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  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of Aug. 11

       Around the World with Masks: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road; children will create a special craft with materials provided; children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is not required. Sat., Aug. 13    TEENedge Social: 7-11 p.m., for ages 15 to 17, 2378 Route 33, Robbinsville;…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Casting call goes out for ‘On Golden Pond’

       Open auditions for the drama, “On Golden Pond,” directed by Tina Lee, will be held by the Somerset Valley Players on Sept. 6 and 7.    On Tuesday, Sept. 6, starting at 7:30 p.m. the auditions will take place in the Somerset Valley Playhouse, 689 Amwell Road.    At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, auditions will be…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Willows swimmers win league championship

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Willows swimmers win league championship

    The Willows girls’ medley championship team, from left to right, Amanda Stankiewicz, Christina Napoli, Gessica Charniga, Emily Charniga.

  • NEW HOPE: It’s auto show time in New Hope again!

    NEW HOPE: It’s auto show time in New Hope again!

    Among highlights of this weekend’s New Hope Automobile Show is a tribute to cars with tailfins. The show’s poster shows a Cadillac Eldorado Brougham (shown here), released in 1957 — the year the auto show began.

  • LAWRENCE: Taiwanese officials tour Ben Franklin school

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Clad in matching blue T-shirts, a group of Ben Franklin Elementary School students welcomed some special visitors to the school Tuesday afternoon — a delegation of Taiwanese officials who spent the day touring central New Jersey to learn more about sustainability.    What drew the delegation to the Ben Franklin Elementary…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Somerset Valley Players will stage reading of Guerrera’s play

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    The Somerset Valley Players will be one of the regional theater groups that will present Midge Guerrera’s play, “E-Mail: 9/12.”    It will take the form of a staged reading on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the playhouse at 689 Amwell Road (Route 514), Hillsborough. The Players are accepting submissions of reminiscences…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Investment adviser opens Foxmoor office

    ROBBINSVILLE: Investment adviser opens Foxmoor office

       ROBBINSVILLE — Leaders of Township Council celebrated the addition of Ty Robinson, investment adviser for Edward Jones, to Foxmoor Shopping Center in the township. Council President Chris Ciaccio cut the ribbon and Council Vice President Sheree McGowan joined her in welcoming Edward Jones.    ”We are always happy to welcome businesses to Robbinsville, and the presence…

  • LAWRENCE: Lovell is new head of schools

    LAWRENCE: Lovell is new head of schools

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The search for a new superintendent of schools ended Monday night as the Lawrence Township Board of Education appointed Crystal Lovell, the district’s assistant superintendent for curriculum, to the top administrative post.    Dr. Lovell, who has worked in the Lawrence school district since April 2006, will succeed Superintendent of Schools…

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