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  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings, week of Feb. 9

       The library will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of Presidents’ Day.    Tax help for seniors: AARP volunteers will be available to prepare senior citizens’ income tax forms for free at the library by appointment until April 12. The library will only provide the Community Room and the Quiet Room. The hours are…

  • LAWRENCE: Haitian minister gives annual status report

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    When an earthquake struck Haiti two years ago, the walls of Harmony Ministries’ main church, school and medical clinic in Port-au-Prince came tumbling down — but not the Rev. Luc Deratus’ faith that the facilities would be rebuilt.    The foundation of the church has been laid, the walls are going…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School growth figures revised

    Demographer may explain report at Monday’s school board meeting By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor     School board members are expected Monday night to hear a report projecting enrollment in the schools.     The consultant, Whitehall Associates, based in Kinnelon, has updated its report taking into account the Oct. 15 enrollment count mandated by the state.…

  • MANVILLE: Alexander Batchko Intermediate School lists honor rolls

    Intermediate School lists honor rolls    Alexander Batcho Intermediate School has released the Honor Roll and High Honor Roll for the second marking period of the school year.    6th Grade High Honors: Casey Bolanos, Melina Campos, Edmond Gashi, Sarah Hujber, Mary Klein, Carolina Mendoza, Novena Petryk-Cordi, Klaudia Smutek, Nicole Smutek and Bartosz Szewczyk.    7th Grade High…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts’ Derby rewards fastest, stylish model cars

    HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts’ Derby rewards fastest, stylish model cars

    These Cub Scouts in Pack 189 won special awards for their Pinewood Derby cars. Clockwise, from upper left, are Michael Shouldis, most imaginative car; Ian Murday, best-looking car; Justin Wirzman, most realistic, and Jared Rosenthal, fastest looking.

  • LAWRENCE: Court, police department evacuated after white powder spill

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Lawrence Township Municipal Court and Police Department building was evacuated for about an hour around lunchtime Tuesday after an unknown white substance, which was later determined to be a starch-like product, spilled in the Patrol Division, according to police Lt. Charles B. Edgar.    A man brought the container into…

  • A Conversation on being one 101 Years Old.
  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Town nets $24K in online auction

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Town nets $24K in online auction

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor UPPER FREEHOLD – The decision to clean out unwanted equipment from municipal storage recently allowed the township to clean up to the tune of $24,019.    Township Administrator Dianne Kelly said the town sold two dozen items — everything from a broken vending machine to an animal control truck with…

  • Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center Hosts Rwandan Genocide Survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana to Discuss Groundbreaking Book “Shake Hands with the Devil”

    Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center Hosts Rwandan Genocide Survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana to Discuss Groundbreaking Book “Shake Hands with the Devil”

    Susan Goldberg News from The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550 http://mchgrc.blogspot.com Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center Hosts Rwandan Genocide Survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana to Discuss Groundbreaking Book “Shake Hands with the Devil” West Windsor, NJ n The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center is pleased to welcome Eugenie Mukeshimana,…