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Columbus news
By: centraljersey.com Burlington County Hadassah Chapter will hold its summer meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 17, at Temple Har Zion, High and Ridgway streets, Mt. Holly. Following a brief business meeting at 1pm, guest speaker William Beans, Section Chief, state Department of Transportation Bureau of Safety Programs, will discuss what is being done to improve vehicular…
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Council OKs additional pool work
By: Audrey Levine – Staff Writer Because prices came in lower than expected, and the work was needed, the Borough Council approved a resolution on June 30 to award a contract to Cedar Contracting Co., Inc. in the amount of $52,944.75, an increase of $9,647.95 over the originally approved plans for the installation of pavers…
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Community calendar
Meeting House reunion By: centraljersey.com Sunday, July 25 – The Old Yellow Meeting House at Imlaystown will hold its 95th annual reunion at 11 a.m. The members of the Upper Freehold Baptist Church and the Friends of the Old Yellow Meeting House invite the community to join them at the restored historic 1737 church. A…
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Tax hike, shared services in $3.4 million budget plan
By: Geoffrey Wertime – Staff Writer NORTH HANOVER – The Township Committee is set to vote tonight, Thursday, on an average tax increase of $88 per person. "The North Hanover Township Committee worked to craft a budget to maintain our current level of services and secure our financial future, so that all North Hanover Township…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Town plans purchase of third trash vehicle
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — If you’re going to pay for a service, it had better be reliable. Nobody wants to waste money on something that is not dependable. Imagine if the post office said,” We can’t deliver your mail today because a truck broke down.” Nearly unimaginable, right? That’s the sort of…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Police charge hit-run suspect
By Davy James, Staff Writer A Franklin Township man was arrested Monday night on charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident after an alert member of the Kendall Park Fire Department observed the suspect’s heavily damaged vehicle and followed him home, police said. At 11:56 p.m., police responded to a reported…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Going to bat for Sean
Home Run Derby to benefit accident victim By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — The community is stepping up to the plate with a Home Run Derby to raise funds for Sean Nemazie, the 2009 Robbinsville High School graduate who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car crash seven months ago. The final chance…
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HomeFront adds rental units, this time in Hopewell
By: Lea Kahn – Staff Writer The two houses on Scotch Road in Hopewell Township, down the road from the Merrill Lynch campus near the I-95 exit, had been vacant for several years and were slowly deteriorating. But HomeFront, a non-profit group based in Lawrence that helps homeless and low-income families, joined forces with Hopewell…
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Capitol news and comment
By: centraljersey.com The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators representing Central Jersey communities and other items of political concern. Senior protection A bill sponsored by Senator Jim Whelan, which will prohibit securities sales professionals from using misleading titles or nonexistent professional certifications to fool senior citizens into investing their money, was signed…
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