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  • MANVILLE: Fire confined to bedroom in home

    Parents were taking kids to the first day of school    Parents taking children to the first day of school for the year meant no one was home when a fire broke out at 320 Harrison Ave. on Wednesday at about 8:20 a.m.    Manville Fire Marshal Patrick Rinaldi said Friday that firefighters arrived quickly and confined…

  • PLUMSTED: Township accepts piece of WTC steel

    PLUMSTED: Township accepts piece of WTC steel

    Mayor Dave Leutwyler announced the donation of the piece of steel during the Sept. 4 Township Committee meeting, just one week before the 12th anniversary of 9/11. by James McEvoy, Managing Editor PLUMSTED — In the evening of the Sept. 11, 2001, the people of Plumsted gathered in the New Egypt High School auditorium for…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Food Pantry ‘critically low’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Food Pantry ‘critically low’

    Submitted photo The South Brunswick Food Pantry shelves are getting bare very fast due to record demand, according to officials.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS alumnus makes division honor roll

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS alumnus makes division honor roll

    Three Rowan University women’s lacrosse players, including one from South Brunswick, were selected to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III Academic Honor GLASSBORO — Three Rowan University women’s lacrosse players, including one from South Brunswick, were selected to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III Academic Honor Roll, according to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Summer kids pitch in, collect school supplies

    HILLSBOROUGH: Summer kids pitch in, collect school supplies

    Artem Afanasyev, 7, wields a cart of school supplies collected by the children in the school district’s summer Extended School Year program. The items were given to the township food bank.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School starts late, but at fast pace

    HILLSBOROUGH: School starts late, but at fast pace

    Trees, flowers and garden aspects shelter the Hillsborough Elementary school from summer sun. The plantings are part of a community beautification effort over the last two years.

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS

    By Michelle Marinello, Special Writer    The Springfield Township Council will hold a work session today, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building.    The Jacksonville Fire Company will meet Monday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. in the firehouse at 1793 Jacksonville Jobstown Road.    The Springfield Board of Health will meet Wednesday, Sept. 11 at…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School starts late, but at fast pace

    HILLSBOROUGH: School starts late, but at fast pace

    Technology, contracts sit at top of school agenda By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    For 6,000-plus Hillsborough students, school opens Monday, about as late a date as the calendar allows.    Yet, the school year’s last day is June 18, three days earlier than the 2012-13 school year.    The district accomplishes that, in large part, by holding…

  • MANVILLE: Clam bake, author’s talk on the schedule

    Community calendar, issue of Sept. 5 Sat., Sept. 7    Clam bake: Manville-Hillsborough Elks Lodge, 1500 Brooks Blvd, Hillsborough, 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets are $35 for adults and $15 for children 11-17. Clams, chicken, sausage and peppers, hot dogs and salads. A 50-50 raffle will be held and a band will play. Mon., Sept. 9…