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  • COUNTY: Mercer leaf pickup underway

    Mercer County’s annual fall leaf pickup program began last week and will continue through early December for county-owned roadways only. TRENTON — Mercer County’s annual fall leaf pickup program began last week and will continue through early December for county-owned roadways only.    The county’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure will visit each of the county’s…

  • TRENTON: State warns motorists to be on alert for deer

    The Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife is urging motorists to be alert for white-tailed deer on roads across the state with the arrival of the fall breeding seaso TRENTON — The Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife is urging motorists to be alert for white-tailed deer on roads…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Girls make plea for softball coach

    School board tables changing middle school coach    Several girls on present and past middle school softball teams at the Hillsborough Middle School asked the school board Oct. 28 to reinstate Rich Rosenblum as softball coach for next spring.    The board’s agenda that evening proposed hiring Mark Dubyna as head softball coach at the middle school,…

  • MANSFIELD: Fifth-graders take fellow students back in time

    MANSFIELD: Fifth-graders take fellow students back in time

    Above, from left, fifth-graders Zoe Combs, 10, Victoria Ramirz, 10, and Joey Jones, 10, all of Columbus, share their findings on Colonial New York as visitors stop by their table during the 12th annual Colonial Fair at the Mansfield Township Elementary School on Photo by Amy Batista

  • MILLSTONE: MTFEE hosting movie event

    MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence will be hosting its third annual “Family Movie Day” on Nov. 17.    The event will be held at the Millstone Township Performing Arts Center at 5 Dawson Court.    MTFEE is a nonprofit organization devoted to funding grants for items that nurture extraordinary educational experiences for every…

  • MANVILLE: Padgett family bleeds red, white and blue

    MANVILLE: Padgett family bleeds red, white and blue

    It is one military family that’ll observe Veterans’ Day By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    The Padgett family — both men and women — of Manville has a proud family history of serving the country in the military.    Resident Floyd Padgett, his first wife Janet, his son Dayne and his wife Vickie, and grandson Adam…

  • HAMILTON: Calling all coaches

    We want your team’s info! If your team isn’t here, let us know. Better yet, send us a brief write up about your team, a recent game, or a bio of a great player or coach. We love photos, too. Send your material to [email protected] or to  [email protected].

  • CAPITOL NEWS AND COMMENT

    The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators and other items of political concern. ‘Spy apps’    Assembly Republican Ron Dancer, R-Ocean, Burlington, Monmouth and Middlesex, is concerned about the continued erosion of personal privacy and the weakening of Fourth Amendment constitutional privacy rights.    Assemblyman Dancer has introduced legislation intended to give consumers clarity…

  • BORDENTOWN: Religious songs to be reinstated for winter concert

    Board will discuss long-term implications by James McEvoy, Managing Editor BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Bordentown Regional School District will review its policies after determining Christian-based Christmas music will be included in the elementary concert in December.    In a message on the district website last week, Dr. Constance Bauer, superintendent, said she has recommended the songs…