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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Campaigns have say on taxes

    Republicans citing cutting debt; Democrats pledge to ask questions publicly By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Campaigns have say on taxes GOP praises paying off debt, while Democrats promise questions Taxes- 8TAXES- Gene RobbinsManaging Editor Republicans running for Township Committee say their party has held down local property taxes over the last few years, and they…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       A Scherer Court resident reported the theft of $199 in cash from his unlocked Toyota Sienna minivan that was parked outside the residence between 11:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 2.    A 2005 Mazda sedan was reported stolen from the driveway of a Spruce Street home sometime after 12:30 a.m. Oct. 1 after…

  • MANVILLE: GOP cancels campaign dinner and asks for donations

       Manville Republicans have canceled a planned campaign-season fund-raising dinner and instead are making a direct appeal for donations in the borough mayoral and council elections.    Councilman Richard M. Onderko, the Republican campaign chairman, the GOP team made the decision “due to the recent flood event and pain our residents have endured both emotionally and financially.”…

  • 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…