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ROBBINSVILLE: Township tries again to cut speed limit on Route 526
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE The Township Council plans to ask the county for a reduction of the speed limit on Route 526 from 45 mph to 35 mph, something it attempted to do in the earlier part of this decade to no avail. The council unanimously approved a resolution at its Jan.…
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MILLSTONE: Hearing Monday on $1.76 million fire budget
By Audrey Levine, The Packet Group MILLSTONE The Board of Fire Commissioners District 1 will present a 2010 budget of about $1.76 million to the public during an open hearing Monday to be followed by an official vote. The budget, according to board Chairman David Markunas, is $1,759,285, a decrease of about $95,000 from…
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BURLINGTON COUNTY: Families, friends await word from Haiti after earthquake
Sarah DeSilva, center, with two men from the host family she stayed with in Jacmel, Haiti, when she visited the country on a mission just before the Jan. 12 earthquake. Ms. DeSilva, like many other local residents with friends or family in Haiti, awaits word on whether her friends are safe.
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ROBBINSVILLE: RHS basketball game to benefit injured teen
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE Robbinsville High School plans to donate proceeds from Friday’s basketball game to the family of Sean Nemazie, the local teen seriously hurt in a car crash earlier this month. Robbinsville’s boys basketball team is scheduled to play Princeton High School in the Robbinsville High School gym…
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LAWRENCE: Group recounts ‘nightmare’
Phil McAuliffe Todd Stone-Sapp gets emotional during a news conference after returning from a church mission in Haiti. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.
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FLORENCE: Car hits ditch, catches fire
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer FLORENCE An Upper Freehold woman was sent to the hospital early Sunday morning after police said her car flipped over and caught fire while she was intoxicated. Rebecca J. Banuelos, 22, of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, was charged Sunday with drunken driving, failure to maintain lane…
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PRINCETON: Cell phone menus may soon include appetitizers
Rick Weiss of Viocare and company employees demonstrate their potential new phone app outside Mediterra in Palmer Square. From left are: Lisa Cohen, David Blankenbush, Diena Seeger, Mr. Weiss, Carol Feiveson, Tim Gerdes, Marnie Levinson and Ming Lu. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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ROBBINSVILLE: Massi takes seat on state Superior Court
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE The township’s former municipal court judge recently was sworn in to his new appointment on the state Superior Court. Judge Anthony M. Massi was confirmed by the state Senate on Jan. 11 and took the oath of office Friday, according to court spokeswoman Winnie Comfort. He had been…
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Senator’s vote undermined equality
Eric Puliti, Lawrence I would like to kindly request that Sen. Shirley Turner remove the quote, “…Senator Turner has been a leader in the legislature in the fight for civil rights…“ from her Web site. Since, given her recent vote on The Freedom of Religion and Equality in Marriage Act, she has shown her constituency…
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