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  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Longtime animal control officer dies

    By Audrey Levine, The Packet Group    UPPER FREEHOLD — She was described as someone who hated confrontation. But when it came to animals, the late Mary Klink had no fear.    ”She was afraid of no animal,” Township Attorney Granville Magee said during the Sept. 17 Township Committee meeting after a moment of silence to honor…

  • MTHS Marching Band Competition

    By Kimberly Schimmel and Sharon DeMarco The Monroe Township High School Marching Band and Color Guard will host its third annual United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) Marching Band Competition on Saturday, October 17, 2009.  Gates open at 5pm, and the show starts at 6pm on the Monroe Township High School Football Field (1629 Perrineville Road…

  • MANVILLE: Local man injured in school bus accident

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Packet Group    MONTGOMERY — A school bus and garbage truck collided head on near the entrance of the Upper Middle School this afternoon, resulting in injuries to both drivers, according to township police.    There were no children in the bus at the time of the crash, police said. Burnt Hill Road was…

  • State Library to Host Slavery & the Law in NJ

    By Gary Cooper The New Jersey State Library will hold a program on Slavery and the Law in New Jersey as part of the statewide Lincoln bicentennial celebration. The program is free and open to the public. Place:             New Jersey State Library, 185 West State Street, Trenton, N.J. Date:               Thursday, October 8 Time:             Noon…

  • NJ Center for the Book at National Book Festival

    By Gary Cooper Bringing together literary lovers of all ages from across the nation, the 2009 National Book Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  The New Jersey Center for the Book will play a unique and special role promoting reading in the National Book Festival’s…

  • Vito Mazza Salon Lands 5 page spread in Top Hairdressing Magazine

    Vito Mazza Salon and Sp FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Vito Mazza PHONE:  732 636-0119 E MAIL: [email protected]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Vito Mazza Salon and Spa of Woodbridge, New Jersey Lands 5 Page Spread In The World’s Best Selling Hairstyle Magazine.   WOODBRIDGE, New Jersey- With Jennifer Aniston on its’ cover, the Fall issue of Sophisticate’s Hairstyling…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Mayors say Route 130 key to local economy

    By Geoff Wertime, The Packet Group    Though the recession has taken its toll, the Route 130 corridor remains a central piece of the local economy, and new projects are in the works.    So said four local mayors last week when they spoke at a meeting of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce in Hamilton.    Before…

  • COMMUNITY THEATRE STARS SHINE BRIGHT AT THE 2009 PERRY AWARDS

    COMMUNITY THEATRE STARS SHINE BRIGHT AT THE 2009 PERRY AWARDS

    Gina Lupi, NJACT Media Relations The 36th Annual New Jersey Association of Community Theatre’s ”Perry” awards were celebrated in grand style at The Somerset Doubletree hotel Sunday night The big winners of the night were Lakewood’s Strand Theater Ensemble and Piscataway’s Circle Playhouse, each taking home 6 trophies each. Circle Playhouse took home the trophies…

  • COMMUNITY THEATRE STARS SHINE BRIGHT AT THE 2009 PERRY AWARDS

    COMMUNITY THEATRE STARS SHINE BRIGHT AT THE 2009 PERRY AWARDS

    The Kelsey Theater’s M. Kitty Getlik received The New Jersye Association of Community Theaters 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award