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  • MANVILLE: Senior Corner column, week of Dec. 6

       The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The next meeting will be Thursday, Dec. 13. Membership will reopen at the Jan. 10 meeting. Residents of Manville age 50 and older are eligible for membership.    Canned goods or nonperishable food items will continue…

  • Salons Saving Our Shores Cut-A-Thon

    Salons Saving Our Shores Cut-A-Thon

    By Greg Sullivan Salons Saving Our Shores New Jersey hair salon unites industry for Hurricane Sandy relief fundraiser What: Salons Saving Our Shores (Salons S.O.S) is an initiative that unifies and mobilizes hair salons and spas to fundraise for the recovery and rebuilding efforts of New Jersey families devastated by Hurricane Sandy. “After seeing such…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: 15K lights, 125-plus trees equal holiday magic

    UPPER FREEHOLD: 15K lights, 125-plus trees equal holiday magic

    Debbi McCormick and her sons Matthew (left) and Christopher, at their Upper Freehold home, which is decorated with 15,000-plus lights and more than 125 Christmas trees. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Scouts, landscaper help shape up elementary school’s outdoor look

    HILLSBOROUGH: Scouts, landscaper help shape up elementary school’s outdoor look

    Boy and Girl Scouts (and parents and volunteers) deposited donated mulch around the Hillsborough Elementary School.

  • LAWRENCE: Attorney authors tale of a man wrongly accused

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    John Hartmann is a lawyer, not a writer — but it was a case involving a man who was wrongfully convicted of armed robbery and who wanted his day in court that convinced Mr. Hartmann it was a story that needed to be told.    That story was published last month…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Scouts, landscaper help shape up elementary school’s outdoor look

    HILLSBOROUGH: Scouts, landscaper help shape up elementary school’s outdoor look

       For the past four years Karen Briegs, Hillsborough Elementary School’s Home and School Association’s Outdoor Beautification Chair, has relied on the work and community spirit of local Scout families to maintain gardens that surround the school.    ”When I took on the program in 2009, my goal was to select plants that would fill in the…

  • Local author using Kickstarter to allow contributions to final book

    Local author using Kickstarter to allow contributions to final book

    By Russel Like Local Author (Previous Book Has Been Used In Schools) Is Using Kickstarter For New Book Project To The Editor: My name is Russel Like, and I live in East Brunswick (where I also grew up). I am the author of two novels, both of which were recommended by the American Library Association…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Santa Claus will make rounds in Flagtown this Saturday

    HILLSBOROUGH: Santa Claus will make rounds in Flagtown this Saturday

    The Flagtown Fire Department (Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company #1) will continue the annual tradition of escorting Santa around Flagtown and the local neighborhood to visit the local children. Santa will deliver token gifts for children 12 years old and under, as well as candy canes and cheer for kids of all ages. Santa will make…

  • Rider, professor honored by Militia Museum

    Rider, professor honored by Militia Museum

    photoDr. Joseph Gowaskie, Rider history professor, holds the Robert A. Dennin Minuteman Trophy, presented to Rider by the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey in recognition of Rider’s successful internship program that allows history majors to earns credits by working 120-hour internships at the Museum’s Lawrenceville, Sea Girt and Trenton locations. Mr. Gowaskie is…