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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Dukes squad nation’s best

    HILLSBOROUGH: Dukes squad nation’s best

    Hillsborough’s Dukes Jr. Midgets cheerleaders react after winning first place at the Pop Warner Little Scholars National Cheer and Dance Competition, Wednesday.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: From driveways to decorations

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer American Sealcoating keeps employees busy all year    Employees from American Seal coating decked the halls early this year — on Halloween, workers decorated their first house with holiday decorations, Tim Smeltz, American Seal coating owner, said.    ”I don’t think they (the people who had their house decorated) had lit them…

  • MANVILLE: Drop-off gifts for fire company delivery program

       The Camplain Road Volunteer Fire Company, an all-volunteer organization responsible for raising the majority of its own funding through various events, will deliver gifts to children Dec. 18 through Dec. 20 during its annual Holiday Gift Delivery program. Funds raised by the program are used to maintain the fire company’s facility.    For a minimum $10…

  • MILLSTONE: Township eyes branch of county library

    By Audrey Levine, The Packet Group    MILLSTONE — Bringing a branch of the Monmouth County Library here has been discussed in the past, and now the township wants to express its formal interest.    The Township Committee on Dec. 2 approved a resolution telling of its desire to partner with the Monmouth County Board of Chosen…

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

    MANVILLE: Library’s gingerbread house builders choose fresh designs

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    While gingerbread houses don’t usually incorporate tropical or nautical themes, some of the entries in the Manville Public Library’s gingerbread house contest skipped the usual snow-covered scenes.    One house brought reminders of summer with a lighthouse and a sea of blue Jell-O containing swimming Swedish fish; another had a Hawaiian…

  • David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos – Duo releases frst Songwriter Album, titled The Long Goodbye
  • HIGHTSTOWN: Deputy clerk position on chopping block

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — It took the mayor breaking a tie vote by the Borough Council, but the position of deputy borough clerk is on the chopping block.    By a 4-3 vote, the council introduced an ordinance Monday that would eliminate the position, which has been held by Leona Baylor for the…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Accident leaves man in critical condition

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR—A local man remained hospitalized in critical condition Thursday after his car collided with a parked recreational vehicle last week.     Police said Manuel A. Guapinaula, 29, of Old Millstone Drive, was driving in the northbound lane of Probasco Road near Canterbury Court at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 when…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Chabad adds new activities to annual Hanukkah event

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Although much of the event will mirror previous years, the one thing different about this Sunday’s Hanukkah Wonderland, sponsored by the Chabad Center for Jewish Life and held at the municipal building on South Branch Road, will be what has been dubbed the “Canorah.”    As part of the celebration this…