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  • New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Second Annual Women in Jazz Month Long Celebration

    New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Second Annual Women in Jazz Month Long Celebration

    By Virginia DeBery Wednesday, March 7, at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, vocalist Tyrha Lindsey takes the stage with her quartet. Tyrha, a Cincinnati native lived briefly in New Jersey before moving to New York. She is a jazz vocalist who has a passion for keeping jazz alive now and for generations to come. Tyrha…

  • MANVILLE: Post fetes Manville’s volunteers

    MANVILLE: Post fetes Manville’s volunteers

    VFW Commander Andy Henkel and Auxiliary President Joyce Tanalski present a plaque to Ken Ostrimski of the Office of Emergency Management. 

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Funeral home thanks prayer service participants Robert and Stephanie Pecht, Bordentown Home for Funerals    We want to thank each and every one of the people who contributed their time and creativity to the Interfaith Prayer Service at St. Mary’s Church held February 28.    Many thanks to all of the area clergy and community residents for…

  • ALLENTOWN: Get jazzed up at AHS Jazz Festival

    High school jazz bands from central and northern NJ to compete     ALLENTOWN — The community is invited to come out and enjoy the sounds of high school jazz bands from all over central and northern New Jersey at the second annual Jazz Festival at Allentown High School on Friday, March 16.     The competition,…

  • Letter to the Editor: From Andy Neumann, Robbinsville

    Punish troublemakers, not the entire class Punish troublemakers; not entire class To the editor: Hello, I am a 10-year-old boy and I have a very important issue to talk about. I am writing this letter as part of a Boy Scout project about citizenship. We learned that it is important to get involved in the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of March 8

       A Roycefield Road business reported Feb. 20 that two company vehicles had been broken into in the previous two days, township police said. About $5,400 worth of tools and a water meter were reported stolen. * * *    Stephen Flatley, 31, of Lumberton was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after he was involved…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: ‘Vikingsanity’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: ‘Vikingsanity’

    Lady Vikings fall in state semifinals By Ed Birch, Special Writer The South Brunswick High School Lady Vikings basketball team lost its Central New Jersey State Semifinal contest last Saturday to the Jackson Memorial High School Jaguars, 50-38, in front of a crowd that numbered 300 screaming fans. The Lady Vikings were very slow getting…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP:Three towns face tax hikes in school budget

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The tentative $35.4 million operating 2012-13 budget for the Bordentown Regional School district calls for a tax hike for all three towns in the district.    The budget was sent to the executive county superintendent after it was introduced unanimously by the Board of Education on Feb. 29.…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Emley’s Hill Road project going out to bid

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee voted 4-1 last week to have the township engineer prepare bid specifications for a project to repair the drainage ditch along Emley’s Hill Road that was damaged by flooding from Hurricane Irene.    The project would be eligible for up to 75 percent reimbursement from…