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  • June 4 deadline: Want to run for school board?

       The deadline to file a petition to be placed on the Nov. 5 annual school election as a candidate for school board is June 4 — less than a month from now.    The petition should be filed with the Hunterdon County Clerk’s office, located in the Hall of Records at 71 Main St., Flemington.    Candidates…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Accused burglar to enter plea

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Three months after being jailed, James DeFazio, of Readington Township, is scheduled to enter a plea Monday, May 13, to several charges, including three burglaries and thefts in Hillsborough.    Mr. DeFazio, 33, has been jailed since being charged in Hunterdon. He will face Superior Court Judge Stephen Rubin in a…

  • American Legion Post 401 Aids Food Pantry in Challenge

    American Legion Post 401 Aids Food Pantry in Challenge

    By Gary Cooper As time wound down in the South Brunswick Food Pantry’s participation in the Feinstein Foundation’s annual Challenge to Fight Hunger, American Legion Post 401 dropped off over 500 items to help boost their total to surpass last year’s total. The pantry finished the challenge with $55,187.05 in monetary donations and 30,875 food items,…

  • CRANBURY: Mail delivery service relocating

    Service to customers should not change CRANBURY — U.S. Post Office officials confirmed this week that mail delivery service will be relocating from the Cranbury Post Office on Main Street to Hightstown in August.    ”It is more efficient for us,” Post Office spokesman Raymond Daiutolo said Wednesday. “It will greatly reduce the number of trucks…

  • MONROE: Community information

    Monroe Township Named after the fifth U.S. President, James Monroe, this community broke away from South Amboy and was incorporated in 1838 as an independent municipality by the New Jersey State Legislature. Originally, Monroe was a part of Piscataway, and then a part of South Amboy. The 1838 incorporation of Monroe Township originally included Spotswood,…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: Week of May 9

    Thurs., May 8 Fri., May 9 Sat., May 10    The Bordentown Elks Auxiliary is having its annual Mother’s Day Flower Sale at the Elks Lodge, 11 Amboy Road, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 11    The 17th annual Franklin Carr Memorial Iris Festival & Garden Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 7…

  • CREAM RIDGE: Community information

    UPPER FREEHOLD Narrative: This 47.5-square-mile township has more than 6,000 aces of preserved farmland and over 3,000 acres of preserved open space within its borders, including state and county parkland. Dairy farm operations of previous centuries have evolved to the crop farming and horse breeding operations of today. The historic districts of Walnford and Imlaystown,…

  • JOIN US FOR SPIRIT CAFE!

    JOIN US FOR SPIRIT CAFE!

    By Good Shepherd Lutheran Church COME JOIN US FOR SPIRIT CAFE  SATURDAY EVENING, May 11 at 5:00 PM  Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 300 Union Ave, Somerville, NJ 08876 www.gslutheranchurch.com Spirit Cafe is GSLC’s exciting new worship service! Deepen your spirituality and discover what it means to be a Christian in modern times through fellowship, song and small group discussion in…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Students learn consequences of driving drunk

    ROBBINSVILLE: Students learn consequences of driving drunk

    Senior Greg Michal attempts to drive a golf cart through an obstacle course while he and his passenger Niraj Nayak both wear beer goggles. Staff photo by James McEvoy