Category: archives

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ill aspiring gymnast cheers her heroes at Olympic Games

    By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer    Many have dreamed of standing on an Olympic podium, being handed a gold medal and hearing the national anthem play.    The dream, for most, is fleeting. For Keana Werlen, 11, of Hillsborough, though, it may not be out of the question.    At 9 years old, she captured the New Jersey…

  • LAWRENCE: Red light camera given green light

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    State Department of Transportation officials have given the go-ahead to Lawrence Township to begin issuing tickets for motorists who are caught on the red light enforcement camera at the intersection of Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road.    But township officials are not quite ready to begin issuing new tickets, nor…

  • LAWRENCE: Fountayne Lane house destroyed by fire

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The cause of a fast-moving fire that destroyed a home early Monday morning in the Liberty Greene development, off Lawrence Station Road, has not been determined and remains under investigation, according to Lawrence Township fire officials.    The two occupants of the house at 126 Fountayne Lane escaped unharmed, after smoke…

  • MANVILLE: Girl, 13, gives bit of herself to charity

    MANVILLE: Girl, 13, gives bit of herself to charity

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    Thirteen-year-old Manville resident Julie Pankowski got her hair cut last week, but it was not just an ordinary visit to the salon.    Julie, an eighth grader at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School, donated her shorn 12-inch lengths to the nonprofit Locks of Love, which makes it into wigs for kids…

  • MANVILLE: Christie is showing his own type of lack of leadership

    To the editor:    Chris Christie has been campaigning for Mitt Romney across the country and the main focus of his distorted rhetoric is that President Obama lacks leadership.     The truth of the matter is that it is Governor Christie who lacks leadership. Leadership means thinking outside the Republican box. So far the people of…

  • Contemporary Art Auctions on September 15th at Rago’s to Feed the Critically Ill
  • MANVILLE: Kids build ‘space banks’ at library

    MANVILLE: Kids build ‘space banks’ at library

       Sydney Pfeiffer, left, and Megan Simko work on their celestial bank on Aug. 6.

  • LAWRENCE: More than 400 attend Sikh vigil

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Muslims, Christians and Jews joined the Sikh community last week at a candlelight vigil at the Sikh Sabha of New Jersey temple on Bakers Basin Road to mourn the six Sikhs who were shot to death Aug. 5 in Wisconsin.    U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, state Assemblyman…

  • LAWRENCE: Recreation Department moving to online sign-ups

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Registering for the Lawrence Township Recreation Department’s adult volleyball league or renewing a swimming pool membership is only a mouse click away, according to Steven Groeger, the township’s superintendent of recreation.    Beginning this week, township residents can sign up for those activities online and avoid a trip to the mailbox…