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		<title>Gina Genovese Discusses Consolidation on NJTV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Courage to Connect NJ Executive Director Gina Genovese was recently featured on NJTV to discuss consolidation. Watch Executive Director of Courage to Connect NJ Discusses Consolidation on PBS. See more from WNJT.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/gina-genovese-discusses-consolidation-on-njtv-2/</link>
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		<title>Courage to Connect New Jersey again advocates for municipal consolidation in Pohatcong Township</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Courage to Connect New Jersey started its presentation last week at Pohatcong Township Elementary School by citing an 1895 New York Times article discussing the municipal consolidation of the Oranges. &#160; “The Oranges must be made one city so that all our public departments may be better and more economically managed,” Courage to Connect New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/courage-to-connect-new-jersey-again-advocates-for-municipal-consolidation-in-pohatcong-township/</link>
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		<title>10 reflections on 2011, hopes for new year from Morris notables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Courage to Connect NJ Founder and Executive Director Gina Genovese was recently featured in The Daily Record article, &#8220;10 reflections on 2011, hopes for new year from Morris notables.&#8220; Gina Genovese, Founder and executive director, Courage to Connect NJ &#160; One word to describe 2011: Groundbreaking &#160; Wish or hope for 2012: In 2012, New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/10-reflections-on-2011-hopes-for-new-year-from-morris-notables/</link>
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		<title>N.J. organization wants a Scotch Plains-Fanwood merger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SCOTCH PLAINS — A group of Scotch Plains and Fanwood residents are taking it upon themselves to merge their two towns. The municipal governments have long flirted with the idea of consolidation but residents say they’re tired of waiting. &#160; &#8220;This would solve everything,&#8221; said Fred Lange, a 37-year Scotch Plains resident leading the effort. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/n-j-organization-wants-a-scotch-plains-fanwood-merger/</link>
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		<title>Scotch Plains/Fanwood making history</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This opinion-editorial article written by Courage to Connect NJ Executive Director Gina Genovese originally appeared in the Courier News. Scotch Plains and Fanwood residents are making their mark on New Jersey’s history. Never before have the citizens in two adjacent towns petitioned the state to study the benefits of municipal consolidation. With petitions completed and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/scotch-plainsfanwood-making-history/</link>
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		<title>Pohatcong Township Mayor Jim Kern III pushes for Phillipsburg-area municipal consolidation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talks of a municipal merger between Phillipsburg-area governments have begun. &#160; Pohatcong Township Mayor Jim Kern III hosted a forum last week to discuss consolidating Alpha, Phillipsburg and Pohatcong, Lopatcong and Greenwich townships. &#160; “There are 566 towns in the state of New Jersey and 566 mayors in the state,” Kern said after the forum. “It’s crazy the amount of duplication [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/pohatcong-township-mayor-jim-kern-iii-pushes-for-phillipsburg-area-municipal-consolidation/</link>
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		<title>Editorial: In this economy, consolidation could be right move for NJ towns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This editorial originally appeared in The Star-Ledger. To read the full article, click here Funny thing is, when you ask a resident of Princeton Township or Princeton Borough where they live, the answer usually is simply “Princeton.” Well, now they have a chance to make that a reality. On Nov. 8, the two municipalities can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/editorial-in-this-economy-consolidation-could-be-right-move-for-nj-towns/</link>
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		<title>Gina Genovese featured in Star-Ledger Q&amp;A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a Q&#38;A that originally appeared in The Star-Ledger on Oct. 31, 2011. To read the full article, click here A 1934 New York Times article, bemoaning New Jersey’s inability to merge inefficient and redundant towns, says “it is up to organizations of citizens to carry forward the movement without the aid of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/gina-genovese-featured-in-star-ledger-qa/</link>
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		<title>Budgetary struggles force consideration of municipality and service consolidations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Could consolidation among some of New Jersey’s 566 municipalities bring taxpayer relief? Budgetary struggles statewide are leading citizens and elected officials to wonder. “We’re all working to try to make an equitable, efficient system, but, clearly, 566 redundant structures performing 80 to 90 percent of the same services is unsustainable,” said former Long Hill Township [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/budgetary-struggles-force-consideration-of-municipality-and-service-consolidations/</link>
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		<title>Public Forum to be Held in Pohatcong on November 2 to Discuss Governor’s Municipal Consolidation Proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿POHATCONG, N.J. – Residents of Pohatcong and surrounding communities are invited to an open forum on Wednesday, November 2 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss Governor Christie’s proposal to encourage municipal mergers and what it means for New Jersey. &#160; The Governor’s proposal, released at the end of September, called for the New Jersey Department of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.couragetoconnectnj.org/public-forum-to-be-held-in-pohatcong-on-november-2-to-discuss-governor%e2%80%99s-municipal-consolidation-proposal/</link>
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