Category: archives

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner, week of May 24

    CHAPTER A    Chapter A meetings are the first Thursday of each month at the Municipal Building. We welcome all Hillsborough seniors!    Meetings start at 12:30 with doors open at 11:30, allowing time to review upcoming events. Refreshments are served after the meeting.    The “senior humor” in “A Bench in the Sun” at the Hunterdon Hills…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Gym sponsors its own ‘Biggest Loser’ contest

    HILLSBOROUGH: Gym sponsors its own ‘Biggest Loser’ contest

    Nicole Goldstein and Fred Norway are ladies’ and men’s winners in the annual “Biggest Loser” contest at Powerhouse Gym.

  • ALLENTOWN: Education foundation sets 5K race fundraiser

       ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation (UFREF) will host the fourth annual 5K Run/Walk and One- Mile Children’s Fun Run on Saturday, June 9.    The race registration and packet pickups will begin at 4 p.m. at Allentown High School with the One-Mile Children’s Fun Run starting at 5 p.m. on school grounds and…

  • MANVILLE: Senior Corner column, week of May 24

       The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The club is comprised of people who are residents of Manville, age 60 or older, and age 55, if disabled.    Canned goods or nonperishable food items will continue to be collected before each meeting as…

  • MANVILLE: High school band members receive awards

    MANVILLE: High school band members receive awards

    The Manville High School Band awards banquet was held Monday, May 21, at the Somerville Elks. From left, are drum major Emily Barnes, Nathan Schlosser, Electa Olmsted, Ian DeFalco, Cecilia Mendoza, Jason Zujkowski, senior Sophie Harper, senior William Marshall, Marty Marshalek and the high school’s director of bands, Ken Zampella.

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: County proposes medians for Sharon Station Road

    No detours through Allentown planned during construction project By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee gave thumbs up last week to the county’s proposed safety improvements for Sharon Station Road, but the concept plans received mixed reviews from some residents living along the road.    Monmouth County Engineer Joe Ettore and a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police pick up 5-foot snake

       Hillsborough police plucked a 5-foot snake from the top of a sewer grate on the corner of Williamsburg Drive and Wexford Place on Tuesday at 12:32 p.m.    One officer identified it as a nonvenomous ball python, known for a calm temperament and often kept as a house pet. That led to the theory it may…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Less will be spent on major projects

    For 10th year, no borrowing to pay for equipment either By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Scrimp and save. That’s the township’s fiscal mantra.    Township leaders will spend less money than recent years on long-life equipment and projects, and continue to avoid borrowing to pay for it.    The Township Committee introduced an ordinance Tuesday night listing…

  • MANVILLE: Holiday parade struts on Sunday

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The grand marshal for the VFW’s 66th annual Memorial Day parade, which will step off at 1 p.m. Sunday, will be veteran Renny Dilks. The parade is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290.    Memorial Day is set aside to honor those who lost their lives in…