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This cancer fundraiser has gone to the dogs
By: Chelsea Radler – Staff Writer The seventh annual "Because Your Dog Is Worth It, Too" Day soon will return to bring together pet lovers and raise money to help find a cure for breast cancer. The Saturday event in Cranbury, hosted by L’Oreal, is part of the company’s efforts to become one of the…
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A journey for knowledge
Librarian’s projects help special needs children By Birgitta Wolfe BORDENTOWN CITY It’s special because it’s the only program of its kind in the Burlington County Library System. It’s also special because of the unique service it provides special needs children and their parents who would have a hard time finding similar programs elsewhere. Thanks…
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Bad accident on Route 130 claims life
By: centraljersey.com ROBBINSVILLE – One man was killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in a crash involving two motorcycles and a pickup truck pulling a larger camper trailer on Route 130. Police said they received multiple 9-1-1 calls at 2:48 p.m. regarding a traffic accident with a reported fire near Voelbel Road. Upon arrival, they…
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LAWRENCE: State trooper camp lets teens try out police training
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Shane Hickey and Dean Sawasky were lying in their beds in their dorm rooms on the first night of New Jersey State Police Trooper Youth Week summer camp. It seemed like days since the two Lawrence High School rising seniors had arrived at the New Jersey State Police Training Academy…
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Red Cross issues emergency request
By: centraljersey.com With an extremely active hurricane season looming, an oil spill in the Gulf that could make matters even worse, and local disasters such as recent home fires in New Brunswick and Trenton, the American Red Cross has launched a new disaster relief fundraising drive. "The Red Cross spends about $450 million a year…
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PRINCETON: Progress reported in storm cleanups, power restorations
Fallen tree limbs along Washington Road in Princeton on Tuesday morning. Staff photo by Edith Klein
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School officials wary of emergency funding
Funding By: Davy James – Staff Writer South Brunswick School District officials are cautiously optimistic about a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and signed into law by President Obama on Aug. 10 that will provide $10 billion to prevent teacher layoffs nationwide. The bill includes $268 million to keep an estimated 3,900…
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Police make 6-pound pot bust
By Geoffrey Wertime BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP State police said they arrested two Florida men last week after finding they were hauling 60 pounds of marijuana along the New Jersey Turnpike. Pedro Ramos, 43, of Miami, Florida, and Armando Rivero, also 43, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, were charged Aug. 11 with possession of a controlled…
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Book notes
Over the years, our brilliant brains keep going strong By: Joan Ruddiman – Special Writer As the Baby Boomers hit retirement age, the "Me Generation" (of which I am one) is consumed with concerns about our aging brains. We make jokes about having a "brain spazz" or "early Alz" as we fret over forgetting names…
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