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  • Vaccine shortage postpones clinics

    Many area flu shot clinics have been postponed or canceled due to shortage of the vaccine. By: Scott Morgan    A lack of vaccines has postponed or cut short several planned flu shot clinics around Burlington County over the next month.    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there will be a shortage…

  • Things looking up in MHS fall season

    RUDE AWAKENING By: Rudy Brandl    A few wins on the soccer field gave Manville High’s fall season a much-needed shot in the arm last week.    The MHS boys got up off the deck and won twice to end their winless campaign. Victories over Newark Central and David Brearley actually put the Mustangs in contention for…

  • Council candidates share backgrounds, views with voters

    Meet the candidates By: Susan Asher    Incumbent Republican candidate for the Borough Council.    I am a lifelong resident of Manville — I graduated from Manville High and earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tenn. I a received a master’s degree in education from Marygrove College.    I’ve been employed by…

  • Oct. 14, 2:57 p.m.: Thoughts on the debates

    Kerry wins on points, but then I’m biased. By: Hank Kalet    OK. We are done with them and now we can get onto the more mundane things like 19 days of lies, damn lies and statistics. (Here is a transcript of last night’s debate from The Washington Post.)    Not that we didn’t get enough of…

  • Council hopefuls to debate

    League sponsors Monday event. By: Joseph Harvie    The six candidates seeking seats on the Township Council will square off in a town-forum style debate Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the main meeting room in the Municipal Building.    The debate format will allow the public to ask the candidates questions through a moderator from the League…

  • Planning Board approves Home Depot

    Home improvement retailer doesn’t know when construction will begin. By: Joseph Harvie    The Planning Board passed a resolution last week authorizing Home Depot to file for permits needed to begin construction of a new store in the South Brunswick Square Mall.    The resolution was unanimously approved, with Debra Johnson abstaining because she lives in Wynwood…

  • Foothill Acres ready to celebrate 50 years

    By:Mary Kaempfen    It’s beautifully situated on 18 acres of land, and although it has had some major changes and renovations in the last 50 years, the goal for residents of Foothill Acres Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on East Mountain Road has always been to enable them to be "comfortable and independent and with a feeling…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Eryn C. Murphy, 19, of East Windsor was charged with shoplifting cosmetics valued at $65.84 from Drug Fair at 10:36 a.m., Oct. 4.    Ms. Murphy was transported to the Somerset County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bail. ***    Two Knopf Street residents reported the driver’s side front and rear tires of their vehicles were…

  • EDITORIAL: Chrous in opposition to Route 92

    EDITORIAL: Princeton Environmental Commission’s oppostion to Route 92 is welcome.    Let’s call it a coalition of the unwilling.    The Princeton Environmental Commission has joined the chorus of groups that are raising questions about the wisdom of building a proposed connection between Route 1 and the N.J. Turnpike.    The commission, which has members appointed by both…