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  • MANVILLE: School year starts at Christ the King

    MANVILLE: School year starts at Christ the King

    Principal Christine Benson watches students go to classes Tuesday, the first day of the term at Christ the King Elementary School. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • Innovative Musician Helps ALS Association

    By 1888PressRelease 1888 PressRelease – A new and upcoming artist is not only trying to raise awareness of his very unique new album, but to also raise awareness about ALS and plans on donating 10% of his funds to the ALS Association. His music is a blast from the past with a new age-indie mix.…

  • Hillsborough Teen Describes Academy as ‘Life Changing’

    Hillsborough Teen Describes Academy as ‘Life Changing’

    By Walk into almost any high school cafeteria in America and you’re likely to see cliques- But the dining room at the Tim Howard NJCTS Leadership Academy was remarkably different. "No one sat alone, you had athletes and artists- shy kids and outgoing ones- sitting side by side," said Faith W. Rice, executive director of…

  • SOUTH COUNTY: Sept. 15 meeting to focus on gas pipeline’s impact

    SOUTH COUNTY: Sept. 15 meeting to focus on gas pipeline’s impact

    Penn East wants to install a natural gas pipeline from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware and through Hunterdon and Mercer counties to a connection in the Trenton area. It begins above Wilkes-Barre and follows a trail above Jim Thorpe, to be´tween Easton (north side) and Bethlehem (south side), through Bucks County and into Hunterdon…

  • SOUTH COUNTY: Farm crops draw keen competition at fair

    SOUTH COUNTY: Farm crops draw keen competition at fair

    Two of Simon Siliverdis’ grandchildren, Louie and Alexa Tietjen, pose with two young sunflowers that ultimately would get big enough to place first and second at the recent Hunterdon County 4-H & Agricultural Fair in Ringoes.

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Halloween festivities planned

    BORDENTOWN CITY — The Bordentown Halloween Parade has become a tradition in town over the past 43 years. Members of the Consolidated Fire Association have been coordinating the parade since its creation in 1970 following the completion of their station on Crosswicks Street. Families put their lawn chairs outside the morning of the parade to…

  • COLUMBUS CORNER: Sept. 4

    The Mansfield Township Environmental Board will hold its next meeting at 3135 Route 206 South in Columbus on Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. Mansfield Township will hold its next Township Committee meeting at 3135 Route 206 South in Columbus on Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. The township’s next Recreation Committee meeting is Sept. 16 at…

  • FLORENCE: Firefighter wins one for the team

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — A fire department member won a training package while attending the annual Firehouse Expo in Baltimore last month. "For the past several years, we have sent a few members to Baltimore for the expo," said Florence Township Fire Department Chief Keith Scully. All members that have gone the…

  • SOUTH COUNTY: Farm crops draw keen competition at fair

    SOUTH COUNTY: Farm crops draw keen competition at fair

    There were a total of 89 entries in farm crops at the Hunterdon County 4-H & Agricultural Fair this year, with keen competition in the "Grass Hay" classes, as well as tall sunflowers with eight entries. The tallest sunflower was entered by Simon Siliverdis, with the entry by John Siliverdis coming in second. They are…