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  • Grant sought for New Egypt firehouse site

    TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer By:    The Township Committee has authorized a grant application to the state for the "Local Aid to Town Centers Program."    Our grant application requests $138,000 for improvements at the historic site of Plumsted’s first firehouse, located on Evergreen Road. The 1901 firehouse was purchased earlier this year by the Township…

  • Rotarians offer financial hand to groups in need

    Second in a series on people and organizations in the area that make giving their yearlong duty. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — On Fridays, when most employees are anxious for the weekend, a group of Washington businesspeople add an extra hour to their day.    In the early morning hours, they meet at Daphne’s Restaurant in…

  • Rationale varies in residents’ decisions

    Voting location exit polls reveal diverse motivations By: Lea Kahn    The school district’s $37.2 million bond referendum was overwhelmingly approved Tuesday, but the reasons voters gave for supporting it or denying it were as varied as the voters themselves.    Bob Erickson, who lives on Trumbull Avenue, was one of the 1,936 voters who favored the…

  • 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…