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LAWRENCE: Council votes to rein in dogs on leashes
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Fido is going to be walking on a shorter leash. Township Council adopted an ordinance Tuesday night that shortens the length of the dog’s leash from 10 feet to six feet, after a public hearing that brought out only one resident. The restriction does not apply to hunting dogs that…
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Hopewell Valley Children’s Theatre’s 17th Summer Season – For Kids, By Kids!
By Cathy Sing Hopewell Valley Children’s Theatre presents its 17th Summer Season….Disney’s Peter Pan, Jr. and The Wiz!!! Fly with HVCT to Neverland with Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and his friends, as we proudly present Disney’s Peter Pan, Jr! Mark your summer calendar now for one of the two performance dates…an evening performance on Friday, August 1, 2014 at…
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STATE WE’RE IN: Len Soucy: Conservation trailblazer
By Michele Byers Emile DeVito will never forget an unusual encounter on a winter day in 1977. When he was a college freshman, he and his father and brothers were looking for hawks in the Great Swamp when a man ambled down the road holding two metal coffee cans fastened together to form a hollow…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: Summer work program aids youth
By Amy Batista, Special Writer Some young adults will be spending their summer vacation working for the city. Mayor Joseph Malone said at the commissioner meeting on July 14 that the second annual youth work program would start on July 15. ”The real purpose for this is to give kids three things — community…
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ON CAMPUS
Brittany Sjaastad, a forensic psychology major and resident of Allentown, was among the students from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne who were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2013 semester. Dylan Vaughan, of Allentown, and Paulina Wojtera, of Robbinsville, have been named to the honors list for the…
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SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS
The Springfield Township Council meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a work session and the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a regular meeting. The Planning Board meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a work session and the third Tuesday of the…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Court settles fire service cost dispute
By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer The long-running dispute between Allentown and Upper Freehold over fire protection costs has finally come to an end. On July 7, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County, issued a consent order of settlement and dismissal regarding litigation brought by Upper Freehold against Allentown concerning funding of Hope…
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FLORENCE: Town puts forth its patriotic spirit
After 37 years, Joseph Varga gets to lead the parade in a different way By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor This year, the 2014 Patriotic Day parade was bittersweet for Joseph Varga. After 37 years of driving his mechanized train in the parade, he saw his “Little Toot” placed upon a cart to be pulled…
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