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  • Nassau Tennis Club’s Junior Tennis Team Takes Second Place at the USTA National Championships

    Nassau Tennis Club’s Junior Tennis Team Takes Second Place at the USTA National Championships

    By Stacey Anderson Skillman, NJ (October 25, 2012) – Sixteen junior tennis teams in the 14 & Under category, from all over the country, came to battle in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Championships from October 19-21 in Cayce, South Carolina. Nassau Tennis Club’s junior tennis team beat teams from Texas, New England, the…

  • WEST AMWELL: Fulpers hold Harvest Festival to help needy

    WEST AMWELL: Fulpers hold Harvest Festival to help needy

    Buttercup, the calf, licks her lips as she gets ready for the upcoming Harvest Festival at Fulper Family Farmstead. Photo by Allure West Studios

  • Chez Alcie Catering Company News

    By Jean Butcher CHEZ ALICE CATERING COMPANY ANNOUNCES Charitable Donations and Toys for Tots Drop Off Information   Chez Alice Catering Company is proud to announce that our employees have donated $2,636.00 in tips since we opened in July 2010 to a variety of charities.  Our employees decided to donate tips each month to non-profit…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher’s game helps kids identify coins

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher’s game helps kids identify coins

       Dianne Leoni, who is in her 26th year teaching with Hillsborough Township Public Schools, has collaborated with a national educational company to develop Coin Tiles, a product that helps children identify coins and make change.    A mathematics teacher and specialist at Amsterdam Elementary School, Leoni worked with Illinois-based ETA hand2mind, the leader in hands-on education…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher’s game helps kids identify coins

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher’s game helps kids identify coins

    Hillsborough math teacher Diane Leoni has created a product to help children make sense of money.

  • ALLENTOWN: Redbirds win battle of gridiron unbeatens

    ALLENTOWN: Redbirds win battle of gridiron unbeatens

    Allentown High School kicker Markus Colin gets off the kick that proved to be the difference in the Redbirds’ 24-21 win over Nottingham on Saturday. Photo by John Blaine

  • MANVILLE: State voters must decide $750 million bond issue

    College research labs or more debt?    On Nov. 6, New Jersey voters will decide whether to bond for $750 million for state higher education.    The “Building Our Future Bond Act,” listed as Question 1, would provide matching grants to improve the infrastructure of academic buildings on the campuses of four- and two-year public universities and…

  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, week of Oct. 25

        The Manville Public Library is now part of the Somerset County Library System. The library has new hours. It opens at 10 a.m. every day except Sunday. It closes at 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.     Manville residents who have a library card should not discard it. It…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State voters must decide $750 million bond issue

    College laboratories or more debt? By Peter Sclafani, Special Writer    On Nov. 6, New Jersey voters will decide whether to bond for $750 million for state higher education.    The “Building Our Future Bond Act,” listed as Question 1, would provide matching grants to improve the infrastructure of academic buildings on the campuses of four- and…