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  • 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…

  • LAWRENCE: Two teens are charged with a house burglary

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    John Morris, 18, of Ewing Township, and Julian Rodriguez, 19, of Puritan Avenue, have been charged with burglary for allegedly entering a Hoover Avenue residence in the early morning hours of May 10, according to police Lt. Mark Ubry.    An occupant was awakened around 3 a.m. when he heard a…

  • ALLENTOWN: Equestrian event returns to borough

    ALLENTOWN: Equestrian event returns to borough

    Caroline Martin, riding Titanium, competes May 11 in the Concours Complet International at the Horse Park of New Jersey Allentown. Staff photo by James McEvoy. 

  • Hiker concerned with trail diversion

    To the editor:     I am an active hiker and a resident of Upper Freehold Township in Monmouth County.    The Union Transportation Trail, which is part of a network of linear parks or “rails to trails,” is a very popular concept that has been widely accepted throughout the country.    The partially completed trail currently ends…

  • A Kidney Walk to Remember

    A Kidney Walk to Remember

    By Mary Elizabeth Sullivan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:    Mary Elizabeth Sullivan 215-923-8611 [email protected]   A Kidney Walk to Remember In 1998, kidney disease took Phil Cooper’s father. Now he wants others to learn about kidney disease before it’s too late.   Trenton, NJ – Phil Cooper knows what it is like to have kidney disease change your…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       A 21-year-old Hillsborough Township resident reported the theft of her handbag and its contents, valued at a combined $75, from the Wendy’s fast food restaurant at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 5:19 p.m. May 7. She left the handbag on a seat at the restaurant and when she went back for it, it was gone.…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: May 16

    Robbinsville    Police charged George Lovenson, 45 of Jamesburg, with drunken driving May 10.    Police said Mr. Lovenson was driving north on Route 130, just north of the township line with East Windsor, at a speed above the posted limit at 12:27 a.m.    He also was charged with reckless driving, careless driving, failure to maintain a…