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New Jersey Horses of the Year announced
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher has announced the 2011 Secretary of Agriculture Awards for New Jersey Thoroughbred and Standardbred Horses of the Year. The horses were chosen by the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board, through recommendations from the Thoroughbred and Standardbred Associations. The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horse of the Year award went to…
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Allentown’s year in retrospect
Borough takes Irene’s biggest hit to local towns BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The millpond water rushed over the temporary bridge on Aug. 28 and started to pound the county’s new bridge and dam along Main Street in downtown Allentown. PHOTO COURTESY OF GARRETT FONDOULES ALLENTOWN — Of the borough’s events throughout 2011, Hurricane Irene had…
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Collier offers path to positive changes
Open house event reveals high school in Marlboro that serves diverse group of teens BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Collier High School in the bucolic Wickatunk section of Marlboro offers an alternative educational experience to students who are not succeeding to the best of their abilities in a traditional high school setting. Collier High School enrolls…
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Looking back on 2011 in Millstone Township
Weather woes make biggest headlines BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The past year was a relatively quiet one for Millstone Township, aside from the havoc wreaked in late summer by Hurricane Irene. January: Nancy Grbelja was elected to serve as mayor for the sixth consecutive year, while Michael Kuczinski began serving for the first time as…
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Allentown downtown staying afloat
Despite woes of vacant storefronts, bridge project, most businesses maintaining BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Shoppers browse one of five rooms of merchandise at Necessities for the Heart on South Main Street in Allentown. JEFF GRANIT staff A lthough a few businesses have shuttered their doors for good in historic Allentown’s downtown over the past…
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How about a nice watch when these folks retire?
CODA GREG BEAN All right, wage slaves — at least those of you who have toiled in the mines of the dreaded private sector — I’ve got a question. I remember my last day on nearly every job I ever had, and I remember my final paycheck. I remember getting paid for vacation accumulated that…
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A.H.S. Hall of Fame seeks nominations
Nominations are currently being accepted for the Allentown High School Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame. This marks the fourth year since the induction of the school’s first Hall of Fame class for lifetime achievement, cultural and civic contributions and academic excellence. Nominations will be accepted until Jan. 31. The next class will be inducted in…
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Patricia Raymond Appointed By Dilon Diagnostics
By Par Resources Patricia Raymond of Hightstown, NJ has been recently appointed by Dilon Technologies Inc. as the Account Manager for the New York Territory covering New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts for the Dilon Diagnostics Brand, based in Newport News, Virginia. Raymond has extensive experience including mammography, ultrasound, MRI and breast intervention…
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MCCC Invites Community to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 16
By Saveria Symons West Windsor, NJ: The community is invited to celebrate the rich legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during an event at Mercer County Community College’s James Kerney Campus on Monday, Jan. 16, at 2 p.m. in Kerney Hall. Themed “I Can Succeed,” the event is free to the public. The James…
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