Category: archives

  • LAWRENCE: Report of attempted child luring investigated

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Police are investigating an incident in which two men riding in a minivan attempted to lure a young girl into their vehicle on Canal View Drive, behind the Mercer Mall, on July 14, according to police Lt. Mark Ubry.    The girl, whose age was not released by police, was playing…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rose bush honors Frieda Miller

       The Neshanic Garden Club has honored Frieda Miller as club recipient of its 2012 Perennial Bloom Award by planting a “Knock-out” rose bush in front of its Station House meeting place in Neshanic Station.    After moving to Neshanic Station from Bayonne, she joined the club in 1969. She held office as club president in 1975…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Varied fare coming to library: Space, state trivia, butterflies

       Three upcoming programs at the public library on South Branch Road should delight young and old alike.    John Andrews of the N.J. Astrological Association will take the audience on a “ride” through the solar system at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 25. He will show astrophotos from space probes, land-based telescopes and the Hubble space telescope.…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of July 9-15

       Albert Tomaszfski of Manville was charged with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia and a woman was charged with possession of a syringe following a police investigation on July 9 at 12:41 p.m. on South 7th Avenue. Both people were released on their own recognizance. * * *    A caller said that two men were…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Additional permits for Reed Park sought

    Proposed project’s "extras" still unresolved By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The $1.3 million Reed Park plan inched forward last week after the Township Committee gave its engineer the go-ahead to apply for the additional permits that are required before the project can be put to bid.    After much debate over how many…

  • MANVILLE: Catholic churches combine summer camps

    MANVILLE: Catholic churches combine summer camps

    Campers sing songs they learned during the week in a week-ending program.

  • Candidate for Mayor of Trenton

    Candidate for Mayor of Trenton

    By Patrick Hall patrick o’neil hall –  campaign for mayor Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 PM July 19, 2012 Local Entrepreneur announces bid for Mayor Trenton, nj, july 19, 2012:  Patrick Hall, a successful business owner, will be the first candidate to announce his bid for the 2014 Mayoral race, Thursday, July 19, 2012…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Solar panel plan on quarry hillside will be rethought

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Gibraltar Rock Quarry officials will be back with a revised plan to put thousands of solar panels on the East Mountain Road property — perhaps by the Sept. 13 Planning Board meeting, a company official said Tuesday.    A proposal by the quarry and KDC Solar was withdrawn after a July…

  • LAWRENCE: Volunteers get down and dirty at local farm

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Carmela Roberts and her daughter, Angela, are not afraid to get their hands dirty.    That’s why they readily dug into the soil — weeds, really — at Z Food Farm’s second annual “crop mob,” along with six other volunteers Saturday morning. Crop mobs are mostly non-farmers who help a farmer…