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1 hr ago | PhillyBurbs.com

Westampton bringing back farmers market idea

The Burlington County Library on Pioneer Boulevard offA Woodlane Road is the targeted site for a handful of local farmers and their harvests.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Life, Food, Vegetables

5 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Editorial: N.J. community college presidents' contract perks need oversight

Tough times occasioned by the Great Recession have made us especially sensitive to the ways of those who splurge with taxpayers' money.

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Related Topix: Mercer County, NJ, Opinion

6 hrs ago | Patch.com

This Diamond Will Shine Brightly in Your Care

Diamond is a 1-year-old black kitty that LOVES to be held and cuddled. He is extremely sweet and loves to be pet.A He is a very curious cat and loves to play.

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7 hrs ago | PhillyBurbs.com

International civic leader visits local Rotarians

Frank Devlyn spent a year overseeing Rotary International and its chapters in 200 countries as president of the worldwide civic organization.

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Related Topix: Monmouth County, NJ

Thu May 31, 2012

PhillyBurbs.com

Longtime Lourdes doctor retires

Dr. William V. Harrer, who spent his career as a student of the human body, will be spending some time with ichthyology.

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Related Topix: Pathology, Medicine, Haddonfield, NJ, Saint Joseph's University, Thomas Jefferson University

Philly.com

1 firefighter badly hurt battling Route 295 truck fire

Six firefighters were injured Thursday, one seriously, while battling a fire on a truck hauling a load of fruit in the southbound lanes of Route 295 in Florence Township, Burlington County, New Jersey State Police said.

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Related Topix: Fire, Life, Fruits, Food

CBS Local

7 Firefighters Injured Battling Tractor Trailer Fire On I-295 In Burlington County

The initial accident happened at about 1:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295 near exit 52 in Mansfield, New Jersey.

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NBC Philadelphia

5 Firefighters Hurt in Truck Fire, Explosion

May 31, 2012: At least one firefighter was hurt fighting a tractor-trailer fire on 295 in Burlington County, New Jersey.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Fire

WKXW-FM Trenton

Explosion Closes Section Of I-295

A truck explosion on Interstate 295 in Burlington County closed a section of the highway in the southbound direction and injured several firefighters.

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Related Topix: Explosion

Philly.com

Burlington County truck fire leaves a firefighter seriously injured

At least one firefighter was injured today in a truck fire on Route 295 in Burlington County, New Jersey State Police said.

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Related Topix: Fire

Philly.com

Oh, the cases youa ll hear

For the "Juror for a Day" program held by Superior Court in Burlington County as part of a Law Day celebration Wednesday, 125 seventh and eighth graders saw the case of "State of New Jersey v. the Cat in the Hat." The famous Dr.

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The Gloucester County Times

Shamong Township man admits to attacking 77-year-old in carjacking

Roy C. Patterson Jr., 36, pleaded guilty to the violent carjacking of an elderly woman last June.

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Related Topix: Camden County, NJ

PhillyBurbs.com

County Office on Aging hearing set for Friday

The Burlington County Office on Aging will hold its annual public hearing from 10 a.m. to noon Friday in Lecture Hall A of the Human Services Facility at 795 Woodlane Road.

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Related Topix: Events, Freehold, NJ

Philly.com

Report: Controls needed on pay of N.J. county college presidents

New Jersey's two-year public colleges need to rein in their practice of wooing their presidents with high salaries and benefits including unchecked expense accounts, free housing, and country-club memberships, State Comptroller A. Matthew Boxer said in a report released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Rutgers University

Wed May 30, 2012

PhillyBurbs.com

County honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day

On Wednesday, Command Sgt. Maj. Steven J. Whittaker of the U.S. Army Support Activity on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst spoke publicly about the younger man's dedication to his country and his readiness to serve in the Middle East conflict.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Dix, US Army, Fort Benning, Mount Holly, NJ, US Air Force

MyFoxNY

NJ man admits carjacking elderly woman

A southern New Jersey man who carjacked an elderly woman in a food market parking lot so he could go buy drugs is now facing 25 years in state prison.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Tabernacle, NJ

Philly.com

Do you have three names? Not in New Jersey

Had Carole Goodman Bouchey not called to remind me that change in New Jersey happens at a glacial pace, I would have forgotten that when I renew my driver's license next month, I still won't have an ID that identifies me as me.

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Related Topix: Mount Laurel, NJ

WKXW-FM Trenton

Passing Showers And Variable Clouds: Alan's Weather Blog

Highest temperatures yesterday reached as high as 92 at Newark Liberty Airport, 91 in Trenton and Wrightstown, Burlington County, and 90 in Atlantic City at the airport, which is 11 miles inland at Pomona and not at the beach.A It was somewhat cooler there with a sea breeze yesterday.

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Related Topix: Trenton, NJ, Atlantic City, NJ, Pomona, NJ

Patch.com

All Agree: A Science Education is Good as Gold

"Given the demands of today's global economy, it is more important than ever before that our students leave our schools with a solid education in both math and science." "Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation." The two quotes above came from President Barack ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Education Etc., Alternative Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy)

The Daily Nexus

Local Booked for Cross-Country Marijuana Trade

Earlier this month, 55-year-old Santa Barbara resident Thomas Arnold was arrested on accusations of shipping approximately 250 pounds of high-grade marijuana cross-country to New Jersey.

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