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MANVILLE: Post fetes Manville’s volunteers
VFW marks 80 years of serving the community By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Manville Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290 honored two veterans and many volunteers who worked tirelessly during Hurricane Irene to help the community on Saturday night at the annual Past Commander’s Dinner held at the post hall. Commander Andy Henkel was…
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Council makes move toward more public input
Heather Howard, Borough Councilwoman To the editor: Recently, the Princeton Borough Council undertook an important reform that will promote greater public engagement in local government we will move our meetings to an earlier time (7 p.m.) and hold our public meeting before our closed session. Why the change? For many years, the council has…
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AS I SEE IT: Voting with a brain for a change
By Dennis Scheil I’ve been watching the Republican presidential demolition derby with great interest over the past few months. Sure, part of the fascination is that the candidates provide a plethora of comic relief and gallows humor, which is amusing until you realize that one of these wingnuts could actually be running the country some…
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ALLENTOWN: Regional school budget tax levy increasing 2 percent
Board of Education introduces budget for 2012-13 By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional School District introduced a $38 million budget for 2012-13 last week that is within cap and carries a 2 percent increase in the school tax levy for residents of Allentown and Upper Freehold. The owner of an…
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MANVILLE: Things get sticky for kindergartners
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer In celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday March 2, kindergarten students at Christ the King School had a day of activities as they learned. Students in Melissa Grecco’s class celebrated Red Across America by learning about Dr. Seuss. ”We read lots of books by Dr. Seuss and they made their…
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Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County Honors 2012 Shining Lights at Annual Dinner
Pictured, l. to r. are: Deacon Ollie L. Green of Shiloh Baptist Church; Sarah Thoma, Executive Director of Interfaith Caregivers; Rosa Spera, owner of Rosa’s Ristorante & Catering; and Fred Egenolf, Director of Community Affairs, Bristol-Myers Squibb
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LAWRENCE: League sponsoring budget preparation session
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Lawrence chapter of the League of Women Voters is planning a special session Monday night that is dedicated to informing residents about Lawrence Township’s municipal budgeting process. The LWV has invited Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun to explain how the municipal budget is prepared at the 7 p.m. meeting. It…
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Village Green plan tailored to ordinance
Peter Ruiter, Hillsborough Quite a few citizens, BoroGreen members among them, attended the March 1 Planning Board meeting to hear more about the proposed Green Village development, across from United Rent-All on Route 206. The plans propose a 469-unit apartment complex, 130-room extended stay hotel and 20,000 square feet of retail space on a 50-acre…
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