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  • MANVILLE: Somerset Patriots to host Eric LeGrand Night

        The Somerset Patriots have teamed up with Rutgers University to host the annual Rutgers Night at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater with a fund-raising event to benefit the Eric LeGrand Believe Fund on Tuesday, Aug. 16.     The Patriots are offering a special $10 ticket with proceeds benefiting the fund set up to help…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Author reveals the real facts about teaching

    By BIrgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN CITY — They open the door and step in, wide eyed and innocent, and no one has told them what really lies behind the classroom door.    Now, one man with 20-plus years of teaching experience has decide to enlighten them.    ”Teaching may not be for everyone,” said Eric Gibbons,…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Night Out with neighbors

    ROBBINSVILLE: Night Out with neighbors

       National Night Out is a crime/drug prevention event held nationally to bring police and community together. The goal is to get police, fire, civic groups, businesses and citizens together for a night of fun, education and support. This year was Robbinsville’s biggest event to date, with a huge water slide, fire truck slide, slam and…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK:Truck catches fire in Kendall Park
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Neshanic fire company receives new pumper

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Residents in the western part of Hillsborough especially are a little safer from disastrous fires this week.    The Neshanic Volunteer Fire Company, based in Neshanic Station, accepted delivery last week of a new 3,000-gallon tanker truck, which will give it an extra resource to bring water to fight fires…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Night Out with neighbors
  • MCCC Annual Golf Classic on Oct. 4 To Benefit Student Athletes

    By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. — The Mercer County Community College (MCCC) Athletics Department hosts its 20th Annual Golf Classic on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at the Mercer Oaks East Golf Course. The 18-hole championship course is located on a beautifully landscaped site adjacent to Mercer County Park in West Windsor, N.J. Proceeds from the tournament…

  • MANVILLE: As summer ebbs, we look to autumn

        Tick, tick, tick. We’re in the countdown of the last days of summer.     Hopefully we’ve beaten most of the heat and humidity, and you can’t help but notice the daylight hours are growing shorter. The sun may even be in your eyes while you’re driving to work.     Increasingly we’ll look to the…

  • ALLENTOWN: Pastor Stephen a winner for people of Malawi

    By Ken Weingartner, Special Writer    ALLENTOWN – Pastor Stephen was a winner Saturday at Meadowlands Racetrack, regardless of his finish in the Hambletonian Stakes.    A 3-year-old trotter, Pastor Stephen finished fifth in the $1.5 million Hambletonian, harness racing’s top event for trotters, last weekend before a crowd of 25,354 at the Meadowlands. Named for the…