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FLORENCE: Police union gets 3-year contract
By Birgitta WOlfe, managing editor FLORENCE — The township police union, which had been working without a contract since Dec. 31, has a new three-year pact. The Township Council memorialized the contract July 13 after both the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 210, and the council ratified it in June, Township Administrator Richard Brook said.…
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LAWRENCE: Providing a Fresh Air opportunity
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer When Alanis Lopez stepped down off the bus at the shopping center in East Windsor Township seven years ago, she was more than a little apprehensive about spending two weeks with Philip and Kyra Duran and their daughter, Alexis. Alanis had stayed overnight at her friends’ homes, where she felt…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Library offers many summer programs for kids
Looking for something to do this summer? The library offers a lot of suggestions for kids and families. To avoid being shut out, call the library to register for most events. Here are programs intended for youngsters. Registration is required: • —• Reading Buddy (grades 2-4) — Children will increase their love of reading while reading…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Alison Calmoneri wins dance scholarship
Hillsborough resident Alison Calamoneri was recently awarded the Karen Hartsing Memorial Scholarship at the Kathleen Academy of Dance during its annual review. This is an annual scholarship given in memory of Karen Hartsing, a former dancer at the Academy, who passed away in 1977. It is a full ballet scholarship given to a deserving and…
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Saving on car insurance could cost in the long run
Jeff Perlman, Princeton To the editor: I can’t help but notice the plethora of ads promising to save me 15 percent on car insurance. When I think about it, three ways I can save 15 percent are as follows: Cutting my 2,000-calorie-a-day diet by 300 calories (saving 15 percent on meals.) Turning off…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Party-goers charged with alcohol law violations
By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor Twelve young people — nine of them Valley residents — have been charged with violating the Hopewell Township ordinance that targets underage possession or consumption of alcohol on private property. June 28 at 1:15 a.m., township Officer John Ferner went to the Mills residence on Brandon Road to investigate a…
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MOUNT HOLLY: Chesterfield policeman exonerated
MOUNT HOLLY — The New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice has concurred with the findings of a Burlington County prosecutor’s office investigation that determined the actions of a Chesterfield police officer who fired his weapon in May 2010 fully complied with the attorney general’s guidelines pertaining to the use of deadly force, Burlington County Prosecutor…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK – State gives PIACS one planning year
By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor The state Department of Education is giving the Princeton International Academy Charter School another year to plan before it opens, according to a July 15 press release from the agency. The Mandarin-immersion school, initially slated to open in September for 172 K-2 children from Princeton, South Brunswick and West…
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