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MANVILLE: Community Day coming this Saturday, and health fair the next
Manville has two community events coming up in the next weekends. The annual Community Day will be held Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Lost Valley fields. It is a fun day for the residents to get together and socialize. In 2011, the event was not held as Manville recovered from flooding from…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Competition tomatoes go to homeless shelter
Two Hillsborough residents were among the Somerset County employees who put their green thumbs to good use and donated their first Tomato Grow Off harvest to a local nonprofit organization. Pittstown’s Scott Gordon of the county’s Engineering Division was named the winner of the employee competition with a garden tomato weighing 2.325 pounds. County employees…
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ALLENTOWN: Police Beat
Police blotter items from the Allentown Police Department Allentown Joseph Contey, 25, of Flemington, was charged with driving while suspended after a motor vehicle stop on South Main Street at 1:21 p.m., Sept. 14, police said. Patrolman Tim Purpuri stopped Mr. Contey’s vehicle because it was traveling 42 mph in a 25-mph zone, police said.…
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ALLENTOWN: Liquor license fee hike mulled
By David Kilby, Special Writer ALLENTOWN The introduction of an ordinance to amend Allentown’s alcohol beverage control code brought the issues of underage drinking and the cost of liquor licenses to the front and center of the borough’s last council meeting. The proposed ordinance, which was introduced at the Borough Council’s Sept. 13 meeting,…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Township rolls out welcome mat for Walgreens
By Amy Batista, Special Writer ROBBINSVILLE The Township Council unanimously endorsed the concept plan for a new Walgreens on Route 33 in the Town Center South redevelopment zone that planners said would serve as a “gateway” to the township. The council also voted 4-0 on Sept. 13 to introduce an ordinance amending the existing…
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YWCA Princeton Kicks Off Its 2012-2013 English as A Second Language (ESL) Programming
By Diane Hasili The YWCA Princeton English as a Second Language Program has kicked off its 2012-2013 with 22 teachers who will be teaching 35 classes from basic literacy to advanced English and American Culture. According to Program Director, Paula Rossi, “Each of our ESL teachers brings an impressive level of expertise to the table from…
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MANVILLE: Catholics mull options on churches
Merging parishes, building new center among possibilities By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Two Catholic churches could be sold, and a new worship center built, in Manville under one possibility being discussed by representatives of the two churches in the borough. Delegates will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at parish offices to discuss three options to…
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LAWRENCE: Man charged with impersonating a CIA agent
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A 34-year-old Trenton man who allegedly claimed to be a Central Intelligence Agency operative was charged with weapons offenses and related offenses outside Houlihan’s at the Mercer Mall around 11 p.m. on Sept. 14. David F. Ritardi was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Museum accepts guitar made of pie tins, ice bucket
Country music is a staple in the life of Doug Watson of the Flagtown section of Hillsborough Township. The history of the instruments of the genre’s masters has always intrigued him. He has more than 25 stringed instruments, ranging from a student cello to a mandolin-banjo autographed in person by Pete Seeger. He also makes…
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