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East Windsor and Hightstown among 11 Mercer towns to receive $
By: centraljersey.com TRENTON – Mercer County municipalities will share $3.2 million in grants under the fiscal year 2011 state Municipal Aid program, it was announced this week. Hightstown is slated to receive $290,000 for milling and paving, while East Windsor is to get $250,000 for projects to repair Twin Rivers Drive and Twin Rivers Drive…
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Among the highest
Cora Berke, Lambertville I have been following the recent articles announcing the new contract for the teachers at South Hunterdon Regional High School. My husband is a teacher in Union County and his contract was finally settled after 20 long months of negotiations. He will be getting a 1.5 percent increase this year with…
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NEW HOPE: Fire puts damper on annual chili cook-off
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer NEW HOPE — Guests were looking for some hot stuff during the annual chili cook-off last weekend at the Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival. They got it, but it wasn’t from the chili. A small fire broke out and became an unexpected “aggravation” for guests, but there were no injuries and…
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PRINCETON: Students escape Egyptian turmoil
By Alice Su, Special Writer Robert Joyce, a Princeton University sophomore, wrote his Arabic paper last Friday amid the sound of Egyptian chants, screams and gunshots. Mr. Joyce, a Near Eastern Studies major from Brooklyn, witnessed the political turmoil in Egypt firsthand while studying at Alexandria University through a program with Middlebury College. He is…
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Charles W. Kim and Mary Brienza
By: centraljersey.com Once again, winter blasted into the township in the middle of the week, closing schools and disrupting travel. "It may come to opening our emergency shelters," township spokesman Ron Schmalz said Wednesday morning after another winter storm brought ice and freezing rain to the municipality throughout the night. "It is treacherous driving." The…
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School talent show moved to Saturday
By: centraljersey.com Inclement weather on Jan. 28 may have stopped the show from going on but students and teachers still have another chance to showcase their talents. The high school talent show has been rescheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Manville High School auditorium. The show is about two hours with a 15-minute…
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Mary Ellen Zangara
By: centraljersey.com The first official meeting of the New Year for the Manville Borough Council was held on Jan. 24 with the two newly elected council members taking their seats. Sue Asher returned for another term while Lou Petzinger began his first term. First on the agenda was a proclamation presented by Mayor Lillian Zuza…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Pedals for Progress collecting annual bike donations
Submitted photo Devon Smith and Larry Witlen, teachers in the South Brunswick schools, run the Pedals for Progress collection in the township.
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