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PLUMSTED: Litter-packin’ llamas help clean up watershed
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor PLUMSTED — Undeterred by downpours, dozens of soaked volunteers and two wet llamas hauled out 36 bags of trash from the Colliers Mill Wildlife Management Area last week as part of Barnegat Bay Blitz watershed cleanup. The Plumsted contingent was part of a larger watershed-wide cleanup effort involving thousands of…
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HILLSBOROUGH: College students share news of accomplishments
Joe Giblin Hillsborough’s Sarah Merolla is fourth from left at a scholarship reception at CBLS in Kingston on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (Photo/Joe Giblin)
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MANVILLE: Duke Farms gives region a treasure
This is going to be something great. Duke Farms opens a “new era” this weekend, turning a historical curiosity into a learning center for the environment a place where people can rejuvenate, or learn about the natural world. It promises to be a marvelous enclave of green and beauty, sculpted by the dreams of…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: CHS teacher faces simple assault charge
By John Tredrea, Special Writer William Ashcraft, a 61-year-old resident of Yardley, Pennsylvania, and math teacher at Hopewell Valley Central High School, has been charged with simple assault for allegedly striking a 16-year-old boy student on the side of the face with an open hand on April 27, Hopewell Township police Chief George Meyer said…
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LAWRENCE: Mrs. G proposal hearing postponed
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A public hearing on a plan to redevelop a 16-acre parcel on Route 1 at Bakers Basin Road, which is anchored by the Mrs. G TV and Appliance store and that had been set to be heard as The Ledger went to press Wednesday, has been postponed until next month.…
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MANVILLE: Scouts give graves due respect
Scouts Danny Shubiak and Matthew Fiduk organize their flags and routes at Sacred Heart Cemetery. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)
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Community Calendar: May 17 edition
Fri., May 18 ”Spend Awhile on the Nile”: 7:30 p.m., Allentown Presbyterian Church (sanctuary), 20 High St., Allentown. A free ROCK choir musical performed by third- through sixth-graders. For more information, call 609-259-7289 or go to www.allentownpresbyterian.org. Sat., May 19 Foxmoor Community Yard Sale: 8 a.m., Foxmoor recreation field between Washington and Hutchinson roads. No…
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Community Calendar: May 17 edition
Picasa The cast of “Spend Awhile on the Nile” strikes a pose at a recent rehearsal of the rock musical that will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 18 at the Allentown Presbyterian Church, 20 High St.,Allentown. Additional free performances are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 20.
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‘Dark Shadows’
This spoofy remake feels more like ‘The Addams Family’ than the original gothic drama By Elise Nakhnikian AN awkwardly stitched-together collection of mismatched parts, Dark Shadows is a Frankenstein’s monster of a movie, a vampire love story/family reunion played out as a half-funny spoof. Portraying another in a long line of chivalrous freaks for director…
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