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MONROE: Police seek COPS grant
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer MONROE — The Monroe Township Police Department is looking to get a little piece of the $787 billion federal stimulus pie. The department is applying for $764,396 in federal grant money, looking to add manpower to its force through the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Recovery Program, according to the…
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PRINCETON: Police issue looms large in consolidation talk
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer PRINCETON — In 2008, the $3.6 million that Princeton Borough spent on its 34-member police force was its biggest departmental expenditure by far and accounted for 14.3 percent of its $25.3 million budget, overwhelmingly for salaries and wages. Princeton Township spent 10.7 percent of its $35.3 million budget in 2008…
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MANVILLE: Pisano named Roosevelt’s Teacher of the Year for 2009
By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer Once a student teacher in the Manville School District, Jennifer Pisano has been selected as the Governor’s Teacher of the Year for Roosevelt School for this year, joining three other teachers in the district for the honor. ”It was an honor and it was a surprise. I was very…
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MANVILLE: Police blotter
Police picked up a bicycle found near the intersection of West Camplain Road and South 10th Avenue at 3:30 p.m. April 13. No description of the bike was available. Police took the bicycle to headquarters. At 4:33 p.m. April 13, a North 19th Avenue resident reported two Dell Inspiron laptop computers were missing from the…
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MANVILLE: Panicked driver crashed into cars, house
Fire fighters look at the vehicle that crashed into two cars and a house in Lost Valley last week. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara
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PQM fetes 49th birthday with party on Saturday
The door opens at 7 a.m. with entertainment to start at 10 a.m. Pennington Quality Market (PQM) is inviting customers, family and friends to join in the celebration of the market’s 49th anniversary with an old-fashioned birthday party on April 25. The door opens at 7 a.m. with entertainment to start at 10 a.m. The…
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MONROE: Never forget
Staff photo by John Keating. Morris Rosenthal of Jewish War Veterans Post 395 with the American Flag during the opening ceremonies.
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HOPEWELL: Watershed Assoc. honors Montgomery teacher
HOPEWELL — Jamie Witsen, an environmental science teacher in the Montgomery Township Upper Middle School will be recognized by the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association with its top educator honor at its annual meeting on Monday. The 5:30 p.m. meeting will be a special celebration of the Watershed Association’s 60th anniversary, during which the group will…
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PRINCETON: Forum Sunday on university tax status
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer This Sunday, Princeton residents can come out to hear the case for Princeton University paying more to their communities so they will pay less. ”This is about direct tax relief to taxpayers in the borough and township,” not about university pet projects and non-financial contributions, said Sue Nemeth. She is…
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