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‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they're including as "preserved land"...

Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17

Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which...

Lawrence Township school board approves 2024-25 budget

Lawrence Township property owners will see a two-cent increase in the school district property tax rate, based on...

Retired Army Colonel to lead Lawrence Memorial Day parade

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Charles J. "Bud" O'Brien will lead the Lawrence Township Memorial Day parade as its...

Annual bike drive nets over 150 bikes

Over 150 bikes were donated from all over the county and surrounding area as Mercer County’s Park Commission and...

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Automatic voter registration becomes law, assembly passes minimum age for primaries

An effort to increase voter registration throughout the state became law Tuesday afternoon, as Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill that introduces automatic voter...

THE STATE WE’RE IN: Fight light pollution during International Dark Sky Week

Step outside at night and gaze up at the sky. Do you see a dim orangey glow? If so, you’re experiencing the modern problem...

Newspaper Media Group editor-in-chief charged with child pornography

The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday charged the editor-in-chief of Newspaper Media Group with possession of child pornography. Timothy Ronaldson, 35, of Cherry Hill,...

THE STATE WE’RE IN: New film tells story of how Petty’s Island was saved

Imagine a 500-acre island oasis for birds and wildlife, and an urban nature education center, in the Delaware River between Camden and Philadelphia. Fifteen years...

Route 1 resurfacing planned for South Brunswick

SOUTH BRUNSWICK - Contractors are already preparing sections of Route 1 for resurfacing and widening projects although they will not begin until the summer. New Jersey...

University Outing Club plans trips for the spring

The University Outing Club will hold trips to Wheaton Village, Millville Army Air Museum, Glasstown Brewery, the Air Victory Museum, Batsto Village and Smithville, plus...

Freehold Soil Conservation District to award three $2,000 scholarships

The Freehold Soil Conservation District will award three $2,000 scholarships to students majoring in a conservation-related field in the summer. The Neal Munch, Mac Clark...

THE STATE WE’RE IN: Welcome spring in a county park

In spite of another snowstorm on the first day of spring, it’s impossible to ignore that spring is here. And lots of snow-weary New...

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