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  • BORDENTOWN CITY: City bids farewell to longtime clerk

    BORDENTOWN CITY: City bids farewell to longtime clerk

    Photo by Amy Batista City Clerk Patricia Ryan (center) poses with her family during the commissioners meeting July 8 in which she was recognized for her service to the city.

  • PLAINSBORO: Kids turn it up this summer

    PLAINSBORO: Kids turn it up this summer

    Camp registration open PLAINSBORO —Imagine over 500 children singing at the top of their lungs and dancing along to music with lights flashing and laughter erupting from every corner of the room.    Each year the Princeton Alliance Church (PAC) offers kids in Plainsboro and surrounding communities a fun and energetic day camp experience.    This free…

  • LAWRENCE: Council drops $25 fee for bulk items pickup

    Township Council agreed Tuesday night to withdraw an annual $25 fee — charged to each residential unit that has curbside trash collection — for the pickup of bulk items that won’t fit inside the By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township Council agreed Tuesday night to withdraw an annual $25 fee — charged to each residential…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Camps take precautions in the heat

    By Kelly Velocci, Packet Media Group   As scorching temperatures continue to heat up the state, township summer camps and businesses are adjusting to brave the heat.    Hillsborough’s YMCA is keeping its campers cool with water activities during the hottest parts of the day. Camp program director Matt Gray said that, beginning at 1 p.m.,…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Fair offers festive fun

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Fair offers festive fun

    Picasa Reese Stewart, 6, from Cream Ridge, feeds a sheep at Eudora Farms’ petting zoo.

  • CHESTERFIELD: Town will never forget

    CHESTERFIELD: Town will never forget

    Photo by Jennifer Kohlhepp Members of the Detachment of the Marine Corps League hoist a flag in honor of 1st Lt. John Bradman at the Crosswicks Community House on Saturday.

  • MANVILLE: Church summer camp rides into the West

    MANVILLE: Church summer camp rides into the West

    There takes kids to Wild West City on field trip    ”Son West” was the theme for summer camp with Sacred Heart and Christ the King Churches.    Forty children who completed kindergarten through fifth grade participated in the weeklong camp July 8-12 at Sacred Heart Church.    Mary Ellen Day was the sheriff in charge of the…

  • Ocean County holds annual fair

    Ocean County holds annual fair

    Picasa Aliyah Bergmann, 3, from Browns Mills, stops at the 4H small animal tent to pet a guinea pig that belongs to 4-H member Kara Jonsson, 12, from New Egypt, at the Ocean County Fair.

  • MANVILLE: Church summer camp rides into the West

    MANVILLE: Church summer camp rides into the West

    Father Stansislaw Slaby stands with raffle winners of bicycles in the Sacred Heart/Christ the King summer camp. The children are, from left, John Schilp, Sonia Niecikowski, Isabella Dussias and Christian Mente.