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HILLSBOROUGH: Onetime opponent respected Pete Biondi’s integrity
To the editor: Watching the debate of the Republican candidates for the Presidency, my thoughts went to our late assemblyman Peter Biondi. I was Pete’s opponent in the 1997 campaign, where we both competed at debates and newspaper editor’s interviews. In every election after that, the one Republican I consistently voted for was Peter…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: CORRECTION
A story in the Jan. 5 issue of the Register-News about the 4 percent pay hike for Bordentown Township police sergeants incorrectly listed the annual salary hikes in the five-year agreement. The pay hike for 2012 will be 2 percent and for 2013 it will also be 2 percent. There will be no hikes for…
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MONTGOMERY: Trzaska sworn in as new mayor
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Residents piled into the Municipal Court on Jan. 5 to watch the transformation of their municipal government as the Township Committee gathered for the annual reorganization meeting. Applause filled the air as state Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman swore in new committee members Rich Smith and Christine Madrid, Patricia…
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’
The icy chill of the Cold War: ‘A mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma …’ By Elise Nakhnikian In ex-British spy John le Carré’s Cold War novels about his former profession, the main weapons are intellectual brilliance and psychological acuity, and the prize is a secret concealed within a secret. You wouldn’t…
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MANVILLE: Jobs (volunteer and paid) are filled
Other important business at the reorganization meeting involved naming professionals and volunteers to boards and committees in the borough. Mayor Corradino announced these appointments: Borough Attorney: Francis P. Linnus, Esq. Borough Auditor: Suplee, Clooney & Company. Bond Counsel: Rogut McCarthy, L.L.C. Tax Attorney: Martin Allen, Esq. Labor Attorney: Richard P. Flaum, Esq. COAH Litigation Attorney:…
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HILLSBOROUGH: April school election could be thing of the past
It’s up to governor to sign bill by Tuesday By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor By next week, the Board of Education will likely have the power to move school board member elections to the November ballot, or avoid a vote on the school budget entirely. A bill passed Monday on the last day of the…
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NORTH HANOVER: Durr pleads guilty in bog turtle case
By Birgitta WOlfe, Managing Editor NORTH HANOVER Township Committeeman and Deputy Mayor James Durr awaits an April 9 sentencing in U.S. District Court in Camden after pleading guilty Jan. 3 to endangering the 4-inch federally protected bog turtle. Mr. Durr said he did nothing wrong, but after spending $100,00-plus to defend himself in the…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: ‘Weed’ war escalates
By Joanne Degnan, The Packet Group UPPER FREEHOLD The Township Committee is calling for an investigation into how the state selected the nonprofit operators of medical marijuana farms, alleging that one provided “fraudulent” information on its application. The Township Committee, which recently adopted an ordinance to foil Breakwater Alternative Treatment Center’s plan to build…
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