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Smaller auto dealers also feeling the economic pinch March 08, 2011 As the turmoil over the auto industry bailout plays out in Detroit and Washington, D.C., smaller car dealers on Main Street are also suffering.  (Video by Joe Perone / The Star-Ledger)

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Anxious pet owners find a new kind of sitter: Host families March 08, 2011 When Estelle Dansky recently took a three-day trip, she left her 1-year-old Shih Tzu, Kobe, with Ann Russell, a "pet host." The two connected through a new company called Buddy’s Sleepovers & Playdates, which has built a network of 80 pet host families across New Jersey. (Leslie Kwoh/The ...

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Disinfecting school buses to help prevent swine flu March 08, 2011 The threat of swine flu has forced business owners to be creative as they try and keep everyone healthy. School buses are disinfected after the kids are let off the bus to help cut down on the potential for H1N1 being spread. So far there have been at least 17 people in New Jersey who have died ...

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After 89 years Norz-Hill Farm sells their dairy cows March 08, 2011 For the first time since the Norz family took over Norz-Hill Farm in Hillsborough in 1920 there won’t be cows to milk. The family auctioned off 275 dairy cows on Thursday as the family moved from running a dairy farm to one that focuses on agri-tourism. The Norz family said it cost more to ...

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Fine wine being crafted in Hunterdon at Unionville vineyards March 08, 2011 Unionville vineyards in Ringoes is owned by a group of local landowners, committed to growing the finest grape stock and preserving the craft of artisan winemaking. The first grape vines were planted in 1982 and winemaking started in 1987.  The property is part of New Jersey’s ...