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  • LAWRENCE: Zoning board meeting again on Mrs. G project

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Zoning Board of Adjustment was scheduled to pick up where it left off Wednesday when it continued its review of a proposal to redevelop a 16-acre parcel on the corner of Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road, anchored by the Mrs. G’s TV and Appliance store.    When the zoning…

  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, week of Nov. 22

    MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, week of Nov. 22

        December concert: Regina Novicky and the Grace Notes will play and sing in a free concert on Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 7-8:30 p.m. An evening of holiday music with a sing-a-long. Light refreshments will be served.     This program is made possible, in part, by funds from the N.J. State Council on the Arts,…

  • MANVILLE: Workers, volunteers praised for efforts before, during storm

    MANVILLE: Workers, volunteers praised for efforts before, during storm

    … wound up at the curb in the last few weeks waiting for the chipper.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Chabad Center for Jewish Life will celebrate its 10th anniversary Dec. 11

        Chabad Center for Jewish Life’s 10th anniversary in the southern Somerset County area will be celebrated with an elegant dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Imperia Banquet and Conference Center in Somerset.     The event will help fund programs for the Chabad Jewish Center, which doesn’t charge a synagogue membership fee, assess a…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Court testimony prompts call for Tozzi to resign

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Councilman-elect Dave Boyne is calling for the resignation of Business Administrator Joy Tozzi because a witness in Hamilton Mayor John Bencivengo’s bribery trial has testified she gave Ms. Tozzi cash, meals, clothes and a paid vacation while Ms. Tozzi was a Hamilton school board member.    Ms. Tozzi, a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Alexandra Lasin will dance in ‘Nutcracker’ ballet

    HILLSBOROUGH: Alexandra Lasin will dance in ‘Nutcracker’ ballet

        Alexandra Lasin of Hillsborough plays Clara in the New Jersey Youth Ballet’s “Nutcracker” on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m. at the Bridgewater Senior Center, 455 Somerville Road. Tickets are $5.     Dolls and sweets come to life, mice and toy soldiers do battle and snowflakes dance in a snow-covered forest. The beautiful story,…

  • 100 for 100 Small Works Show

    100 for 100 Small Works Show

    Picasa Narcissus by Joanne Donnelly on display at the AOY Small Works Show

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Exhibit showcases healing arts

       ROBBINSVILLE — Senior citizens are using paintbrushes to relieve stress and anxiety at Art for Healing classes.    A recent pilot study conducted by Karen Oltarzewski, activities director and art facilitator at Rose Hill Assisted Living in Robbinsville, led to a surprising showcase of talented senior artists.    The facility recently hosted its first Art Exhibit, where…

  • MANVILLE: Senior Corner column, week of Nov. 22

           The Manville Senior Citizens met on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the VFW on Washington Avenue. Normally the group meets on the second Thursday of each month. The next date is Dec. 13 at 12:30 p.m.     Canned goods or nonperishable food items will continue to be collected before each meeting, as well as soup…