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America’s ‘backbone’ crumbling
By: centraljersey.com New Jersey’s infrastructure is in disrepair. The American Society of Civil Engineers, in its most recent report, found that a third of the state’s bridges were "structurally deficient or functionally obsolete," and our roads were crumbling and costing motorists more than $3 billion a year in extra repair costs. Newark Liberty Airport and…
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County office offers help with fall projects
By: centraljersey.com Do you know an elderly or disabled person who needs help getting his or her yard ready for the winter months? The Somerset County Office of Volunteer Services will have volunteers available in November to rake leaves for elderly and disabled homeowners around the county who have no other means to do yard…
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MANVILLE: Police blotter
Angel Sarmiento, 29, of Bound Brook, was charged with shoplifting condoms and fiesta string from Walmart at 10:19 p.m. Sept. 28, after security at the North Main Street store detained him. He was released pending a court date. Alcides Nieves-Diaz, no age or address given, was charged with public urination at 9:18 a.m. Sept. 30.…
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Why is Lance avoiding debates?
Mitchell Eiven, Hillsborough To the editor: I’m not quite sure why Congressman Leonard Lance is avoiding debate with the Democratic candidate, Ed Potosnak. The congressman was a staunch advocate of the debate process when he ran for office, yet he appears to avoid making a commitment to debate. I’d love to see the newspaper look…
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Thurs., Oct. 7
By: centraljersey.com "Translating Nature:" Recent Works by Joy Kreves. The artist will present a talk about the exhibit of two and three-dimensional mixed-media work, some integrating her original handwritten poems. 7 p.m. Free. Rider University Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center on the Rider University campus, 2083 Lawrenceville Road. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday from…
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PRINCETON: Professor awarded Nobel Prize
PRINCETON Princeton University is home to another Nobel Prize winner. Acclaimed Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who is spending this semester as the 2010 Distinguished Visitor in Princeton University’s Program in Latin American Studies, has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature this week. He also is a visiting lecturer in Princeton’s Program…
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Press issues digitized
By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – The Cranbury Public Library has digitized back issues of The Cranbury Press newspaper from 1886 to 2009. All the issues are saved in a searchable PDF format and stored on a portable hard drive in the library. Anyone can come in and request to search back issues of The Cranbury Press…
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Help alleviate suffering in Pakistan
Adnan Shamsi, Princeton I just finished reading “ZEITOUN” by Dave Eggers, a vivid accounting of life experienced before, during and after the flooding of a major American city in 2005. This year was the fifth year anniversary of the decimation of New Orleans, brought on by Hurricane Katrina. Now flooding resulting from monsoon rains has…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Parking Committee plans to meet soon
By Cynthia Williamson, Special Writer Hopewell Borough Library Director Anne Zeman said a routine inquiry from patrons is not always about the books that line its shelves. But, rather, how patrons can safely cross the street to get to the library at 13. E. Broad St. ”I can recite a litany of instances from now…
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