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  • A Kidney Walk to Remember
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Volunteers spruce up school landscaping

    Organizer Karen Briegs will hand over reins of program    More than 38 volunteers joined a crisp spring morning cleanup at Hillsborough Elementary School at the corner of Amwell Road and Route 206.    ”I’m really proud of the work we’ve done to make HES beautiful,” said Karen Briegs, Hillsborough Elementary School’s Home and School Association outdoor…

  • LAWRENCE: Dropped match starts fire in apartment

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A discarded match touched off a fire in a third-floor apartment at the Lawrence Plaza Apartments at 2350 Princeton Pike, near the Lawrence Shopping Center, around 10:30 a.m. May 9, according to Lawrence Township officials.    The victim was attempting to strike a match to light a cigarette when the match…

  • PLUMSTED: DeMarco appointed NEPS principal

    PLUMSTED: DeMarco appointed NEPS principal

    Veteran administrator named to NE Primary School post by James McEvoy, Managing Editor  PLUMSTED — Richard DeMarco has worn a lot of hats during his 12-year career in Plumsted Township public schools.    Now he will embark in the next stage in his career after being unanimously appointed principal of the New Egypt Primary School by…

  • PLUMSTED: District may oppose state aid practice

    Officials say state practice impacts ability of district to fund programs by James McEvoy, Managing Editor PLUMSTED — Later this month, the Plumsted Township Board of Education may move to formally oppose a state practice that has drawn the ire of school officials.    The state School Development Authority is forcing districts to pay principal and…

  • LAWRENCE: Woman, 91, raring to go for HomeFront race

    Despite declining mobility, 91-year-old Bernice Roud said no one is going to stop her from taking part in HomeFront’s annual 5K Run/Walk for Hope fundraiser, set for June 2 at the Educational Testing By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Despite declining mobility, 91-year-old Bernice Roud said no one is going to stop her from taking part…

  • MANVILLE: Mayor Corradino stands with Governor Christie

    MANVILLE: Mayor Corradino stands with Governor Christie

    Manville Mayor Angelo Corradino, in sunglasses, may look like security, but he’s standing up front for Governor Chris Christie, who came to the borough to accept the longtime Democrat’s endorsement.

  • Jugglers, musicians, comics, acrobats take over Main Street

    Jugglers, musicians, comics, acrobats take over Main Street

    By Rod Hirsch  Main Street in downtown Somerville on Saturday, May 18th will be closed to traffic and serve as the stage for a merry-go-round of family-friendly street performers that have dazzled crowds far and wide at street fairs, festivals, circuses, amusement parks, theaters and late-night television. The inaugural Somerville Festiville street fair sponsored by…

  • LAWRENCE: Mayor says tax reforms necessary

    If municipal government is to stop lurching from fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis, state lawmakers must sit down and work on meaningful property tax reform, Mayor Jim Kownacki told the MIDJersey Chamber of Commerce By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    If municipal government is to stop lurching from fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis, state lawmakers must…