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  • HILLSBOROUGH: O’Hara’s portrait to hang in township collection

    HILLSBOROUGH: O’Hara’s portrait to hang in township collection

    Unveiling will be at art show on April 26    Retired pro football player Shaun O’Hara will become the latest township resident to have their portrait hang in the Hillsborough Township public art collection.    The oil painting of Mr. O’Hara, who was a star athlete at Hillsborough High School and eventually played for the Super Bowl-winning…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Schools’ orchestras play in electrified concert

    HILLSBOROUGH: Schools’ orchestras play in electrified concert

       Electric violinist Mark Wood, an original member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, culminated his two-day “Electrify Your Strings!” workshop with Hillsborough music students in a concert Saturday night at the high school.    He played his seven-string fretted Viper electric violin and brought middle and high school students forward to play with him. Profits from the concert…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, issue of April 11

    Sun., April 14    Healing Mass: Christ the King Prayer and Praise Group is sponsoring a healing Mass at 3 p.m. at the church, 211 Louis St. and North Second Avenue. The main celebrant will be the Rev. John F. Campoli of His Love Ministries. Refreshments in church hall afterwards. All invited.    Fundraiser: The Manville Reformed…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Travel soccer team holding tryouts

       East Windsor PAL Travel Soccer is conducting tryouts for the 2013-14 season that will be held on May 18 at the EWPAL Complex, located at 30 Airport Road in East Windsor) from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.    All age groups from U8-U14 are welcome.    For more information and to pre-register online, visit www.ewpal.org.    For specific…

  • LAWRENCE: 3 charged with robbery

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Three people were charged with robbery and theft after one of the trio snatched a pocketbook from a 77-year-old woman outside her home on Coolidge Avenue around 2 p.m. April 3, according to police Lt. Mark Ubry.    Jermaine Mann, 19, and Nakian Cain, 20, both of Trenton, and Courtney Stafford,…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of April 1-7

       On April Fool’s Day, a caller at 11:53 a.m. said she had found a threatening note on the windshield of her vehicle parked in the Walmart lot on North Main Street. After speaking to her husband, the caller said the note was placed there by a family friend as a joke.    About 10 a.m. April…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Teachers ratify new contract

    by James McEvoy, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Nearly two weeks after the Board of Education unanimously ratified a pact with the Washington Township Education Association (WTEA) the teachers union has followed suit.    According to WTEA President Mike Johnson the union voted to ratify the deal Monday.    ”I am very pleased that we were able to…

  • Dan Schantz Basketball Camp

    by Dan Schantz The Dan Schantz Basketball Camp has added a third week of camp for this summer.  Once again, the camp will be held at Mary, Mother of God, in Hillsborough. The camp, in its seventh season, will be directed by Dan Schantz, former Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, NJ. …

  • LAWRENCE: Mrs. G’s vote could be soon

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Zoning Board of Adjustment expects to wrap up the public hearing and vote Wednesday on a proposal to redevelop an 11.4-acre parcel on the corner of Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road, which is anchored by the Mrs. G’s TV and Appliance store.    The public hearing, which would mark…