Category: archives

  • 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…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Township offers Nixle alerts

       The township and the Office of Emergency Management will utilize a new communications service effective Feb. 12, that allows local government to send important alerts and advisories directly to residents using the latest cell phone and web technology.    This service powered by Nixle allows the townsip to create, publish and deliver messages to subscribers instantly…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       Kristopher Cartagna, 24, of Trenton, was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana after his car was stopped for a motor vehicle violation at 7:42 p.m. Feb. 4 on Brunswick Pike at Cherry Tree Lane.    Julian Rodriguez, 19, of Puritan Avenue, was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: St. Augustine celebrates Catholic Schools Week

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: St. Augustine celebrates Catholic Schools Week

       The Faculty and Staff of St. Augustine School in Kendall Park prepared for weeks for the annual Catholic Schools Week. This year has greater significance as the school denotes the 50th anniversary in Catholic education.    The students began each day with a keynote speaker; a graduate from each decade since the 1960’s. Faculty and students…

  • MANVILLE: PBA serves up lunch to seniors

    MANVILLE: PBA serves up lunch to seniors

    Officer John Granahan takes up his spot to serve at the PBA lunch for seniors Tuesday. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • MANVILLE: In snowstorm, vehicles were towed off key streets

       Towing companies were kept busy early Saturday morning removing vehicle from snow emergency routes.    Police called wreckers to take at least 10 vehicles off streets.    The first call was at 1:54 a.m. on Huff Avenue. Tow trucks also were called at 2:18 a.m. and 2:22 a.m. to remove vehicles from the South 14th Avenue snow…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: New tanker’s cost covered in fire budget

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Woods Road Fire Company will see the delivery of a replacement tanker this summer to enhance firefighting services in the township.    Other than salaries for fire marshals and office staff, it’s the biggest item in the $2.1 million fire district budget voters will decide up or down Saturday in an…