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  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Stone Bridge hosts debaters

    Community invited to serve as judges or spectators By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — Middle-schoolers are known for their penchant for arguing, but these students have the facts to back it up.    Stone Bridge Middle School is hosting the fledgling Garden State Debate League’s first tournament Saturday, Oct. 22, and is inviting public…

  • Adopt-A-Family Program to Provide Holiday Dinners

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders You can help make this Thanksgiving special for a needy family in your town through the second annual Adopt-A-Family program being promoted by the Somerset County Board of Freeholders and mayors in the county’s 21 municipalities. “We often hear that people want to help others within their own community,”…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner for week of Oct. 20

    CHAPTER A    Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. We are open to new members.    Doors open at 11:30 a.m., allowing you time to review the trips we offer. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. We’ll reward you with coffee and doughnuts at the end of the meeting.    Dick…

  • LAWRENCE: Red-light cameras now at intersection

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Motorists who pass through the intersection at Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road and Franklin Corner Road should be prepared to smile, just in case they are captured on newly installed red-light cameras.    The automated photo enforcement program, which uses cameras to photograph cars that do not stop when the…

  • Laurence Hart Releases Closed Station Platform Via Launchingpad Media

    Laurence Hart Releases Closed Station Platform Via Launchingpad Media

    By Evan Klimpl New Brunswick, NJ n October 19, 2011 n New Jersey singer-songwriter Laurence Hart has released his new album "Closed Station Platform" on the Launchingpad Media label. This is the inaugural release by Launchingpad Media and the first album from Laurence Hart in over 15 years. Having played and recorded with a number…

  • Memory Loss Basics with The Alzheimer’s Association

    Memory Loss Basics with The Alzheimer’s Association

    By Toby Ehrlich Alzheimer’s Association Holds Workshop At the Martin and Edith Stein Residence  on The Wilf Campus for Senior Living Somerset, NJ – November 3, 2011 – The Martin and Edith Stein Assisted Living Residence will be hosting an Alzheimer’s Association educational workshop on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2011 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.  The workshop will…

  • LAWRENCE: Armed court attendant OK’d

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    With virtually no comment, Township Council approved an ordinance Tuesday that creates the post of armed court attendant, replacing the police officer who provides security when Lawrence Township Municipal Court is in session.    The purpose of hiring an armed court attendant — a position that is included in the township’s…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Township awards new contract for more trees

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — A Cream Ridge firm has been awarded a $199,802 contract to plant 1,719 new trees on public lands throughout Robbinsville this fall as part of a reforestation project paid for by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.    Trees Now, of Davis Station Road, was the lowest of 10 companies…

  • MANVILLE: Senior Corner for week of Oct. 20

       The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue.    The club, which is comprised of people who are residents of Manville, age 60 or older, and age 55 if disabled, will not be accepting new members until January 2012.    Canned goods or nonperishable food…