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  • MANVILLE: Library’s gingerbread house builders choose fresh designs

    MANVILLE: Library’s gingerbread house builders choose fresh designs

    > Winning entries in the library’s contest came from (left to right) Kirk and Jean Weber; Natalie, Christine and Karolina Barrantes; and Blair Sauerhoefer, whose mom received the award for him. Photo by Ruth Bielanski

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Grant aids recycling effort

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    South Brunswick Township recently received some help going green.    The state Department of Environmental Protection awarded the township a $150,415 grant to help enhance its recycling program.    ”Our residents are top notch, A-Plus when it comes to recycling,” said township Recycling Director Nancy Paquette. “Any time you ride around, you…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Committee to eye nuisance ordinances

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The changes to the borough code recently drafted by Councilwoman Isabel McGinty dealing with alleged boardinghouses and nuisance complaints related to cabs are scheduled to be discussed by a new committee.    The committee will be led by Ms. McGinty, who said Wednesday that it’s too early to say…

  • MANVILLE: Veterans, Scouts honor victims of Pearl Harbor attack

    MANVILLE: Veterans, Scouts honor victims of Pearl Harbor attack

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Pearl Harbor survivor and Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290 member Nicholas Alimecco still remembers all of his friends who were killed in the attack Dec. 7, 1941.    And for the past 10 years, he’s attended Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony held at Manville’s VFW Post to honor the memories…

  • Cartoon and column crossed the line

    Frank Chrinko, Kendall Park    The editorial page of your Dec. 3 issue featured two items that invite severe criticism.     First is a satirical sketch that crosses the line of decency and honesty. It is a vulgar distortion, dishonestly offensive and not worthy of publication in a family newspaper. How could you and Packet Publications…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ project to brighten soldiers’ holidays

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ project to brighten soldiers’ holidays

    Woods Road students Allen Holman (left) and Christian Kruskall put together a card to send to a soldier serving overseas. Photo courtesy of Margaret Rothblatt

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Skateboard park plan in jeopardy

    Next Level Group bows out By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer     HIGHTSTOWN — The future of a planned skateboard park in the borough seems to be in limbo.     The Next Level Youth mentoring organization has rescinded its offer to take over the project because, the executive director said, the planned transfer of borough- administered…

  • MCCC’s Center for Continuing Studies Expands its Health Careers Curriculum for Spring

    By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. – The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the health care field is expected to generate more new jobs than any other industry through 2016. Mercer County Community College’s Center for Continuing Studies remains on the cutting edge of health careers training, offering affordable tuition and flexible scheduling, with…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Strip mall on planners’ agenda

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The Planning Board is expected to review an application tonight (Thursday) for a strip mall to be located at the intersection of Deans Rhode Hall Road and Cranbury-South River Road.    The application filed by developer Crossroads of Progress LLC calls for approximately 52,000 square feet of retail space, 27,851 square…