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  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings, week of Feb. 23

       Tax help for seniors: AARP volunteers will be available to prepare senior citizens’ income tax forms for free at the library by appointment only until April 12. The library will only provide the Community Room and the Quiet Room. The hours are noon to 5 p.m. Make appointments by calling 908-541-5710.     * * *…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Boguszewski files for school ballot spot

    Monday is filing deadline; board president, vice president must make decision to run       Dana Boguszewski, who was selected to the fill a vacancy last May, has filed to run for a three-year term on the Board of Education.    Three seats on the school board will be contested in the April 17 election. Nominating petitions with…

  • MANVILLE: With November election, school budget must be under 2% tax cap

    School – 8SCHOOL- School budget must be under 2% cap Manville residents will have until June 5 to file a petition to run for the Board of Education. The election will be held in November following the school board’s decision last week to move school elections from April to the general election in November for…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jr. Raiders sports group hands over leadership reins

       The Junior Raiders sports program is undergoing a changing of the guard. A group incorporated as Hillsborough Jr. Raiders Sports, Inc. will take over the activities of the youth sports program.    According to Bob Lawton, one of the co-chairs of the new group, the move is intended to infuse renewed life into the program, bring…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Robotics team ready to ‘rumble’

    ROBBINSVILLE: Robotics team ready to ‘rumble’

    The Robbinsville High School Nemesis 2590 Team Robot is named Prince after the team’s CEO Eric Principato.

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Spadea ends Assembly bid

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Spadea ends Assembly bid

    Bill Spadea, right, and Donna Simon, center in the background, speak to supporters during a special GOP convention in Hillsborough Jan. 19.  Staff photo by Charles W. Kim

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar, issue of Feb. 23

    Jr. Raiders take sports registrations    Friday, Feb. 24 — Junior Raider football, cheer and track signups take place from 6-9 p.m. at the Municipal Building. Students entering kindergarten to grade 8 in September are welcome. Also held Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to noon.    Participants are required to register at www.jrraiders.org. Payment can be…

  • MANVILLE: When to vote, and when not? It’s confusing!

       We’re confused. This year we’ve learned it’s OK to save the costs of an election for a school district, but not a fire district? And we should trust our legislators to make decisions — except when we don’t like what they decide?    In January, the Legislature passed and Gov. Christie signed into law a bill…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of Feb. 23

    Fri., Feb. 24    Lenten soup sale: Holy Ghost Church preparing meat-free soups on Fridays through April 6 for the benefit of the church. Soups, halushki and frozen pirohi will be available a the church at Roosevelt and 6th Avenue. Pickup is from 4- 6 p.m. Soup is $8 per quart, halushki is $6 per quart,…