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  • MANVILLE: Ballplayers begin newest season

    MANVILLE: Ballplayers begin newest season

    Although the weather did not cooperate and allow a full slate of games, it did not stop John Shabaugh of the Angels from having an Opening Day hot dog. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Freedom Fest organizers say large field eyed for parking

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    Organizers of the ninth annual Freedom Fest State Fair, which is moving this summer to a more centralized location closer to Allentown, say they are working on a traffic plan with the county that would allow the fair-goers to park their cars in a large field off Route 524 so…

  • LAWRENCE: Voters go to polls Wednesday

    By Lea Kahn    Township residents will go to the polls Wednesday — not Tuesday — to select three school board members and to vote on a tax levy to support the school district’s proposed $64.6 million operating budget for 2011-12.    The six polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.    The annual…

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS: Week of April 21

       April is National Poetry Month. Poet John Trause will read in open microphone format on Tuesday, April 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Join us and bring your poems.     * * *    April display: Featured this month in the display case is the “Little Pet Shop” collection from sisters Marina and Yekaterina Saburova. It…

  • MANVILLE: Candidates offer final thoughts

    MANVILLE: Candidates offer final thoughts

    Voters to select three for board of ed By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    With only six days left until the school board election and the budget vote on April 27, the candidates are doing their last-minute campaigning for their chance for a seat on the school board. Six candidates are vying for the three…

  • MANVILLE: Bowler hits Las Vegas jackpot

    MANVILLE: Bowler hits Las Vegas jackpot

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Robbie Thomaszfski went to Las Vegas last week and hit the jackpot. He did not gamble by playing the wheels or slots, he went bowling and took home big bucks.    Mr. Thomaszfski bowled in the AMF tournament and came in second place, taking a $25,000 prize back to Manville…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Congressman sees robotics team’s operation

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Congressman Leonard Lance met Eleanor the robot on Tuesday.    The congressman spent almost 90 minutes Tuesday night seeing the operation of Hillsborough High School RoboRaiders club firsthand, and he came away impressed, he said.    As much as he came to see the technology firsthand, he wanted to honor the students…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of April 21

    Forum about teens    Monday, April 25 — The Millstone Township Municipal Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse will sponsor “Crossing the Line,” a community forum to address teen behavior, substance abuse and mental health issues, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Millstone Township court building, 215 Millstone Road, Perrineville.    The forum will feature a panel…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Nonprofit to purchase mobile home park

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — A Hamilton-based nonprofit, Allies Inc., has signed a contract to purchase Mercer Mobile Homes park, effectively ending a protracted legal battle between the residents and landlord over rent control and sewer repairs.    Allies Inc. will pay the mobile home park’s owner, Larry Kaufman, $5.5 million, with $2.1 million…