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  • ROBBINSVILLE: Crews repairing water main break

    Windsor section of township without water By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    A water main break on Wednesday has left about 100 households in the Windsor section of the township without running water, according to the water company.   Donna Alston, a spokeswoman for Aqua New Jersey, said the 12-inch main on Route 130 north of Meadowbrook…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar for issue of Oct. 13

    Friday, Oct. 14    Comedy night: Manville PBA Local 236 sponsors show at VFW hall, 600 Washington Ave. Show at 8 p.m. Dinner available from VFW from 5-7 p.m. Tickets are $25 or $30 at door, if available. Proceeds benefit victims of floods in Manville. Call Nick at 908-256-9273 or e-mail [email protected].    Flea market: From 6…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library events for issue of Oct. 13

    Library will welcome children in costume    Celebrate Halloween and bring children in costume to the library on Friday, Oct. 28, at 10 and 11 a.m. and Saturday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. Kids ages 2-6 are invited to listen to a story and create a craft to take home at any of the three sessions.…

  • MANVILLE: Learn more about fire safety tonight at firehouses

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    This is Fire Prevention/Fire Safety Week and the students and parents in Manville will learn about their local fire departments.    Today, Thursday, fire fighters all three borough fire companies will visit the schools to teach children about fire safety. The events are organized by the fire bureau, fire departments…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter for week of Oct. 13

       A Hillsborough resident reported Oct. 3 that a swastika had been etched into a concrete sidewalk a New Amwell Road and Taurus Dive.    The township department of Public Works was called to remove the symbol.     * * *    A Polhemus Dive resident reported Oct. 2 that his car’s windshield had been shattered by a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: 30% of township is preserved

    Open space update is presented By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    With the county’s recent addition of 355 acres to the Sourland Mountain Preserve, Hillsborough now has more than 30 percent of its total land area under some sort of preservation protection.    Township Committeeman Bob Wagner reviewed the program Tuesday night.    Included in the total…

  • ALLENTOWN: Mission trip to Malawi builds perspective

    ALLENTOWN: Mission trip to Malawi builds perspective

    Upper Freehold Regional School District Superintendent Richard Fitzpatrick meets a village chief during a trip to Malawi sponsored by Villages in Partnership.

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: CROP Walk to fight hunger Sunday

    By BIrgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN CITY — For the 30th year, the annual Greater Bordentown Area CROP Walk is ready to step off on Sunday, Oct. 16, starting at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Bordentown at 127 Prince St..    This is a 10K (6-mile) walk through historic Bordentown City in which…

  • MANVILLE: PBA comedy show benefit is tomorrow night

       Manville’s police officers will dedicate the proceeds from its annual comedy show to help the victims of recent floods and charities that helped the victims.    The show is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 14, at the VFW Post 2290 at 600 Washington Ave. The show starts at 8 p.m., with seating available at 7. Dinners are…