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  • MANVILLE: Youngsters test all their baseball skills

    MANVILLE: Youngsters test all their baseball skills

    Megan Mack is cheered on by Somerset Patriots mascot Sparkee as she runs the bases.

  • MANVILLE: Girls’ softball splits games with Somerville

       Manville 6, 7th and 8th grade girls softball team opened the season at 1-1 with a 7-5 loss on Tuesday April 23 to Middlesex and a 5-2 win over Somerville on April 26.    Tuesday game was tied, 5-5, going into the 7th inning. Defense by the Manville girls kept this close, as plays by Emme…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teen captures O’Hara’s sparkle

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teen captures O’Hara’s sparkle

    Mr. O’Hara encourages Jackie to brush off applause modestly for her portrait of the former New York Giants lineman.

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Business is family affair

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Business is family affair

    By Joe Knox, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — Since 2009, Angie’s Family Restaurant has been open for business at 15 Park St. — just around the corner from Farnsworth Avenue.    Juan Pelaez, owner and manager, worked in Bordentown for seven years prior to opening his own place. He said the community was friendly and open.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community garden nears its grand opening season

       Work began in earnest in April on the Hillsborough Community Garden.    Sponsors, garden members and Hillsborough High School students have tilled, installed fencing and water lines and dug and mulched pathways between garden plots on the property of Hillsborough Presbyterian Church at the corner of Route 206 and Homestead Road.    ”I am fortunate to have…

  • MANVILLE: Youngsters test all their baseball skills

    MANVILLE: Youngsters test all their baseball skills

    Jazmine Ferri, 12, of Manville, hits off the tee. Drives to straightaway center field were measured for distance. (Photos by Gene Robbins)

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Business is family affair

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Business is family affair

    Bordentown City, staff members from Angie’s Family Restaurant are ready for business. From left, chef Toby Mirquez; waitress Samantha Yerdon; waitress Pat Yerdon, Samantha’s mother; owner Juan Pelaez and his wife, Rosa Pelaez, and their daughter, Angie Pelaez, stand behind the counter of the Park Street eatery this spring. (Photo by Joe Knox)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teen captures O’Hara’s sparkle

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teen captures O’Hara’s sparkle

    The latest portrait in the township’s evolving art gallery was unveiled Friday night by high school artist Jackie Lin at Hillsborough’s annual fine art and photography exhibit. She was chosen to paint ex-pro football player Shaun O’Hara’s likeness.

  • Jody Friedman – Overall winner of Congressional Art Show hosted by Rush Holt – 4/30/13

    Jody Friedman – Overall winner of Congressional Art Show hosted by Rush Holt – 4/30/13

    By Joel Friedman (proud dad) The 2013 Congressional Art Competition, hosted by Representative Rush Holt, was held at the Imperia banquet hall in Somerset, NJ on 4/30/13. There were 112 pieces of art on display, from high school students within Rush Holt’s 12th congressional district. Five judges deliberated over all of the artwork, and they selected numerous winners in…