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  • MANVILLE: Senior center program to recall best romantic movies

       Travel back in time to remember classic Hollywood romances in a program at the Manville Senior Citizen Center in Fire Company No. 1 at 20 South Third Ave.    Walter Choroszewski will look back at the Golden Age of cinema and review some of the best romantic movies and stories about on-screen celebrity couples and their…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Adult day center elects officers

    HILLSBOROUGH: Adult day center elects officers

       The Adult Day Center of Somerset County appointed its volunteer Board of Trustees officer on Jan. 16. From left are treasurer David Mendez of Hillsborough, chair Christine Flanagan of Middlesex, vice chair Anita Ventantonio of Bridgewater and secretary David Tucker of Green Brook.    ”The strength of any non-profit social service agency can be found in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Truck taken, homes burgled, police say

        Hillsborough police reported the theft of a truck, as well as two homes break-ins with thefts, in the last two weeks of January.     • A Freightliner truck, valued at $20,000, was reported stolen Jan. 25 from a Beekman Lane property sometime in the previous day.     • A Zion Road resident reported a burglary that…

  • PRINCETON: Contestants compete in the annual Oyster Bowl

    PRINCETON: Contestants compete in the annual Oyster Bowl

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Not even the biting cold nor the icy wind could keep hundreds of people away from watching folks slurp their way to victory at the Blue Point Grill’s 14th annual Oyster Bowl on Sunday.    It was a good day for the hungry — and a bad one for oysters —…

  • LAWRENCE: Public comment sections of meeting go unused

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township residents must have been satisfied with Township Council, because none of the half-dozen or so members in the audience Tuesday night took advantage of the two opportunities for public comment at the meeting.    Township Council’s meeting this week was the first since an ordinance was approved that reorganized its…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Town awarded state grants for road repairs, trail

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — A package of $6.8 million in statewide grants for local road and safety projects that the governor’s office announced last week included a $16,079 grant to reimburse the township for Walnford Road repairs.    The township declared a special emergency in order to complete the repairs to the…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Traffic woes

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Certain residents in the community, including Township Committee members, believe more traffic signs are needed around town, especially in residential areas.    ”During my tour of the township prior to being on the Township Committee, I had met many residents who came to me and asked ‘Why aren’t…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Native earns Air Medal

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Native earns Air Medal

       Formerly of Bordentown Township, Technical Sergeant Marguerite Hellwich (nee Sylvester) has been awarded The Air Medal for her achievements as an Aeromedical Evacuation Technician during Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn by the USAF Central Command.    Technical Sergeant Hellwich ia a member of the US Air Force Reserve in Maryland.    She and her husband, serviceman…

  • MANSFIELD: Middle school students excel

    MANSFIELD: Middle school students excel

    Karsten Johnson (left) and Paul Loos attend Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School in Mansfield Township. (Couresty photo)