Author: Central Jersey

  • MANVILLE: School board member chose not to run again

    To the editor: I’m writing in response to your article in the Manville News onThursday, July 31, regarding your error in reporting that was made concerning my choice (not "failure") in not seeking another term on the Manville Board of Education. In your article, you stated that I failed to file to run for another…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Furniture for sale attracts a scam

    Lambertville Sgt. Michael O’Rourke met with a Church Street resident Thursday, July 31, about a likely scam. The sergeant met with a man who said he had advertised furniture for sale on "Craig’s List" and was contacted by someone identifying himself as Fred Peters. A price was negotiated for the sale. The victim received two…

  • HAMILTON: Firefighter retires after decades of service
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Three administrators hired by schools

    Board of Education members on July 22 approved the administrative appointments of three individuals with ties to Hillsborough Township Public Schools. Peggy Valenti was named the district supervisor of visual and performing arts/family and consumer science, Michael Davis as the district’s assistant athletic director, and Jennifer Battista as the new vice principal at Auten Road…

  • LAWRENCE: Town to auction surplus

    By Lea Kahn, Special Writer Looking for a Ford pickup truck? How about a Caterpillar backhoe? Maybe a portable tree stand for the deer hunter? Why not a Motorola portable radio or a semi-automatic heart defibrillator — without batteries? Or perhaps a fax machine or a camcorder? Those are among the items that will be…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: An ox-citing event

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: An ox-citing event

    U.S. Congressman Rush Holt (right), a Hopewell Valley resident, spoke at the unveiling of “ArtToro” at the Pennington Quality Market Saturday. “ArtToro” artist Gyuri Hollosy (left) of Titusville worked with Mary Michaels of Pennington to create “ArtToro.”

  • HAMILTON: State preserves 62-acre Black Farm for $620,350

    HAMILTON: State preserves 62-acre Black Farm for $620,350

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    The state has permanently preserved a 62-acre township farm that was once considered for housing and later proposed for a solar facility.    The New Jersey Conservation Foundation approached the landowner to consider farmland preservation after the township rejected the solar plan. The foundation entered into a contract to purchase…

  • MANVILLE: Superintendent Facendo jumps right in

    MANVILLE: Superintendent Facendo jumps right in

    She takes over reins of district schools system By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Anne Facendo’s first calendar appointment on her first day as superintendent of Manville schools had her jumping right in with the kids. She visited the Extended School Year program at Weston Elementary School, where students were visited by 4H Club therapy dogs.…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police Blotter

    Hopewell Township policeLt. Christopher Kascik reported: — After completing an investigation that began on July 15, 2014, when an employee of a business on Route 31 reported her tire slashed, Officer Nicholas Sparaco charged Benjamin T. Barlow Jr., 26, of Ardsley Avenue, Ewing, with criminal mischief. He was taken into custody at police headquarters and…