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  • Hiring Our Heroes Employment and “Coaching” Fair Scheduled for February 21, Somerville

    By Gary Cooper The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ESGR, The American Legion and New Jersey State Library will be hosting a Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) job and coaching fair at American Legion Stevenson-D’Alessio Post 12, 232 Union Ave., Somerville, on Thursday, February 21, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Resume writing and interview skill “coaching”/training…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Budget plan would cut local taxes

    Amazon deal adds to township coffers By Charley Falkenburg, Packet Media Group Budget plan would cut local taxes Amazon deal adds to Robbinsville coffers Charley FalkenburgPacket Media Group    ROBBINSVILLE — On Valentine’s Day, Mayor David Fried is giving the Township Council a gift it might like better than a heart-shaped box of candy — a…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Hyenas flee Animal Kingdom Zoo

    After pair escape confinement, one cub dies when car strikes By David Kilby, Special Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The escape of two 8-month-old hyena cubs from Animal Kingdom Zoo once again has raised concern for the troubled facility.    Mayor Denis McDaniel focused in on the issue at the Springfield Township Council meeting Feb. 7, saying he…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, issue of Feb. 14

    Fri. & Mon., Feb. 15 & 18    Schools closed: Mid-winter recess for Manville public schools. Sun., March 3    Breakfast buffet: First Sunday of the month event sponsored by the Sacred Heart Altar Rosary Society in Sacred Heart Church auditorium, South Main/Filak streets. 8–11:30 a.m. Tickets sold at door are $7 for adults. Children 8 and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Hundreds enjoy Picto ‘one more time’

    HILLSBOROUGH: Hundreds enjoy Picto ‘one more time’

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    More than 700 people attended Hillsborough Elementary Home School Association’s 24rd annual Picto bingo fundraiser Jan. 25 in Hillsborough High School’s cafeteria. The Picto is the largest fundraiser of the school’s home-school association.    Craig Sheehan, one of the organizers of the event, said, “Picto is a picture bingo and…

  • MANVILLE: PBA serves up lunch to seniors

    MANVILLE: PBA serves up lunch to seniors

    Seniors choose which of the Italian entrees they prefer.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Three seek two seats on fire board
  • College, Katzenbach School should be merged

    Krystal Odell, Allentown    Recently there has been a flurry of articles concerning the fate of the Katzenbach School for the Deaf in Ewing. As a professional in special education, I have personally been acquainted with this excellent facility, known for its service to the deaf. The campus is extensive, as beautiful as a college campus.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School calendar shuffled to meet budget timeline

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    School board officials have moved their two March meetings to stick to deadlines to produce a school budget for the 2013-14 school year.    The board now will meet Monday, March 4 (instead of the 11th), to introduce a budget, and Thursday, March 21, (instead of Monday, the 25th) for the…