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  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: Eagle eyes needed for spotting wildfire

    THE STATE WE’RE IN By Michele S. Byers Volunteers are needed to help find New Jersey’s rare wildlife.    Can you distinguish the silhouette of a bald eagle from a red-shouldered hawk? If you can, and like the outdoors — hiking, bird-watching, or canoeing, for example — and you know your wild life, the New Jersey…

  • Embattled deputy clerk pleads guilty, resigns

    Enters plea to a disorderly persons charge of offering alcoholic beverages to underage persons. By: Melissa Edmond    Hillsborough Deputy Clerk Anne Marie Fuccello, 34, has agreed to resign after pleading guilty to a disorderly persons charge of offering alcoholic beverages to underage persons, according to the Somerset County prosecutor’s office.    She also agreed, in accordance…

  • Survey confirms Florence’s plan to strengthen schools

    The school district has labeled math, science and technology, conflict resolution and class size as the most important areas of concern. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — A recent survey of the school district’s progress in meeting requirements outlined in the federal No Child Left Behind Act has pointed school officials in a familiar direction —…

  • A play a year is just right for Manville actor

    South 17th Avenue resident Tom Drummer had to put his dream of being a full-time professional actor on hold. By: Melissa Edmond    South 17th Avenue resident Tom Drummer, 41, has loved acting since he was in his first play in eighth-grade at Christ The King Elementary School.    It was his dream to be a full-time…

  • With dream on hold, local man to perform in one-act play

    Tom Drummer will appear in ‘Silence,’ a play about two concentration camp survivors facing a new tragedy in their lives. By: Melissa Edmond    MANVILLE — South 17th Avenue resident Tom Drummer, 41, has loved acting since he was in his first play in eighth grade at Christ The King Elementary School.    It was his dream…

  • Allentown, N.J., its rise and progress, Part 22

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    From the New Jersey Historical Society’s Charles R. Hutchinson collection—referenced in new book about Allentown’s revolutionary war hero, "David Brearley and the Making of the U. S. Constitution" by Donald Scarinci—the story of Brearley’s wife, Elizabeth, and her daughter, Harriet Luttrell.     Harriet, wife of James Rogers, has a somewhat interesting history. In…

  • Down on the farm for summer camp

    Terhune Orchards offered a day camp for youngsters to learn about the inner workings of farm life. By:Kate Herts Staff Writer Conventional summer campers will probably roast marshmallows and sing farm songs around the campfire. Terhune Orchards’ Summer Farm Camp, a day program for children, combines fun and nature, allowing kids to learn about life…

  • HoVal 9s go down fighting against rival Montgomery

    Cal Ripken baseball By: Jim Green    It’s just tough to beat a good team four straight times.    That’s what the Hopewell Valley Cal Ripken 9-year-old baseball team found out Monday, when it fell to rival Montgomery 14-10 in the losers’ bracket of the South New Jersey state tournament at Hopewell’s Municipal Complex. Hopewell had beaten…

  • Robber hits fifth bank

    Police say one bandit responsible for holdups. By: Joseph Harvie    A man wanted for robbing four area banks in the past four months, including one in Dayton, struck his fifth on Tuesday.    The man made off with an undisclosed amount of cash after walking into the Northfield Savings Bank in the Edison Crossroads Shopping Center…