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  • MANVILLE: Asher, Petzinger win GOP nominations

    Borough Council President Susan Asher garnered 202 votes in Tuesday’s primary balloting, ending a bid by the Manville Republican Committee to oust her from November’s election. I’m very glad to be one of two Republicans moving on to the general election,” Ms. Asher said. “I am grateful for all the Republicans who voted for me.”…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Janitors charged in fraud

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    Five township Board of Education custodians are facing charges after authorities determined they submitted false receipts with the intention of keeping a $450 clothing allowance.    Anthony Ferraro, 46, Mary Devito, 52, Kenneth Kazanski, 52, Martin Cantu, 43, and Thomas Griggs, 61, all of South Brunswick, surrendered at police headquarters Thursday.…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the June 10 edition

    Peg Dotson Tel: 499-3807     Fax: 499-3807     E-mail: [email protected]    Providence Presbyterian Church on Old York Road is having a yard sale on Saturday, June 12, 8 AM – 2 PM, rain or shine! All proceeds go to local charities. If you would like to donate items, please bring them to the church, Thursday, June…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township worker injured when mower radiator overheats

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    An employee with the Department of Public Works was transported to Somerset Medical Center after the radiator of the lawn mower he was riding on burst, and hot radiator fluid burned his arm at 1:31 p.m. today (Wednesday).    Nicholas Ivone, 19, was mowing the grass at the Triangle Football Complex…

  • LAWRENCE: $1 million in road repair projects readied

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township officials are preparing to write bid specifications and seek bids for the 2010 road improvement project, now that Township Council has approved a $1.07 million bond ordinance for the work.    Township Council approved the bond ordinance last month, clearing the way for the reconstruction of Bakers Basin Road and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Hillsborough Republicans give Lance thumbs up

       Hillsborough voters reflected area trends in Tuesday’s primary ballots, giving U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance the Republican nomination for his seat in the House of Representatives.    In the only contested election on the ballot for Hillsborough voters, Mr. Lance fended off three challengers. He received 640 votes locally to outdistance Doug Larsen, who received 358. Alonzo…

  • GEPNA sets yard sale

    By: centraljersey.com The Greater Eldridge Park Neighborhood Association will hold its second annual yard sale June 12 at the Lawrence Road Fire Co. parking lot on Lawrence Road, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants may rent a space for $20 and use their own tables, or they may rent a table for an additional…

  • Banner flap ends huge hoagie

    One newer tradition missing from menu By: Vic Monaco – Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN – You could say both pizza man Joe Mannino and police boss James Eufemia have a bad taste in their mouth. Mr. Mannino, owner of Mannino’s 4 Pizzeria and Trattoria on South Main Street, had planned setting up his outdoor block-long Italian…

  • Determined Reid runs to Meet of Champions

    PHS senior qualifies for track goal By: Justin Feil – Assistant Sports Editor Max Reid never stopped in the pursuit of his goals, and it has paid off in his final year of track and field. The Princeton High School senior qualified for his first outdoor Meet of Champions by placing fifth in the Group…