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  • Night in the Village a wonderful evening

    Eleanor Horne, Lawrenceville To the editor:  About 200 people and I had a delightful evening at the Sept. 22 Night in the Village, a walking tour of restaurants, sponsored by Lawrenceville Main Street. Executive Director Lindsey Bohra, the Main Street Board of Directors and volunteers organized an event that epitomized the best of living…

  • MANVILLE: Celebration of community coming Oct. 5

    Event to be held in Lincoln Park By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    Manville’s 13th annual Community Day will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Lincoln Park in Lost Valley. Chairperson Dennis Petti of the recreation committee has been working hard planning the event.    Community Day was started in 2000…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Good deeds still happen these days

    Woman turns in money, ring she found in jacket at senior center    Good deeds are still done by good people, without fanfare.    An 81-year-old woman who frequents the county-sponsored senior center on South Branch Road arrived Monday morning and saw a blazer hanging on a hook.    Uh-oh, she thought. Someone has forgotten their coat.    So…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, issue of Sept. 26

    What’s going on around the borough? Fri., Oct. 4    Tricky tray auction: St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, 1900 Brooks Blvd. More than 100 gift certificates and prizes. including flat-screen TV, outdoor grill, Kitchen Aid mixer, iPad, household items, appliances, theme baskets, door prizes, food and a 50/50.    Doors open at 5 p.m. Auction begins at…

  • MANVILLE: Kids get to pet a turtle

    MANVILLE: Kids get to pet a turtle

    "Lizard Guy’ brings critters to library program By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    Frogs, turtles and snakes were just a few animals that amazed young and old Saturday afternoon at the Manville Public Library.    About 40 children and adults came to meet “Silly Billy,” the Lizard Guy.    ”We had an excellent turnout and we got…

  • LAWRENCE: Afghan woman activist tells students to work for change

    If there is one point Afghan activist Noorjahan Akbar wanted to make to the students at The Lawrenceville School, it is that they can be agents of change — in Afghanistan and anywhere the By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    If there is one point Afghan activist Noorjahan Akbar wanted to make to the students at…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Assini hired as social studies director

    She did her student-teaching here in 2005    Middle school teacher Cyntha Assini was hired Sept. 9 as Hillsborough’s district social studies supervisor.    She has been a social studies teacher at J.P. Case Middle School in the Flemington-Raritan school district since 2005. Mr. Mingle was hired July 23 in Madison school district as director of curriculum…

  • LAWRENCE: Fred Vereen’s 80th birthday to double as fundraiser
  • SOUTH COUNTY: Schools regionalization OK’d!

    Overall, nearly 29 percent of the registered voters in the three towns cast ballots By John Tredrea, Special Writer    By a landslide margin, voters in Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell approved the regionalization of South County schools Tuesday.    Those casting ballots OK’d two referendum questions, and by doing so, have set the stage for combining…