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Submission guidelines for social pages, columns
By: centraljersey.com Please submit items for the Florence-Roebling News, Chesterfield Chatter, Columbus News and Springfield Topics directly to the columnists who compile those items, at least one week before the edition in which they are to appear. Do not send those items to the managing editor. Please only send your event to the column for…
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News and notes
By: centraljersey.com Casey Camp will hold three sessions of basketball camp this summer. There will be two weeks for boys and girls entering grades 4-8. They run 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday, Aug 2-6. This camp is designed to teach proper fundamentals and provide each camper with a fun and challenging experience. Developmental camp…
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Butterflies are free at the Earth Center
By: Davy James – Staff Writer Summer is in full swing at the Earth Center in Davidson Mill Pond Park with the recent opening of the center’s Butterfly House. The house is actually what center staff members call a hoop house, which is covered on the outside with cloth and framed with wood. It is…
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New budget cap worries district
By: Lea Kahn – Staff Writer Preparing the Lawrence Township public school district’s budget has always been challenging, but school district officials claim that a new law that places a 2-percent cap on school district property tax increases will make the process more difficult. Last week, Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation that puts a 2-percent…
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Letters to the editor
For safety first! By: centraljersey.com We are so consumed with safety: bike helmets, crosswalks, seat belts, life guards, smoke detectors, etc, as we should be. Why we would hesitate in hiring the correct number of police officers is beyond me. I was surprised to read Officer’s Christopher Kascik’s letter last week, as I had no…
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Incidents lead to three arrests
By: Geoffrey Wertime – Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – It was a busy night for police last week when they arrested one man for breaking into a house on July 12 and two others later that night in an unrelated incident after they fled the wrong way down Route 206. The string of incidents began…
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Blake, Gurick swim strong for Eastern Express
By: centraljersey.com The Eastern Express (EEX) hosted the 40th annual Summer Sizzle Long Course Meters Invitational June 25-27. The highly anticipated meet, attended by the fastest swimmers from all over the region produced personal bests and top eight finishes for two Pennington residents. In the 11/12 age group, Eva Blake (12), took fourth in the…
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In the kitchen
Brr! Icy blender drinks By: Faith Bahadurian – Special Writer This is shaping up to be one hot summer, and whenever I see a photo of an icy blended drink in a tall frosty glass with beads of sweat running down the outside, I think to myself, "Ahhh, I want to climb right in!" Of…
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Olshevski leads Robbinsville to Section 3 softball title
By: Justin Feil – The Packet Group Ed Horowitz admits that he has run out of ways to compliment Hannah Olshevski. Olshevski, the ace pitcher for the Robbinsville 12-year-old all-star softball team, threw a complete-game four-hitter while striking out six in an 8-0 win over Manasquan-Brielle in the Section 3 championship Saturday. "Hannah is Hannah,"…
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