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  • FLORENCE: Field hockey keeps rolling along

    Flashes football turns in best effort of the year, tops .500 mark By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     The Florence High School field hockey team improved to 13-1 with a trio of wins this past week.     “In a nutshell, everyone on our team — all 21 of them — have a job to perform,”…

  • NBC volleyball squad reaches a dozen wins

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     Every coach wants to have a good season. With three more wins this past week, however, it’s probably time to call the 2009 Northern Burlington High School volleyball team’s 2009 season a great one.     “We are having our best season by far,” Northern Burlington Coach Theresa Barg said.…

  • PLUMSTED: New Egypt adding activities for Fall Fest

       PLUMSTED — New Egypt’s annual Fall Fest will take place Sunday, Nov. 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Main and North Main streets. Along with food, fun for the kids and plenty of shopping, this year’s festival offers many additions.    Live country music will be performed by First Time Around (www.firsttimearoundband.com) at Taster’s…

  • CRANBURY: Traditional election supper on tap Nov. 3

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Voters with an empty stomach won’t have to look far for relief.    The Woman’s Club of Cranbury will host its annual Election Supper at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury’s Fellowship Hall on Nov. 3.    ”We had such an amazing response last year and a number of people…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rebuilding 19th-century house begins after fire

    HILLSBOROUGH: Rebuilding 19th-century house begins after fire

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    About 174 years of history was almost destroyed in September because of a lone squirrel.    Homestead Road residents Raymond Waters and Alan Harbatuk were resigned to this possibility when they received a call Sept. 27 that their home — built in 1835 by a family of Dutch settlers, the Vorhees…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       At 7:52 p.m. Oct. 12, a Raritan resident reported losing her wallet while outside the Walmart on North Main Street. The wallet contained $68 cash, a debit card and a New Jersey driver’s license.    The borough’s assistant fire chief reported finding soda spilled on a Fire Department vehicle at 4:41 p.m. Oct. 13. The spill…

  • Community calendar

    Friday, Oct. 23    Clothing drive — A clothing drive will be held to benefit the Allentown High School field hockey team. Used clothing, linens, shoes and stuffed animals will be accepted.    Place donations in heavy garbage bags and bring to AHS. Drop-off is outside the new gym in the senior parking lot (by the athletic…

  • MANVILLE: Signups under way for recreation sports

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville Recreation Department is currently holding registrations for the winter sports season of basketball and wrestling. Children in kindergarten through eighth grade are eligible to register. Registrations for all programs will continue until Oct. 30, with the programs running through March 2010.    Kindergarten to fourth-grade players can join the…

  • CRANBURY: Hopefuls offer views on township issues

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — With the election just weeks away, Township Committee candidates are weighing in on issues affecting the community, including budgeting, library planning and farmland preservation.    This year’s candidates, Democrats Dave Cook and Glenn Johnson and Republicans Dan Mulligan and Jay Taylor, are vying for two three-year seats on the…