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  • Baseball players receive awards

    MHS SPRING SPORTS BANQUET By: Mary Ellen Zangara        The spring season official ended with the spring sports awards banquet on June 6 at Manville High School. Athletes and their parents gathered for a dinner in the high school gym and the awards presentations. The successful MHS baseball team was a big part of the…

  • DISPATCHES:Pierre’s: South Brunswick’s town center

    DISPATCHES Local restaurant responsible for 15 years of memories.    Pierre Hage-Boutros celebrated a milestone last week.    It has been 15 years since the South Brunswick resident opened what is now Pierre’s Family Restaurant, Bakery and Deli, taking what was a small general store and turning it into a busy, thriving food empire.    Pierre — our…

  • Salyga powers Post 339

    Post 339 baseball By: Jim Green    If there’s one thing the Hopewell American Legion Post 339 baseball team definitely can do, it’s hit.    With the bulk of it’s lineup coming from this spring’s high-scoring Hopewell Valley Central High School squad and some nice additions coming in the form of HoVal grad Rob Salyga and Pennington’s…

  • Great Strides success due to town’s help

    To the editor By:    Wow! What a tremendously generous community we have in Hillsborough. A few weeks ago we held the Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis in support of the seven Hillsborough children who battle this disease.    The Hillsborough community is embracing our goal to find a cure for these kids with a passion!…

  • County launches ‘Watch Program’

    Work crews can notify police when an emergency arises By:Melissa Edmond    A new community watch program will use county Public Works employees as extra eyes and ears to help monitor and protect Manville neighborhoods.    Somerset County Freeholder Director Rick Fontana announced the program on Monday. He said the Somerset County Department of Public Works (DPW)…

  • Beach bonding before bidding good-bye

    A SLICE OF WRY by Anna Breslaw    Bathing suit: $25    SPF 4 (hey, I want to get a little color): $8    Binn’s Motor Inn for two nights: $90    Pizza dinner for two nights: $3.99    Two orders of fried Oreos: $6.99    Candy apple: $3.99    A "Senior Week 2005: The Original Good Time" T-shirt: $12.99    One last…

  • Council awards $3.7M contract for town hall renovations

    The 24-month construction is slated to begin in late June. By:Lea Kahn The renovation of the Municipal Building moved one step closer to reality as Township Council awarded a $3.7 million contract to a Cherry Hill-based contractor last week.    The council voted 4-1 to give the contract to Wu & Associates at its June 8…

  • Seniors enter the home stretch

    Local high school graduations will be held next week. By: Lauren Burgoon    With only a week left of their high school careers, the Class of 2005 is busy counting down the days until the toss of mortarboards into the air marks the start of a new chapter in their lives.    Allentown High School and New…

  • Mansfield looking into redistricting District 1

    Mansfield Township officials discuss restructuring voting District 1 to ease overcrowding on Election Day. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — For the second time in the last two years, township officials have announced plans to investigate the possible restructuring of the municipality’s five voting districts.    The voting bloc in question is District 1, which officials say…