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• Cara Townsend wrote a new blog post: Free Books!   23 seconds ago · View

  From March 13 through 16,   The Friends of the Library of the Chathams hosted their annual book sale.  Hundreds of remaining free books, which are kept in the basement of The Library of the Chathams at 214 Main Street, are being perused by interested parties. Jean McFadden, an organizer of the sale says, “Every year different groups [...]

• Colleen Curry wrote a new blog post: Author reveals a painful past   41 minutes ago · View

  Molested by her father at 15. Drug-abusing, would-be prostitute by 16. These are the secrets township resident Debra Ann Brown-Davis says she kept hidden for more than 30 years, as her life spiraled down into an abyss of drugs, crime and sexual abuse at the hands of her manipulative father. “I would do anything to please [...]

• Steven DiMartino wrote a new blog post: Warm and pleasant conditions continues   55 minutes ago · View

  For a meteorologist who works every day, this is what I call my vacation.  Easy, straight forward, and very enjoy to write about. Clear skies once again reign supreme as high pressure continues to slowly slide through the Ohio Valley.  The sinking air over the region, which has developed due to the interaction of the Polar [...]

• Cherry Hill Township wrote a new blog post: Mayor Platt, Town Council: Speaking Out for Our Schools   1 hour, 4 minutes ago · View

  By Bernie Platt The Mayor and Town Council recognize the importance of our schools in Cherry Hill and know that Township leadership has an obligation to provide our children with a quality education.  A good school system is central to the vitality of our neighborhoods and bolsters property values for everyone. We also believe in [...]

• Walter O’Brien, CN Staff Writer wrote a new blog post: Alsop named Teacher of the Year in Flemington-Raritan School District   1 hour, 25 minutes ago · View

  Linda Alsop, the Gifted & Talented Math Teacher at Copper Hill School, has been selected as our district’s Teacher of the Year for 2009-2010. With nearly 30 years of experience, Mrs. Alsop has taught in the district for the last 20 years, both as an elementary classroom teacher and as a specialized math instructor. She also [...]

• Jake Remaly wrote a new blog post: Madison YMCA seeks to build new 8-lane pool   1 hour, 46 minutes ago · View

  MADISON — The Madison Area YMCA hopes to build a new eight-lane swimming pool in the coming years. In order to make the state-of-the-art aquatics center a reality, the community fitness center has filed an application with the borough Zoning Board of Adjustment, first heard Tuesday night, seeking variances to allow the 13,363-square-foot addition that [...]

• Jake Remaly wrote a new blog post: Chatham tables plans for Business Improvement District   1 hour, 52 minutes ago · View

  CHATHAM — The borough council has postponed a decision on whether the borough should establish a business improvement district in an effort to boost the local economy. Members of an advisory group proposed an ordinance in January that would establish a municipal style BID where properties would pay a proposed assessment of 2.33 percent per [...]

• Colleen Curry wrote a new blog post: Union Workers Protest Christie Cuts on Route 79   1 hour, 54 minutes ago · View

  The Communication Workers of America were out in force earlier today, protesting Governor Chris Christie’s budget cuts in front of the Department of Transportation office on Route 79 in Freehold Township. “We just want him to be fair, and to talk to us before he does anything– that’s why unions were created,” said representative Arsenia Reilly. “Our [...]

• Kristi Funderburk wrote a new blog post: VHS grad Darren Ford shines at spring training   2 hours, 6 minutes ago · View

  Darren Ford, a 2004 graduate of Vineland High School now playing baseball in the San Francisco Giants Minor League system, is having a tremendous spring training in Arizona, according to VHS teacher and coach Mike Schneider. Ford was a triple-letter winner at VHS – baseball, football and winter track – and was a member of two state [...]

• Deirdre wrote a new blog post: ‘ATM bandits’ arrest after being caught in a building in Bernards Township   2 hours, 38 minutes ago · View

  Here’s more information on the three “ATM bandits” who are being charged with using acetylene torches and power tools to break into a church and 14 commercial buildings to steal $97,000 from ATMs. According to a story on DailyRecord.com:
  

  “The three were arrested early on Friday after they were caught in an office building on Morristown Road [...]