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  • Town gets big gift in form of small fire truck

    By:Alec Moore    In the spirit of providing mutual aid whenever possible, the Hillsborough Fire Department has given the Manville Fire Department a new firefighting tool.    The tool in question is a 1985 fire pumper truck, a small fire truck capable of traversing rough terrain and fighting fires with its high-pressure water hoses. Borough officials say…

  • Hockey ticket promotion helps local children’s group

    MIKES for Manville offering discounted tickets to Feb. 9 New Jersey Devils game    MIKES for Manville, a fund benefiting local children suffering from catastrophic illnesses, has a "Devil-ish" offer for Christmas shoppers.    The group is sponsoring a bus trip to the New Jersey Devils hockey game against Minnesota on Feb. 9, as a fund-raising promotion.…

  • Santa visits Hopewell Borough

    Tree-lighting brought St. Nick to town Caroline Meeks, 6, of Hopewell gives Santa the list of things she wants for Christmas during the party at Hopewell Firehouse following the Dec. 7 annual tree-lighting festivities in Hopewell Borough. The tree stands near the corner of West Broad Street and North Greenwood Avenue. With the added glimmer…

  • Manville wants buffer from township houses

    By:Alec Moore    Manville resident and former Borough Councilman John Mehalick is not happy about Hillsborough’s settlement of the builder’s remedy lawsuit it faced earlier this year from the Bielanski Group.    Mr. Mehalick, who resides on Dominic Street, approached the Borough Council Monday to request that action be taken to put more space between the existing…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       William Miranda, 40, of Jasinski Street was charged with disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and resisting arrest after pulling bushes out of the front of Mi Casita Restaurant on South Main Street and dumping garbage cans over.    Mr. Miranda was initially sent away from Sherry’s Bar on South Main Street at 12:32 a.m. on Dec. 7…

  • Matrix Group proceeding with warehouse plans

    Developer unfazed by Upper Freehold residents’ lawsuit. By: Cynthia Koons        WASHINGTON — Litigation filed against the Washington Township Planning Board and Matrix Development Group hasn’t halted the application process for the proposed warehouse project.    "The approval process is continuing forward," Planning Board attorney Mike Balint said.    He said the board still hasn’t been formally…

  • Commission to discuss canal plans

    Public comment welcome at meeting tonight By: Lea Kahn    Township residents who use the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park will have a chance tonight (Thursday) to speak out on the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission’s plans for the park in Lawrence.    The commission plans to hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. at the…

  • Authorities seek identity of dead man

    Hunter discovers body in suitcase in Cream Ridge woods. By: Scott Morgan    UPPER FREEHOLD — Authorities this week were investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a body found sealed in a suitcase by a hunter while walking through the woods in the Cream Ridge section of the township Saturday evening.    State Police Information Officer…

  • New Egypt man killed in crash

    Police investigating cause of five-car accident in Springfield. By: Eve Collins        SPRINGFIELD — A New Egypt man was killed in a five-car accident on Route 206 in Springfield Township on Dec. 4, police reported.    Anthony L. Bauer, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene after his 1991 Subaru, traveling northbound, drifted into oncoming traffic…