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  • MANVILLE: Community calendar for week of Oct. 6

    Fri., Oct. 7     Tricky tray auction: More than 100 gift certificates and prizes including 32-inch TV, outdoor grill, Kindle, theme baskets, food. St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, 1900 Brooks Blvd., Hillsborough. Doors open 5:30 p.m.; auction at 7:30. $10 tickets. Entree food sold. 908-782-8325 or 908-722-5894. Sat., Oct. 8     Flea market: Manville-Hillsborough Elks,…

  • LAWRENCE: Traffic study being done on Bergen Street

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Sparked by residents’ opposition to new striping on Bergen Street, township officials are conducting a traffic survey to count the number of cars that use the street — and their average speed — to determine whether any adjustments need to be made.    About a dozen people turned out Tuesday night…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: County FEMA office open six days a week

       The hours and days of operation at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Recovery Center in Somerville have been changed to 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The office is located in the first-floor conference room at the county’s human services building at 27 Warren St. to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Irene.…

  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Moneyball’

    MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Moneyball’

    Brad Pitt’s performance is well worth seeing, but even he can’t quite oxygenate this script By Elise Nakhnikian    After going rigid with rage in this year’s “Tree of Life,” Brad Pitt is all fluid energy in “Moneyball,” marshalling his considerable gifts to rampage through the Oakland A’s clubhouse like an alpha dog off its…

  • LAWRENCE: Pan Am’ celebrated by former flight attendants

    By Pat Ellard, Special to The Ledger    We were in Lawrenceville at the home of Madonna Dunn and Stephen Fox for a party celebrating the maiden flight of the ABC-TV series “PanAm.”    The show is about flight attendants, then called stewardesses. The time is the 1960s. The invitation from the Princeton-Philadelphia Chapter of World Wings…

  • MANVILLE: Elks will throw ‘Spooktacular’ party

       The Manville/Hillsborough Elks Lodge 2119 will hold its fifth annual “Scare Raising Spooktacular” party for adults 21 and older on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Manville-Hillsborough Elks, 1500 Brooks Blvd., Hillsborough.    Tickets are $20 if purchased before Oct. 21 and $30 at the door.    The party will feature music by…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Flu shots will be given today and next Thursday

       The Hillsborough Health Department will give flu vaccinations to Hillsborough and Millstone Borough residents, ages 18 years and older, in the multi-purpose room of the Municipal Building from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, Oct. 6 and 13.    No pre-registration is required. Clinics will be held as long as vaccine is received.    The vaccine will…

  • ASCLS-NJ’s 2011 Fall Seminar

    By Katie DeMenna ASCLS-NJ’s 2011 Annual Fall Seminar Scotch Plains, NJ, (October 27, 2011) n The New Jersey chapter of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS-NJ) will hold its 2011 Annual Fall Seminar in Scotch Plains, NJ at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) campus on October 27, 2011.…

  • MANVILLE: Recreation soccer opens with victory

       Manville Recreation’s 7th and 8th grade soccer team opened its season with a 6-1 victory over the Bridgewater Kings on Sept. 24.    Brian Menjivar scored in the first few minutes with a shotplaced into the corner of the net. Julian Castro scored next on a pass by Menjivar and would score again later in the…