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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher gives board three ideas for safer schools

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Middle school teacher Daynon Blevins suggested three actions Monday night that the Board of Education could take to make schools safer.    Three days after the horrific mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, Mr. Blevins told the board the district should:    • Change locks to all classroom doors.    • Reinstitute the school…

  • MANVILLE: Santa Claus pays early visit to town

    MANVILLE: Santa Claus pays early visit to town

    Santa and his elf arrived on their sleigh and accompanied by firetrucks.

  • AWFNJ Junior Hero to Animals Award – Call for Nominations

    By AWFNJ  JUNIOR HERO TO ANIMALS AWARD – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey’s (AWFNJ) JUNIOR HERO TO ANIMALS AWARD is presented to a humane-minded student in recognition of the recipient’s initiative in undertaking actions and efforts which contribute significantly to the welfare of animals in New Jersey on a local,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library offers winter break movies for kids

       Youngsters are invited to get out of the house and come to the Hillsborough Public Library, 379 South Branch Road, for movies on the big screen during winter break.    To be shown are:    • ”ParaNorman’ (PG, for ages 5 and older) — In the animated comedy-thriller, a misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner column, week of Dec. 20

    CHAPTER A    Thank you to all Chapter A members who made the holiday party so successful and so much fun. Good food, music by Sparx DJ, dancing, prizes and so many laughs. 2013 will bring many changes and we anticipate a great year.    Elected Chapter A officers for 2013 will be installed at the January…

  • Grants Help Interfaith Caregivers Care for Mercer’s Elderly and Disabled

    Grants Help Interfaith Caregivers Care for Mercer’s Elderly and Disabled

    By Diane Blaszka Hamilton, NJ – December 19, 2012 — Generous grants from corporations and foundations continue to help Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County (ICGMC), a nonprofit organization headquartered in Hamilton, NJ, provide free caregiving services to homebound elderly and people with disabilities throughout Mercer County. The most recent organizational supporters, with donations totaling…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Youngsters to sell stocking stuffers to raise money for autistic kids’ education

        Fifth-grader Maya Karkhanis has founded a registered non-profit organization, called The VOWEL Foundation, to raise money for educational equipment and supplies for schools that educate underprivileged children with autism.     She and friends from Woodfern Elementary and Auten Road Intermediate schools helped make a variety of stocking stuffers, including bookmarks, “Reindeer Noses” and “Snowman…

  • Grants Help Interfaith Caregivers Care for Mercer’s Elderly and Disabled
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township Democrats organize political club

       Hillsborough Democrats have organized a community club that will work closely with the official party structure.    The announcement says the club says will support Democratic candidates, promote open and fair elections, encourage voter participation and avoid voter suppression and interference by any means.    ”The Hillsborough Democratic Community Club will provide the opportunity and point of…