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Mobile center for NJ veterans coming to area
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is deploying a Mobile Vet Center (MVC) to Lakewood to ensure that underserved New Jersey veterans and their families have better access to vital counseling, employment assistance and other services. “The decision to locate the MVC at the VA’s Vet Center just off Route 70 will allow more…
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Chatty cat
Debbie McCormick of Upper Freehold takes on the role of the Cat in the Hat as she talks with Sienna (l) and Capri Valentino, ages 6 and 3, respectively, during the Dr. Seuss birthday party breakfast at Ms. Crystal’s Clubhouse in Allentown. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Roosevelt students brown-bag it to help the hungry
Student council makes more than 150 lunches for soup kitchen BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Student council members at Roosevelt Public School work together to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for bagged lunches to be distributed from the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. PHOTOS BY JESSICA SMITH Empty bellies in the area were made full…
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Food donations are needed now ‘more than ever’
Food banks often benefit from a seasonal boost of good will during the holidays, but unfortunately, those increases in donations end sometime after the New Year. And it’s our job as a community to make sure we continue that spirit of giving. Most of us may not think we know someone who is hungry. But…
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Allentown mayor needs to fulfill his promises
The incumbent mayor of Allentown is not doing what he promised. His election platform promised his downtown parking area would be started within months. He also told us he received a state grant to improve the downtown streetscape. The secretive parking lot he promised is plagued with so many issues that he refuses to show…
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BATC still looking for tract to grow medical marijuana
Issue comes up during Jackson municipal meeting BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer JACKSON – In a move that sets Jackson apart from some neighboring municipalities, the Township Council has opted not to move forward at this time on an ordinance that would, if enacted, prohibit the approval of land use applications that violate federal law.…
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AHS event to showcase area musicians, all that jazz
AHS jazz band, six others to perform at jazz festival BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Award-winning trumpeter Joe Gullace blows his heart out at last year’s jazz festival at Allentown High School. FILE PHOTO ALLENTOWN — Jazz bands from throughout the state will convene to showcase their musical stylings at Allentown High School (AHS) March…
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Library’s Piggy Sue trying to bring home the bacon
Donor offers Allentown facility matching grant; flamingos to flock for fundraising BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer This little piggy went to Allentown Public Library. Piggy Sue, first introduced as such after a piggy-bank-naming contest a couple of years back, is making a resurgence. The porcelain porker is set up prominently at the library, with the…
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