• FLORENCE: Police blotter

    From the Feb. 26 edition FLORENCE    Gregg Cummings, 29, of Roebling, was charged with drunken driving, reckless driving, and several other charges at 1:27 a.m. Sunday after police stopped his car on Hornberger Avenue for a motor vehicle violation. He was determined to be under the influence of alcohol, police said. Police he was also…

  • Announcing the return of MILK & COOKIES a Free Series for Children

    Announcing the return of MILK & COOKIES a Free Series for Children

    The State Theatre By Kelly Skinner – www.StateTheatreNJ.org New Brunswick, NJ (October 7, 2008)—The State Theatre announces the return of the interactive, FREE series, MILK & COOKIES for children, ages three to eight, and their families. The fall series, fully-funded and sponsored by the Provident Bank Foundation and presented by the State Theatre, is a…

  • UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD STUDENTS NAMED TO DEAN’S LIST

    New Jersey by Linda Zigmont WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — The University of Hartford is pleased to announce its Dean’s List for Fall 2008. The University of Hartford is an independent, comprehensive institution of higher education, offering educational and career programs of study in its seven schools and colleges. The following students have been named to…

  • Boy Scout concerned about Police Department

    Ryan Quinerly of Springfield Township To the editor:    My name is Ryan Quinerly and I live in Springfield Township. I am 13 years old and a Boy Scout with Troop 112 in Jacobstown. I am currently working on my communications merit badge. One requirement is to attend at public meeting. I attended a Springfield town…

  • LAWRENCE: Lawmakers study sign ordinance

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer In the weeks following the New Jersey state Supreme Court’s ruling that a portion of Lawrence Township’s sign ordinance violated First Amendment rights to free speech, township officials have acknowledged the need to change the ordinance.     Last week, Barnett Road resident Falk Engel stepped forward and offered to help…

  • NORTHERN BURLINGTON: Four fire budgets pass, one fails

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Voters approved four of the area’s five fire budgets Saturday, leaving only Chesterfield District 1 to face possible cuts.    In Chesterfield District 1, the $490,261 budget failed by a vote of 69-58, said Fire Commissioner Dana Boyadjian.    Under the proposed budget, $472,911 would have been raised through taxation. The district…

  • FLORENCE: Riverfront students win visit from Phanatic

    FLORENCE: Riverfront students win visit from Phanatic

    The Philly Phanatic made an appearance at the Riverfront Middle School in Florence on Monday. A fourth-grade class won a reading contest in the “Be a Phanatic about Reading” program sponsored by the Philadelphia Philles to encourage kids to read. The class that read the most from October to December won a visit from the mascot.…

  • Millstone, Plumsted fire budgets go down

    by Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    The governing bodies in Millstone and Plumsted will decide on proposed fire tax hikes after a small number of residents took the time to have their say, which translated into slim rejections of fire district budgets.    In Plumsted, the New Egypt Fire Company’s proposed budget of $1.2 million was rejected…

  • LAWRENCE: Energy audit could cut township costs

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Township Council has awarded a $5,000 contract to Concord Engineering Group Inc., based in Voorhees, to conduct an energy audit of five township-owned buildings.     The council awarded the contract at its Feb. 3 meeting. The company was chosen from a list of pre-selected energy auditing firms presented to the…

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