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  • LAWRENCE: Fireworks show fundraising underway

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lawrence Township’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show is 10 months away, but backers of the show are on their way toward their fundraising goal of $30,000.    Those fundraising efforts began even before the last fireworks shell had exploded, said Steven Groeger, township superintendent of recreation. Volunteers began accepting donations…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Revolution at heart of campaign

    HILLSBOROUGH: Revolution at heart of campaign

    One of Patrick McKnight’s daily chores is milking Mia and Abigail, two goats on his grandparents’ farm in the Sourland region of Montgomery Township.  Staff photo by Gene Robbins

  • LAWRENCE: Appeals cost $362,000 in tax losses

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A spate of property tax appeals filed by owners of residential, commercial and industrial properties has resulted in the loss of $362,000 in property taxes — through credits or refunds — for 2012, according to Lawrence Township officials.    Property owners challenged the assessments of 164 properties with the Mercer County…

  • MANVILLE: Community celebrates at Lincoln Park event

    MANVILLE: Community celebrates at Lincoln Park event

    Joanne Nybski Kimbrough en´joys the Community Day with daughter Maggie. Photo by Mary Ellen Day

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Flu shot clinics scheduled

       Four flu vaccinations in October and November have been scheduled for Hillsborough Township and Millstone Borough residents age 18 years and older.    Clinics will be held at the Peter J. Biondi municipal building on the following dates:    • Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1 to 4 p.m.    • Thursday, Oct. 4, 5 to 7:30 p.m.    • Thursday, Oct. 11, 5…

  • MANVILLE: Community celebrates at Lincoln Park event

    MANVILLE: Community celebrates at Lincoln Park event

    Scoutmaster Jim Kelly and members of his troop work on a wooden table at Community Day. Photo by Mary Ellen Day

  • ALLENTOWN: Reading milestone celebrated at Newell

    ALLENTOWN: Reading milestone celebrated at Newell

    Students earn Top 20 honors in world summer reading challenge By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — They could have dunked her, but they voted instead for a dye job and a song and dance.    Newell Elementary School Principal Kelly Huggins, who had made a deal with her students to “do something spectacular and crazy”…

  • MANVILLE: Community celebrates at Lincoln Park event

    MANVILLE: Community celebrates at Lincoln Park event

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Mary Ellen DaySpecial Writer    Manville’s annual Community Day brought out residents for fun, food and socializing. The weather was perfect for the people who attended the event Saturday at Lincoln Park in Lost Valley.    Sponsored by the mayor and Borough Council, Recreation Department, Manville Public Works and the Manville…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       About 15 fleece blankets, valued at $346.33, were reported stolen from a sales bin outside the Jo-Ann Fabrics shop at the Mercer Mall at 6:48 p.m. Sept. 22. A witness told police that she saw a man and a woman take the blankets, get into a car and leave.    Mark Pasowski, 26, of Lawrence Road,…