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PENNINGTON: Police shared services feasible?
By Brian Roach, Staff Writer Several concerned Pennington residents weighed in at Monday’s Borough Council meeting on the possibility of a shared services agreement for police services between Pennington Borough and Hopewell Township. The agreement could potentially eliminate the Pennington Police Department’s midnight to 8 a.m. shift. ”(The Pennington Police Department) has never let you…
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MONROE: Woman, 75, charged with stabbing husband to death
Mae Rhine, Managing Editor MONROE — A 75-year-old township woman sits in the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center as police try to figure out why she allegedly stabbed her 80-year-old husband to death Wednesday afternoon. Ruth Zucker, of Leeds Lane in the Greenbriar at Whittingham retirement community, is in jail in lieu of $200,000 bail,…
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PRINCETON: University study links climate change, crop yield migration
PRINCETON — Climate change is expected to cause mass human migration, including immigration across international borders, according to a new study by three Princeton University professors and researchers. The researchers — all from the University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs — examined the linkages between variations in climate, agricultural yields and…
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MONTGOMERY: Schools superintendent on funding formula panel
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Montgomery School Superintendent Earl Kim will have his say about potential changes to the state’s education funding formula. Mr. Kim and 15 other superintendents have been selected to take part on a Professional Judgement Panel with the Commissioner of Education to review the Adequacy Model used as part…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Softball 10s are holding their own
By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group The further along the Robbinsville 10-year-old softball all-stars go this summer, the better the competition they face. In fact, the longer the team keeps playing, the more and more they see teams just like themselves. ”At this point, every team is very good,” said Robbinsville manager Keith Motusesky, whose…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Softball 12s rolling along
By Justin Feil, The Packet Group With each game at the Eastern Regional Softball Tournament, the Robbinsville 12-year-old all-stars is feeling more comfortable. The New Jersey state champions opened the regional in Albany, N.Y., with three straight wins to take control of the Mid-Atlantic Pool. Barring a complete collapse, Robbinsville was in great position to…
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Florence-Roebling News
Peg Dotson The Florence Township Fire Department No. 1, 401 Firehouse Lane, Florence, will be holding a Hoagie Sale on Friday, Aug 6, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. or sell out and on Saturday, Aug. 7 from 11 a.m. till sell out. Hoagies available will be American, Italian, or tuna. The price is $6…
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LETTERS: South Brunswick council should protect taxpayers
Debra Johnson, Monmouth Junction On June 15, the Township Council held an “emergency” budget hearing. Emergency hearings only require 48-hour notice to the public of a meeting. So what was the emergency? There was absolutely no emergency. The mayor and council appeared to be trying to hold a budget meeting without allowing us sufficient time…
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HILLSBOROUGH: New group launching to help support local sustainability efforts
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer The goal behind Boro Green is to make Hillsborough a place residents don’t want to move away from, organizers of the start-up group said. ”I want other residents to say, ‘I’m living the life I want to live,’” Thuy Ahn Le, chairwoman of the Sustainable Hillsborough Committee who organized Boro…
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