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  • LAWRENCE: Patton chosen for Sigmund Award

       Dr. Stacey Patton, journalist, author and child advocate, has been selected as the recipient of the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award by Womenspace of Lawrenceville.    She will be honored at the 18th annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award event on Wednesday, May 9.    Dr. Patton was chosen for making significant societal contributions to improve lives and forge…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Fiduk, Osmond celebrate their Eagle Scout honor

    HILLSBOROUGH: Fiduk, Osmond celebrate their Eagle Scout honor

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Three Boy Scouts from Troop 193 achieved the highest rank in Scouting on Sunday, Jan. 8. A triple Eagle Scout ceremony was held in the Scouts’ honor at the sponsoring VFW Post 2290 in Manville.    Jason Fiduk, Matthew Trond and John Osmond earned the Eagle rank. Leaders, fellow Scouts,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH:Most Joey G’s restaurant patrons like the Giants to win

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Where else to sample Super Bowl opinions but at a sports bar?    So, it was off to Joey’s G Grill and Bar off Route 206 near the Hillsborough Promenade stores on Friday night. The crowded restaurant features 20 TVs tuned to sporting events, and manager Dave Davis said there’ll be…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Merritt Drive basement fire quickly put out

       Evacuated residents whose Merritt Drive residences are connected to the source of fire in the basement were allowed to return home within an hour of a reported basement fire Tuesday night.    The call came in at about 8:42 p.m. Firefighters found a heavy smoke and a small working fire in the corner, police said. All…

  • MANVILLE: Spaghetti dinner proceeds boost school’s music work

    MANVILLE: Spaghetti dinner proceeds boost school’s music work

    At Sunday’s spaghetti dinner, Manville Music Organization’s Courtney Carr poses with an appetizing plate with Chris Carr and Paul Ritcher. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of Feb. 2

    Friday, Feb. 3    Free dental clinic: Manville Dental Group LLC, will provide free preventive dental care to children 12 and younger from economically challenged families from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of “Give Kids A Smile” national program. The office is on the corner of Main Street and Washington Avenue. Sun., Feb. 5…

  • Free Tax Prep Help Available Through April 15

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Volunteer tax counselors have been trained to assist Somerset County residents in preparing their federal and New Jersey income tax returns. After passing the IRS and AARP tests, these volunteers are ready to help low- and middle-income residents prepare their tax returns. Special emphasis is placed on helping senior…

  • LAWRENCE: Day-care center hearing continued to Feb. 15

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The fate of a day-care center, proposed for the former headquarters of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh Day Adventists at 2160 Brunswick Pike, might be decided at the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s Feb. 15 meeting.    The zoning board, which began its public hearing on Agape International Children’s Academy’s conditional…

  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Grey’: These wolves are too weird be taken seriously

    By Elise Nakhnikian    The Grey is one of those macho-adventure-gone-terribly- wrong movies that aims to give you a vicarious scare. It wants to shake you out of your over-civilized stupor, awakening you to the need to live life to the fullest and then die like a man, unafraid and unburdened by regret.    It opens…