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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jason’s run coming Aug.7

    Memorial race raises money for scholarships    On Sunday, Aug. 7, the fourth annual Jason’s 5-K Memorial Run will be held at Hillsborough High School, starting at 9 a.m. The proceeds will provide scholarship opportunities for dedicated track athletes attending Hillsborough High School.    This run is held in memory of Jason Walton, who died July 22,…

  • LAWRENCE: Elderly advised to take heat precautions

    By Marisa Iati, Staff Writer    People, especially the elderly, are being advised to take precautions as temperatures are expected to continue in the 90s through the weekend. The mercury could approach 100 degrees Friday and Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.    The Lawrence Senior Center and the Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community urged to come to baseball game to beneift Ian Progin

    Ill high school coach would benefit from charity game    Eric Eden, former Hillsborough High School graduate and baseball pitcher, and the Newark Bears of the professional Can-Am Baseball League, are teaming up for Hillsborough High’s varsity basketball coach Ian Progin.    Mr. Progin recently underwent surgery for a stage 4 brain tumor. To assist with Mr.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jessica Rainey, Jeremy Doyle will marry in Hawaii next month

    Couple both grew up on Mill Lane    Jessica Rainey and Jeremy Doyle, both of Mill Lane, Hillsborough, are engaged to marry.    They are both Hillsborough High School graduates, she in 2004 and he in 1999.    Miss Rainey is an English teacher at Montgomery High School. Mr. Doyle is owner of Doyle Brothers Contracting.    The bride-to-be’s…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – State gives PIACS one planning year

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor The state Department of Education is giving the Princeton International Academy Charter School another year to plan before it opens, according to a July 15 press release from the agency. The Mandarin-immersion school, initially slated to open in September for 172 K-2 children from Princeton, South Brunswick and West…

  • MANVILLE: Senior citizens’ column for week of July 21

       The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW located on Washington Avenue. The club is open to new members who are residents of Manville, age 60 or older, and age 55 if disabled.    Canned goods or non-perishable food items will continue to be collected before each…

  • MANVILLE: Magic used to promote reading

    Children treated to program at library By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    About 55 children were treated to a magic show Monday morning in the public library’s “One World, Many Stories” summer reading program.    Children’s librarian Ruth Bielanski brought back magician Mark Zacharia for the hour-long event. He was there a few years ago…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       A 1994 Honda Accord was reported stolen from a Princeton Avenue residence while it was parked there between 11:30 p.m. July 17 and 8:15 a.m. July 18. The car was valued at $2,000.    A Lanning Avenue resident reported the theft of her 1993 Honda Accord that was parked in front of her home between 11…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Why you might think your taxes went up

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Township CFO/Tax Collector Nancy Haberle has some answers to one resident’s complaint he didn’t understand why his property taxes appeared to be soaring in the next tax year.    David Brook said at the Township Committee meeting June 28 that he had received his estimated tax bill for 2011-12 and didn’t…