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ROCKY HILL: Randie Zimmerman joins Montgomery school board
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — A 10th member was sworn to the Board of Education on Tuesday night to serve as Rocky Hill’s representative in the newly merged district. The new nameplate belongs to Randie Zimmerman, a longtime member of the Rocky Hill Board of Education. The action is the result of legislation…
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MONROE: Mayor’s Cup brings adult communities together
by Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer MONROE — Each year, the township’s adult communities have the opportunity to come together in the name of goodwill and in the spirit of competition during the annual Mayors Cup, with this year being no exception. The competition, almost at its end, brings Monroe’s adult communities together every few weeks…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: PTA launches ‘cyber-yard sale’
Aim is to help neighbors in rough economy By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR If you have something you don’t need, the Parent Teacher Association of the Ethel McKnight Elementary School wants to help you give it away. Likewise, if there’s something you need but don’t have, the PTA wants to help hook…
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SUNSHINE LIST
Municipal, school board and other meetings PENNINGTON LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: Aug. 27 meeting canceled. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Aug. 27, 7 p.m., Municipal Building. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE and HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: joint meeting, Sept. 1, 8…
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Crest-Plymouth drains
Ludwig and Kate Randazzo, Plymouth Street, Hopewell Township This weekend’s flooding has once again exemplified what ultimately is poor township design and planning for the adequate sizing of the drain piping used when connecting Crest Avenue to Plymouth Street and for the routing of water into the Brandon Road West storm sewer system. The…
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MANVILLE: MHS band getting in step for season
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer With school starting in a couple of weeks and football season right around the corner, the Manville High School Band started working on its halftime show this week at the annual band camp. Thirty-nine students from MHS, along with a few seventh- and eighth-graders from Alexander Batcho Intermediate School,…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Fire damages condo unit
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer An East Brookside Lane residence was deemed uninhabitable after it sustained extensive damage in a fire about 6:15 p.m. Sunday. Police said they arrived at the scene to find heavy smoke and flames billowing out from the condominium unit, which was unoccupied at the time. Hillsborough police Lt. Fran Mozgai…
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LIFESTYLE: In The Kitchen: A peachy time of year
By Faith Bahadurian, Special Writer New Jersey peaches are great this year. Somehow that long, cool, damp stretch in early summer has produced an especially tasty (if slightly delayed) crop. As if to make up for our blighted tomatoes, our peaches are fat, juicy, and bursting with flavor. Peaches have been grown in New Jersey…
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PRINCETON: Boro takes up tax advisory panel idea
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer The finance committee of Princeton Borough Council has agreed to meet with citizens interested in forming a finance advisory committee to see if they could jointly hammer out plans for moving ahead with the idea. Borough merchants had raised the issue of interested and qualified borough citizens offering their expertise…
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