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  • Harvest Festival on horizon

    Work on annual event unites members of the community. By: Ken Weingartner    ALLENTOWN — The Harvest Festival is more than an event for the community.    It is a community event.    Work on planning the festival, to be held Oct. 13-14 and sponsored by the Allentown Business Community Association, is practically a year-round undertaking, according to…

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb gets OK for cooling towers

    Lawrence planners grant preliminary and final site plan approval to the pharmaceutical company to build the 42-foot-tall towers. By: Lea Kahn    LAWRENCE — Township planners gave the green light to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Monday to build two new cooling towers, next to an existing pair, on its Route 206 campus.    The Planning Board granted preliminary…

  • Fuel truck flips avoiding collision,closing Amwell Road for cleanup

    By:Alec Moore    An accident involving a fuel delivery truck at about 10:30 a.m. on Monday spilled roughly 125 gallons of home heating oil on Amwell Road, about one-half mile west of Woods Road.    As a result of the spill, Amwell Road was closed for several hours, between Woods Road and Willow Road while the Somerset…

  • Tennis squad looks for consistency

    Girls TennisIt seems to be all or nothing for the Hopewell Valley Central girls tennis team. The Lady Bulldogs have either been winning by a comfortable margin or losing decisively. By: Nick Schaefer    After defeating Allentown, 5-0, Hopewell lost to Nottingham, 4-1, then returned to form to beat conference rival Ewing on Friday, 5-0.    "When…

  • Helping is a family tradition

    Three generations of Coopers answer calls of distress as members of the Kendall Park First Aid and Rescue Squad. By: Brian Shappell    For the men of the Cooper family, volunteering is the family business.    Three generations of Coopers — 79-year-old Tom, 43-year-old Jim, and 19-year-old Jay — answer calls of distress from the South Brunswick…

  • PQM celebrates children on Saturday

       The Pennington Quality Market on Route 31 in Pennington will host "PQM Loves Kid’s Day" Saturday — a day devoted to children.    The festivities will begin at 10 a.m. with PQM’s fifth annual Kid Care Photo ID Event. Until 3 p.m., parents can obtain an official KidCare ID from the National Center for Missing and…

  • Sikh association holds unity forum

    Washington-based group meets with officials, residents to promote understanding. By: Erin Murphy Sanders    WASHINGTON — The T-shirts for sale in the lobby of the Central Jersey Sikh Association gurdwara, or temple, said it all.    Printed over the image of a U.S. flag were the words "Proud to be an American. Proud to be a Sikh."…

  • Mustangs looking to end Roselle Park drought

    Face Panthers Friday night on road By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High will once again attempt to make school football history Friday night when it travels to Roselle Park.    Believe it or not, the Mustangs have never beaten Roselle Park in a football game. Defensive coordinator Brett Stibitz, who graduated in 1993, confirmed that fact while…

  • HMS parents get glimpseof sixth-grade school day

    Back to School night puts moms and dads behind the desks By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Cars spilled into area neighborhoods and athletic fields as the parents of the 603 students in the sixth-grade class at Hillsborough Middle School came together for the annual Back to School Night on Tuesday.    Shortly after 7 p.m. the annex auditorium was…