• Clean energy can be our 21st-century moon shot

    Alot of heat — and not so much light — has been made about the U.S. House vote earlier this summer to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which will start to move this country to a clean energy economy. A bipartisan majority of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation showed strong leadership by supporting…

  • Public urged to get ready for hurricane season

    With hurricane season underway, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) would like to remind all New Jersey residents, as well as first the responder community, to plan and prepare for potential tropical summer storms. The hurricane season usually runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. As evidenced by the record-setting 2005 season and…

  • You can use a chainsaw to correct rude behavior

    We live in a state where we are regularly witness to, or victims of, rude behavior. And most of us not only tolerate it, we enable it. Coda • GREG BEAN You know the kind of situation I’m talking about. You’re at the boarding counter at the airport when you’re told your flight to Cleveland…

  • NEW HANOVER: Principal prepared for new position

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    NEW HANOVER — It’s shaping up to be a year of novelty in the district, as the New Hanover School is set to start a new year with a fresh principal and a different superintendent.    Principal Brian McBride is using the summer to settle into his new role with the…

  • Company responds to allegations

    Joseph Guarino Jr., Vice President of Chanree Construction Co., Inc. To the editor:    We are Chanree Construction Co., Inc., the contractor for the general construction contract identified by name in “Construction Delays Caused Mostly By Rain” (7/30/2009), the article concerning construction of the New (Chesterfield) Elementary School. While we understand that the article essentially described…

  • LAWRENCE: Council eyes bond to settle tax appeals

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Inundated by an avalanche of tax appeals — some of them dating to 2006 — Township Council has introduced a bond ordinance that would allow it to borrow up to $5.2 million to settle the appeals.     Township Council unanimously introduced the bond ordinance at its Aug. 11 meeting.…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Bible school raises $2,500 for HomeFront

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Bible school raises $2,500 for HomeFront

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — About 400 children and parents were on hand for the closing events of Holy Cross Lutheran Church Vacation Bible School last week, when two large donations were made to HomeFront, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families break the cycle of poverty.    ”It was a terrific way…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Towns grapple with fee refunds to developers

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Several local towns may be required to refund fees paid to them by developers under a new state law.    Part of the N.J. Economic Stimulus Act of 2009, signed into law by Gov. Jon S. Corzine July 27, temporarily suspends a statewide 2.5 percent nonresidential development fee to support affordable…

  • PLAINSBORO: ‘Dancing Thru Life’: Globe-trotter’s video series puts his moves on display

    By John Dunphy, Special Writer    When writer Barbara Grizzuti Harrison once opined, “There are no original ideas, only original people,” perhaps she had Internet dancing videos in mind.    Perhaps that was Plainsboro resident Greg Trosko’s thought when he stumbled upon the Internet sensation wherethehellismatt.com a year ago. Created by Matt Harding, a video game designer…

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