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  • Web site launch expected soon

    Web site dedicated to Mansfield Township should be on-line within the next few months. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Within the next few months, residents should be able to go online to see what township officials are up to.    As part of a greater effort to make the municipal government more accessible to the community,…

  • Wainwright comes out rolling to NBC’s rescue

    By: Sean Moylan    With its most consistent bowler Bill Moore out of the lineup, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity bowling squad turned to junior varsity call up Adam Wainwright to lead it to a 4-0 home win over Moorestown last Friday.    "Bill Moore was sick so I had to bring up…

  • Paul Havrilla

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Paul F. Havrilla died Jan. 19 at home. He was 52.    Born in Perth Amboy, he lived in Edison before moving to Hillsborough in 2000.    Mr. Havrilla was employed as an auto technician for Cubby’s Exxon Station in Springfield for more than 20 years.    He was a member of the National Rifle…

  • Celebration of youth culture slated at Montgomery arts center

       In celebration of Youth Art Month, an exhibition of work by local high school students, titled "Express Yourself — The Culture of Our Generation," will be held at the Montgomery Center for the Arts from Feb. 18 through March 25. An opening reception, to which the public is invited, will be held on Friday, Feb.…

  • Ellisdale Road to get school

    New middle school will be built on Ellisdale Road in Upper Freehold. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — Months of speculation are over and it’s now official — 46 acres along Ellisdale Road will house the new middle school at a price tag of $2.6 million.    The school board unanimously voted on Jan. 19 to…

  • Police chief recommends South Triangle parking limits

    By:Roger Alvarado    Congestion and safety concerns on portions of South Triangle Road have prompted Police Chief Robert Gazaway to request that stopping or standing be prohibited on portions of South Triangle Road.    In a memo to the Township Committee, Chief Gazaway said that a bus driver taking students to Triangle School expressed concern for the…

  • Jazz on the Side

    The latest play produced by the Black Box Series at The Villagers Theatre in Somerset takes on an autobiographical play examining the tragic wake left behind by a gifted but troubled musician. By: Jim Boyle Kris Longwell prepares his trusty trumpet for another jazz show with his rowdy group of musician-friends in Side Man, at…

  • Man’s best friend joins Lawrence force

    German shepherd partners with patrolman. By: Lea Kahn    Patrolman Ronald Buchanan has a new partner. But this partner carries neither a gun nor a badge — his armament is his nose.    Shadow, a 2-year-old German shepherd, joined the Lawrence Township Police Department after completing a 12-week course that trained him to sniff out bombs. He…

  • Jan. 27, 6:07 p.m.: Dispatches on Social Security

    Creating a crisis of ‘rhetoric’ proportions. By: Hank Kalet    Read this week’s Dispatches on Social Security.