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  • Jewish War Veteran Breakfast

    By Rick Kline The SPC Mark Seiden Post 444 of t he Jewish War Veterans is hosting a membership breakfast on Sunday, October 30, 2011.  The event will be held at the Shalom Heritage Center in the Twin Rivers Shopping Center, Abbington Drive, East Windsor Township.  The speaker will be Mercer County Surrogate Diane Gerofsky,…

  • MANVILLE: Recent efforts reinforce caring of community

        We continue to be amazed by the generosity of spirit and money that local people and organizations give to their fellow residents.     Two weeks ago, an estimated 760 people ran or walked on behalf of ill Hillsborough High School coach and guidance counselor Ian Progin. The Progin’s Players have woven an ongoing groundswell…

  • ALLENTOWN: New AHS club aims to galvanize students

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — Anyone who grouses about apathetic teenagers has never watched the students in the Allentown Political Action Committee club work a room.    Five leaders of APAC, a nonpartisan student group with 118 members, made an impressive pitch to the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education last week to gain…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Residents protest group home sale

    Township powerless to intervene By Birgitta Wolfe,Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — It was three hours of standing-room-only concerns about a group home that has its eye on buying a house in the residential Independence Drive neighborhood that had the attention of the Township Committee on Tuesday.    Two group homes have expressed interest in buying the…

  • Essentials Salon Goes Pink for Breast Cancer

    Essentials Salon Goes Pink for Breast Cancer

    By Diane Hasili Essentials Salon’s pink hair extensions are raising money for a great cause – breast cancer. Throughout the month of October, which happens to be breast cancer awareness month, the salon is offering a $5 pink extension that can be bonded into one’s hair in less than five minutes. Appointments are not needed…

  • FREE Haunted Hayride

    By April Sette Bordentown Twp, NJ – Not many things are FREE these days especially for Haunted Halloween Attractions!   Well thanks to Dave Dietrich and Dean Buhrer, Bordentown residents, now there is! Millions of dollars are spent on admissions each Halloween season to experience the adrenalin rush from a Haunted Hayride, Cornfield, or House.   Because…

  • South Jersey herb expert promotes green cleaning

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    So, you say you’re into the 15th day of the tropical rain and the humidity has mold sprouting from the floorboards, there’s mouse droppings in the cupboard and the cat has just uploaded a fur ball on your kitchen counter?    Is that what’s troubling you, Bunkie?    Well, a former math…

  • Opinion: Re-elect Wayne D’Angelo to Assembly

    By David Boyne, Robbinsville To the editor: Coming from a town that prides itself in giving our children the best education possible at a cost that consistently falls below state guidelines while struggling to provide appropriate facilities for our students, I am excited about a new initiative that Assemblyman DeAngelo created to financially help school…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner for issue of Oct. 13

    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…