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ROBBINSVILLE: Township Council News Briefs
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor Salary increases proposed The Robbinsville Township Council introduced a salary ordinance on July 14 that provides a 1 percent raise for the mayor, council, municipal clerk, and various department heads retroactive to January 1. Under the ordinance, the mayor’s salary would increase to $7,958 and the five council members would…
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Bar-Top Bandits Bring Boot-Stomping Sexy Tour to Sand Blast Weekend in Asbury Park
By Cortland Coleman It’s going to be a scorcher! And we aren’t talking temperature, we’re talking Bandits! The Bar-Top Bandits, the region’s newest and hottest entertainment troupe, are in town to perform this Saturday in Asbury Park for Sand Blast Weekend. Hot off the successful launch of their nightlife tour in New England, the ladies…
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HILLSBOROUGH: State school aid increases $1 million
Hillsborough schools will receive slightly more than $1 million more than district officials anticipated in the 2011-12 school budget, but aren’t sure how they’ll deal with it. As part of an additional statewide increase in state government aid, Hillsborough will gain $1,033,332. When the budget was presented and approved by voters in April, it included…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of July 21
Music in the park offers free concert Thursday, July 21 The band Due South will play from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in a free concert at Ann Van Middlesworth Park, off Pleasant View Road. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Israeli folk dancing offered at temple Thursday, July 28 Beginners and the experienced…
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Police Beat
Upper Freehold Four teenage boys from Allentown and Upper Freehold were arrested July 12 after a fight on the grounds of the Freedom Fest State Fair on the Route 526 bypass that left two other teenagers with minor injuries, state police said. State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones said two troopers responded at 10:20 p.m. to…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Senior citizens’ calendar for week of July 21
CHAPTER A Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. We are open to new members. ”Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang” was a great production. Eat your heart out, Broadway! A first-class production — how did they get that car to fly? The speaker from Provident Bank was interesting and he…
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BORDENTOWN CITY:City Farmers Market rates among top in state
BORDENTOWN CITY — Bordentown City is among five farmers markets in New Jersey that are leading the 2011 America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. Bordentown City Farmers Market located in the municipal parking lot at the intersection of Farnsworth and Railroad avenues every Wednesday from 4 to 7:3 p.m. Voting is now under way to select…
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LAWRENCE: Two local men at last launch of space shuttle
By Marisa Iati,Staff Writer Two local photographers made the trip to Cape Canaveral on July 8 to see the Atlantis take off for NASA’s final space shuttle mission. Dr. Ken Kremer of Lawrenceville is a research scientist who attended the launch to write and shoot photos for the space and astronomy news website Universe Today.…
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ALLENTOWN: Lightning hits water treatment plant (again)
Third lighting strike damages computerized controls By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ALLENTOWN Lightning supposedly doesn’t strike twice, but tell that to the folks at the Allentown water treatment plant on Church Street, which has been hit by lightning three times already this year. Lightning has caused an estimated $40,000 in damage to the plant’s…
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