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WEST AMWELL: Comly farm preserved
The State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) purchased the development rights to the farm Agriculture Secretary Douglas H. Fisher has announced the preservation of the 136-acre Comly farm on Barry Road in West Amwell Township. The farm, owned by Edward Comly and sons William and John, has been in the Comly family since 1955 when it…
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Har Sinai Calendar July 16-23
By Har Sinai Har Sinai Religious Calendar July 16-23, 2009 Har Sinai Temple is located at 2421 Pennington Road at Denow Road West in Hopewell Township. The schedule is: July 16, Interfaith Couple/Special Needs Children Committee meeting, 6:30 p.m.; July 17, Shabbat service, 6:30 p.m.; July 20, Executive Committee meeting, 6 p.m.; Executive Board meeting,…
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PLUMSTED: Furloughs eyed amid falling revenue
by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The township has implemented two furlough programs in an effort to save money as it is not meeting revenue marks this year, says Mayor Ron Dancer. The Township Committee on July 1 approved two resolutions, one for a voluntary program for all 36 township employees, full- and…
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LAWRENCE: County gets senior food grant
By Greg Forester, The Packet Group Mercer County has received $100,000 in federal stimulus funds in support of the county’s senior nutrition efforts. Announced in June by Heather Howard, commissioner of the state Health and Senior Services Department, the additional funding will bolster Mercer County’s Nutrition Project for the Elderly. Ms. Howard announced…
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LAWRENCE: Scouts have conservation in the bag
Girl Scouts from Troop 71527 work on sewing reusable cloth bags, which were donated to the Lawrence Neighborhood Center for needy families.
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MANSFIELD: Day camp owner fights warehouse plan
by Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer MANSFIELD — Tentative plans for the construction of a massive warehouse complex have friends and administrators of the Liberty Lake Day Camp up in arms — in a veritable turf war with township officials and Margolis Enterprises. In March, the Planning Board unanimously gave Margolis Enterprises, of Boca Raton, Fla.,…
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Donate School Supplies for Needy Kids
By Somerset County Board of Freeholders The Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women (SCCSW) has launched its annual “Project First Class” school-supplies collection. Children of families served by the Food Bank Network of Somerset County will benefit from the donations this year. Although any types of new school supplies will be welcome,…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Status of dangerous Sharon Station Road eyed
by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Of 36 accidents on township roads between January and May, 13 occurred on Sharon Station Road, according to state police. On June 22, yet another accident on Sharon Station Road claimed the life of a local resident. And about four months before that fatality, the Township…
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Money better spent on energy audits
Bruce M. Currie, president, C.A. Niece Lumber Co., Lambertville Regarding the article this week about the solar co-operative spearheaded by Lambertville. I checked out solar for Niece’s during the last eight months and was close to pulling the trigger on a new system when I realized a $350,000 system makes about $15,000 worth of…
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