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  • 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…

  • MOUNT HOLLY: Chesterfield policeman exonerated

       MOUNT HOLLY — The New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice has concurred with the findings of a Burlington County prosecutor’s office investigation that determined the actions of a Chesterfield police officer who fired his weapon in May 2010 fully complied with the attorney general’s guidelines pertaining to the use of deadly force, Burlington County Prosecutor…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Broadcaster looks back on his Thunder road

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Broadcaster looks back on his Thunder road

    Trenton Thunder General Manager Will Smith (left) and former Thunder radio broadcaster Tom McCarthy (right) at the hall of fame induction ceremony at Waterfront Park on July 14. Photo by Bill Cook

  • Diocese of Metuchen to offer Natural Family Planning Course in Spanish

    By Erin Friedlander NEW BRUNSWICK – The Diocese of Metuchen’s Office of Family Life is offering a Natural Family Planning (NFP) four-part course that is designed to help Spanish-speaking couples learn about a safe, reliable and inexpensive way to plan or postpone a pregnancy. The first session is set to begin Saturday, August 13 from…