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Guided Tour at Duke Farms Features “Jersey Grown” S.A.V.E.TM Sunflower Field
By Joe Degand A sunflower field guided tour will be offered this Sunday, August 21 to promote New Jersey Audubon’s S.A.V.E.TM (Support Agricultural Viability and the Environment) sunflower birdseed program, at Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ (Somerset County). There will be opportunities to take photographs and tour the fields. Michael Pollock, Teacher/Naturalist with New Jersey Audubon,…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner for week of Aug. 18
CHAPTER A Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. We are open to new members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., allowing you time to sign up for activities. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. Every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m., regular card players meet in the Senior Room.…
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MANVILLE: Eligible seniors can get coupons for farmers market
Eligible senior citizens can get free vouchers to buy New Jersey fresh produce, such as fruits, vegetables and herbs, at participating farmers’ markets in Somerset County. They included three farmstands in Hillsborough and those farmers’ stands at weekly markets, including Manville. The Hillsborough stands are Sunhaven Farms, Running Free Organic Farm, and Norz Hill…
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POLICE BEAT: Week of Aug. 18
Robbinsville Two Robbinsville men were charged with underage possession of alcohol and a Robbinsville woman was charged with underage possession of alcohol and with possession of marijuana on Saturday. Desmond Kendall, 20, Christian Nemeth, 19, and Maryjane Seiler, 19, were in a car pulled off to the side of Reagan Road at 1:52 a.m. when…
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MANVILLE: Outdated ordinance should be deleted
To the editor: On Monday night, Aug. 8, I attended the Manville Council meeting, and once again left wondering why “we, the Manville taxpayers” are allowing our tax dollars to be wasted and abused. The highlight of the meeting was when the gentleman from the NJ Libertarian Party (Mr. John Paff) alerted those who attended…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Police to focus on drunken driving
ROBBINSVILLE Law enforcement officers from the township police department will be cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the summer 2011 Over the Limit, Under Arrest campaign. Beginning Friday and running through Sept. 5, local and state law enforcement officers will conduct sobriety checkpoints, looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: President warned us about credit rating peril
To the editor: When the Tea Party tells House Republicans to jump, the only question House Republicans ask is “how high?” First, Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor and the rest of the House GOP allowed the Tea Party to bring us to the brink of a catastrophic default. Now those very same extremists are trying…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter for week of Aug. 18
On Aug. 7 a Princeton resident reported she had left her wristlet at the Hillsborough Cinema. When she returned to retrieve it, it was missing. Later, an unknown person used a credit card in the wallet, she said. Hillsborough detectives are investigating. * * * On July 19, a home under construction in the Country…
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BRIDGEWATER: Somerset Patriots’ Derrick Gordon named league’s ‘Pitcher of the Month’
Patriots lefthander Gordon named the ‘Pitcher of Month’ Somerset Patriots left-handed pitcher Derrick Gordon has been named the Atlantic League “Pitcher Of The Month” for July. Gordon finished July with a 3-1 record, a 1.32 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched in four games started. Gordon was acquired from the Gary South Shore…
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