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  • 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: 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…

  • 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,…

  • MILLSTONE: Fire Department assists in regional drill

    MILLSTONE: Fire Department assists in regional drill

    by Amy Batista, Special Writer    CRANBURY — Fire departments from three counties gathered together last Saturday morning to train during a Middlesex County Tanker Task Force Drill.    ”Overall the drill was a success, and we were able to accomplish our goal,” said Chief Mike Kervan of the Cranbury Volunteer Fire Company.    The drill was co-hosted…

  • 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…

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    100% Handcrafted Craftfair

    100% Handcrafted Craftfair