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  • Community Calendar: Nov. 3 edition

    Thurs., Nov. 10    Holiday Craft Fair: 12 noon to 4 p.m., Allentown First-Aid Squad, 70 Route 526, Allentown. Free admission. Items for sale include handcrafted jewelry, soap sachets, Christmas decorations, unique crafts, home-baked items, raffle tickets and more. All proceeds benefit the Allentown First Aid Squad. For further information, call Rita Peller at 609-223-0186.    Kids…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider band wins second state title

        Saturday, the Raider Marching Band completed its season at the New Jersey State Championships in Old Bridge.     With an almost flawless performance of its show, “The Glory of Light,” the students and director Jules Haran received the title of Group V Open New Jersey State Champions for the second year in a row.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Seniors invited to join ‘chanting circle’

        The Hillsborough Senior Center, located at 339 South Branch Road, invites active adults age 60 and older to experience a chanting circle. The program will start at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15. Registration for the presentation and/or lunch is requested by Monday.     The program will demonstrate how chanting and the healing power of…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Two school buildings feeling the squeeze

    ROBBINSVILLE: Two school buildings feeling the squeeze

    Overcrowded K-8 facilities is focus of BOE brainstorming session By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — The Board of Education met with the school district’s architects recently to brainstorm ideas for dealing with overcrowded K-8 facilities, including expanding Sharon Elementary School and Pond Middle School or possibly building a brand new school.    The K-3 Sharon…

  • MANVILLE: The 90 days of dark are here

       The dark season is here.    After we turned back the clocks Saturday night, we were awakened naturally by sunlight at 6:35 a.m., knowing how much would be much more pleasant to arise to when we had to go to work the next day.    We got a couple more chores and pleasantries done during the…

  • 3rd Annual End of the Road Artist’s Show

    By Gary Robinson The third annual “End of the Road Artist’s Show” will be held once again on November 19th and 20th, 10 AM to 5 PM in the lovely farmhouse setting at the end of 25 Rock/Stymiest Road just outside Lambertville, NJ The farmhouse, once the residence of Martin Coryell, boasts four fireplaces, a…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY – Art and recover meet at 212 Farnsworth

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN CITY— They know whereof they speak. They’ve been there — at the bottom — and they have made their way back from the hole of addiction.    And now they have set up a unique shop, the Square Peg Round Hole Art and Recovery Emporium at 212 Farnsworth Ave., to…

  • ELECTION: Allentown mayor wins sixth term

    ELECTION: Allentown mayor wins sixth term

    Schumacher re-elected, unofficial tally gives Anthony 1-vote edge By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — Mayor Stuart Fierstein and Council President Michael Schumacher were re-elected Tuesday, and Democratic challenger Angela Anthony appears to have won the second Borough Council seat by one vote.    Unofficial voting results gave Ms. Anthony 285 votes and Republican Don Swaysland…

  • MDAdvantage Proudly Supports Regional Perinatal Simulation Center at Barnabas

    MDAdvantage Proudly Supports Regional Perinatal Simulation Center at Barnabas

    (l to r): John F. Bonamo, MD, MS; Patricia A. Costante (MDAdvantage); Robert B. Goley (MDAdvantage); Marlene Taft (MDAdvantage); Richard C. Miller, MD; Jared Kutzin, DNP, MPH, RN