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More than $69 million in federal funding for New Jersey to prepare for swine flu, weatherize homes and fight homelessness was touted Friday by officials in Washington.

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When other towns began enacting rules essentially preventing sex offenders from moving in, Washington Borough did the same to avoid becoming what some officials feared would be a haven for sexual predators.

When a new mobile medical van was making its way to New Jersey from a California manufacturer, someone called the telephone number on its side for more information.

The engines whooped, the aerial trucks ripped the heavy air with blats from their industrial horns, and hundreds of sets of lights whipped and blinked at the crowd lining each side of Belvidere Avenue and Broad Street during Saturday's Washington Celebrates America Parade.

Thank goodness for granddads: John Brobst, of Bangor, waits out the rain as his granddaughter, Grace Glester, also of Bangor, sits atop his shoulders during the parade.

The borough's annual celebration of America has largely remained true to its original formula of a parade, music and fireworks, and it will continue that tradition Saturday.

The train that rear-ended another in Washington on Monday evening, killing nine, was made up of some of the oldest cars in Washington's relatively young subway system - cars that had been cited for vulnerabilities before.

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Helen Gruver has been manning a polling station for 54 years, and she said Tuesday's slow trickle of voters was among the slowest she's seen.

AHDC Spring Final set for Friday at Meadowlands Wednesday, June 03, 2009 - by David Krepow, for the American Harness Drivers Club Cherry Hill, NJ --- A field of ten pacers and amateur drivers will make their way to the stage as the American Harness Drivers Club presents the $5,000 Spring Pacing Series Final on Friday, June 5, at the Meadowlands.

The Munchmobile traveled New Jersey looking for the best cupcakes. These beauties are from River's Edge Baking in Clinton.

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Gregory J. Sanginiti has joined TD Wealth Management in Cherry Hill as an institutional sales executive.

When the residents of Roxbury Township have an emergency and require assistance from either the police, fire or the rescue squad the first person they usually speak to is William Hannigan.

To the Editor: I do not believe Washington Township Administrator Dianne Gallets should be allowed to work part time.

WASHINGTON TWP. -- U.S. Navy medic Thomas McBride Jr. said he learned two enduring lessons in Afghanistan -- that life is fragile and death does not discriminate.

The Pastime Club in Mendham is bringing the Original Olde Tyme American Circus to town on May 29 at Mendham Borough Park, on the corner of Mountain and Park avenues.

There's a reason New Jersey is known as The Garden State. Besides supplying a wealth of fresh produce, many of its residents enjoy gardening as a hobby.

The Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library in Washington Township will host a free workshop presented by the U.S. Small Business Administration,'Financial and Technical Assistance for Small Business.' This workshop will be presented by Donald Swartz of the SBA at 6:30 p.m. June 8. This workshop is designed to provide people who are in business ...