• SPRINGFIELD TOPICS: From the Aug. 20 edition

    Jen Kokotajlo Jen Kokotajlo     Tel: 410-7338     [email protected]    Deadline for submitting items for this article will now be Sunday evening. Anything submitted after may not be included in the following edition. Any questions please contact me, [email protected]. Thank you for your understanding. * * *    The Tenth Annual Fun Day will be held on…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Preservation plan gets $500K boost

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    A county effort to preserve a two-mile buffer around the McGuire Air Force Base and Fort Dix is set to receive an additional $500,000 thanks to an agreement between the county and the U.S. Department of Defense.    The money will go to preserve farmland in the 12,000-acre Military Installation Buffer…

  • LAWRENCE: Police to crack down on drunken drivers

        The Lawrence Township Police Department is cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the summer 2009 “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” campaign, thanks to a state grant to Lawrence Township to run the two-week program.     The campaign, funded by the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, begins Aug. 21 and ends…

  • LAWRENCE: Home is where the hive is

    LAWRENCE: Home is where the hive is

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Brett and Tahirih Smith have always been interested in being self-sufficient. Their backyard is an oasis of fruit trees and a garden plot, where they raise vegetables for their family.     The Smith family has long been interested in the “whole movement of local food,” Ms. Smith said, so she…

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

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

    Left to right: Amy Dunn and Heather Tuller, co-directors of HCLC Vacation Bible School, present a check to Brenda Whitaker from Homefront.

  • PET TALK: Preventative medicine efforts do work

    Dr. Daniel Eubanks    Last week I was thinking about my job (yes, I still do that on a regular basis) and it occurred to me how many of our pets’ ailments I hardly see anymore.    Further consideration led me to conclude, quite proudly and triumphantly, that our preventative medicine efforts are working. It’s not that…

  • LAWRENCE: Home is where the hive is

    LAWRENCE: Home is where the hive is

    Phil McAuliffe Honey bees at the Lawrence Nature Center. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township briefs

    Ordinance changes fire zones    To change several fire zones in the Robin Road Village, the Township Committee unanimously approved an ordinance Aug. 11 that would do so in accordance with requests from the Homeowners’ Association and the township fire marshal.    Committeeman Anthony Ferrera and Committeewoman Gloria McCauley did not vote as they were unable to…

  • LAWRENCE: Classrooms enjoy a clearer view

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     When Lawrence High School and Lawrence Intermediate School students go back to school next month, one of the first things they may notice is that they can actually see out of the windows at the schools.     That’s because school district officials have been busy replacing the yellowed, scratched…

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