cost to buy 348 mountain acres
Hillsborough will contribute $500,000 to help Somerset County and a non-profit buy another 348 acres to be added to the Sourland Mountain Preserve in the southwestern Somerset County. At $15,000 per acre, the total cost comes to $5,229,000. The county, township and the nonprofit New Jersey Conservation Foundation, will permanently preserve the land as open…
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ROBBINSVILLE: 6 candidates vying for five school board seats
Shaina Ciaccio, of Robbinville, is running for the Board of Education in the only contested school board race.
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MANVILLE: Christ the King students ‘go pink’ for a cause
Christ the King School students donated money to wear pink instead of school uniforms on Friday to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Melissa Reilley-Grecco, at left in back row, and school secretary Donna Peltack, right, are shown with students. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Slain child dumped in Clayton Park in 2005 ID’d
Authorities announced last week that DNA testing has revealed the murdered child dumped in Clayton Park in Upper Freehold in 2005 was Jon-Niece Jones, 9, of New York City. Three relatives have been charged in connection with her death.
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HILLSBOROUGH: It was a fun night — with a message
Rebecca DelCore shows 5th grader Samantha Shaw how to choose nutritionally rich foods for her plate as part of the Silver Award program by Troop 61052.
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