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  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: JCP&L manager explains reasons for power losses

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Several Hopewell Township (Mercer County) residents — still smarting over going without power for days after Hurricane Irene and a freak snowstorm in late October — are asking Hopewell Township officials to try to switch their electric service from Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) to another service provider.    The…

  • MANVILLE: Councilman takes case for flood help to governor, freeholders

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Borough Councilman Richard Onderko pleaded the borough’s case for help with flood control to Gov. Chris Christie at his standing-room town hall meeting in Bridgewater on Jan. 24.    Mr. Onderko said the governor called on him for a comment, and he used the opportunity to thank him again for…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local students share college accomplishments

            Hillsborough resident Patty Manhart, a graduate student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s College at Florham in Madison, learned about South Asian culture while spending 16 days in Vietnam and Cambodia, on a study-abroad trip Jan. 4-19.    Sixteen students and three FDU faculty members visited sites of cultural interest in Hanoi, Ha Long, Quang Tri, Hue and…

  • MANVILLE: Whitenight boys record pins in recreation wrestling

       Manville Recreation wrestled Somerville on Saturday.    Tim Whitenight at 50 pounds continued his success of all year. Going into the second period tied at 4-4, Tim reversed his man and got the pin at 1:32 of the period.    At 77 pounds Gavin Potts remained unbeaten with a hard-fought 5-3 decision. With a reversal towards the…

  • MANVILLE: Men charged in sexual assault on 14-year-old girl

       A woman called borough police at 3:55 a.m. Jan. 28 and said her 14-year-old daughter had been sexually assaulted by two men she named.    Within hours, police had charged Michael Gentile, 30, of Manville and Michael Calderon, 27, of Somerset were charged with second-degree sex assault and taken to jail on bail of $100,000 and…

  • Leagally Blonde

    By Bordentown Regional High School Student Council Omigod you guys! Leagally Blonde is coming to Bordentown! Bordentown Regional High School, home of the international thespian troupe 6803, presents Legally Blonde;the musical based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture.  Come here the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at…

  • LAWRENCE: Tentative contract for teachers

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lea KahnStaff Writer    A marathon bargaining session that stretched into the wee hours of Friday morning has yielded a tentative settlement between the Lawrence Township Education Association and the Lawrence Township Board of Education.    The teachers union and the school board worked through the stumbling blocks that had held up…

  • MANVILLE: Off to the Pinewood Derby races!

    MANVILLE: Off to the Pinewood Derby races!

    Cub Scouts Jimmy Lee and Jacob Reilly watch as Jim Kelly weighs cars in to make sure they meet the exacting specifications. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Board of Education news briefs

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor Teacher contract talks stalled    The impasse between the school district and the Robbinsville teachers union shows no sign of progress, according to two Board of Education members on the negotiations committee who briefed their colleagues at a public meeting last week.    The scheduled Feb. 15 session with a fact-finder Martin…