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LAWRENCE: NJM helping HomeFront build Family Campus
LAWRENCE— New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group (NJM) employees are watching their donated dollars for the new HomeFront Family Campus grow exponentially thanks to the generosity of NJM and the David Tepper Charitable Foundation. For the last year, HomeFront has worked to raise the $6 million needed to renovate the 8.5-acre decommissioned naval base in Ewing…
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PRINCETON: Town could require a bag fee, but it’s still unclear if council will move forward on the issue
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Princeton Council could require businesses to charge customers fees for single-use shopping bags so long as officials can show the bags pose a local environmental problem, according to the town’s lawyers. In a nine-page legal opinion, municipal attorney Trishka W. Cecil and assistant municipal attorney Lisa M. Maddox…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Hawks youth baseball wins Branchburg Tournament
The Hillsborough Hawks an 8-and-under travel baseball team won its first tournament. Competing this season in the USABL American Central Division, the Hawks completed the tournament with a 4-0 record. They finished pool play with a 3-0 record, outscoring Branchburg, Long Valley and Mt. Olive by a combined 35-7. The Hawks’ perfect record put them…
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HILLSBOROUGH: School administrator Stys receives service award
Hillsborough resident Timothy Stys, the business administrator and board secretary at Watchung Hills Regional High School District, recently was honored by the N.J. Association of School Business Officials with a Distinguished Service Award for his long-term, continuous exemplary service. As part of the award, Mr. Stys had the honor of presenting a $1,000 scholarship from…
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PRINCETON: Town celebrates firefighters with annual Fire Department Parade
Princeton’s three firehouses — Princeton Engine Company No. 1, Princeton Hook & Ladder, and Mercer Engine Company No. 3 — each put their best foot forward as they took part in the annual Fire Department Parade on Saturday. Mayor Liz Lempert and members of the Princeton Council were able to inspect the fire department’s apparatus…
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PRINCETON: Beloved university figure Kenny Samuel calls it a career
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer At Princeton University, most people know him as Kenny, a man hard to miss for anyone who attended or worked there during the past 49 years. Kenny, as Sgt. Kenneth Samuel of the school’s department of Public Safety is more formally known, decided to call it a career at…
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PRINCETON: Council to delay consideration of paid sick time ordinance until end of summer
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Mayor Liz Lempert said Monday that the council would wait until after August to consider an ordinance requiring private sector employers to give paid sick time to their employees who work in Princeton. In speaking to reporters, she acknowledged that the idea is “controversial” but said it is one…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Heat 14-U team wins division baseball title
The Hillsborough Heat 14-and-under baseball team won the U.S. Amateur Baseball League American West Division (A League) Championship last Wednesday night, June 17, by defeating the Branchburg Bulldogs, 12-2, in 6 innings at Ann Van Middlesworth Park. The Heat, who finished the USABL regular season with an 8-1 record, had defeated the Hamilton A’s, 5-2,…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Rental apartments proposal slated for planners’ review
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Just weeks after a change of zoning to allow them, two apartment buildings have been proposed for Amwell Road opposite Pleasant View Road. The rental apartments would be built in a redevelopment zone passed by the Township Committee about a month ago after first being proposed last year. The Planning…
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