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Senate should vote no on S-2662
Jane Magnus, AARP Outreach Volunteer To the editor: In a wired world, telephone, Internet and cable television services are essential. On March 21, these services could be threatened. New Jersey senators will vote on a bill that eliminates consumer protections and allows companies to cut services, dramatically increase rates and impose extra charges on these…
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NEW HOPE: Delaware may top flood stage
Mayor Laurence Keller has declared a limited state of disaster emergency in anticipation of possible flood conditions along the Delaware River in New Hope. The declaration was issued in response to the latest information available from the National Weather Service, which predicts that the Delaware River will crest at 14.6 feet at 1 a.m. on…
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Barksdale to be cited at DelVal dinner
By: centraljersey.com Senior Kalib Barksdale is Lawrence High School’s nominee for this year’s Delaware Valley Chapter Dinner of the National Football Foundation. Also being honored is Carson Vey for his outstanding contributions to Hopewell Valley Pop Warner football. The dinner will be held this Sunday, 4 p.m. at the Princeton Hyatt Regency. Over $30,000 in…
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Overloaded freight train
Judy Clarke, Dean Harrison, Orchard Avenue, Hopewell Township Like many families, we moved to Hopewell Township to provide the best life we could for our children. Within months of arriving, our property taxes rose by over 40 percent. Within months of that, we got new neighbors, including a bank with several lanes of drive-through…
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Diversion of property tax relief funding must end in 2011
NJ League of Municipalities Statutory Funding Compliance Committee For over 25 years, the State of New Jersey has balanced its budgets on the backs of local Garden State property taxpayers. New Jersey governors – Democratic and Republican – annually propose spending plans that are balanced with property tax relief revenues. And year after year,…
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Adjust the plan
Erik and Sally-Ann Limpaecher Orchard Avenue, Hopewell Township The Hopewell Township Committee eventually will vote on the ELSA sewer project, which would bring sewer and water services to hundreds of homes and business in the areas east and south of the Pennington Circle. The township has two reasons for considering this proposal: (1) some businesses…
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Rich Fisher
By: centraljersey.com Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. . . A lower-seeded Shore Conference girls basketball team walks into a Colonial Valley Conference gym and, well, wins big. End of story. Year in and year out, CVC teams seem to find their way out of the state tournament due to a team from…
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Brainstorm ideas on Rt. 22 fixes
By: centraljersey.com SOMERVILLE – The public invited to a meeting on Route 22 corridor improvements at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 19, in the first-floor conference room at 27 Warren St. In a two-hour interactive design session, attendees can help identify potential improvements to Route 22 in Bridgewater between the Route 202/206 and Interstate 287 interchanges.…
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Flood photos?
By: centraljersey.com If rain, predicted to begin today, causes flooding conditions in and around our riverside communities, we urge those who take photos to share them. E-mail them to: [email protected] as JPG attachments Questions? Call 609-874-2177, Friday or Monday.
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