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  • MANVILLE: Schools to update mission statement

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer Ruberto will read pledge at school board meetings    To Manville Superintendent Johanna Ruberto, reading the district’s mission statement at every Board of Education meeting reinforces the district’s goals, and it’s something she intends to make a practice of at future meetings — even after the district revises the statement to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Donations follow ‘puppy parties’

    HILLSBOROUGH: Donations follow ‘puppy parties’

    Oxford Place resident Laurie Frangione (second left) presented her donation to (left to right) Robert McDonnell, assistant chief of the Hillsborough Rescue Squad, Fire Commissioner Ron Berju and Chief of Police Paul Kaminsky. Staff photo by Natalie Lescroart

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Youth performance of "Kiss Me Kate"

        BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Rising Stars Voice Studio will perform the show "Kiss Me Kate" by Cole Porter this Thursday through Sunday at Scottish Rite Hall, 129 Dunn Mills Road. Sophie Taillefer is artistic director, while choreography is by Cynthia Pulsinelli.     Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 30, through Sunday, Aug.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: School, town to share paving work

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    South Brunswick Township and the South Brunswick Board of Education have entered into an interlocal agreement for the township to pave the parking lots at Brunswick Acres Elementary School and Monmouth Junction Elementary schools.    The work is expected to begin soon with completion of the project to be done before…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Police Beat

       Cynthia Galager, 44, of Wyndham Place, was charged July 23 with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. Police said Ms. Galager hit a condo unit on Wyndham Place when, according to her, she accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the break. * * *    Darrell Donaldson, 44, of Dunkirk, Md., was charged July 27…

  • LAWRENCE: Computer campers build digital dreams

    By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer This summer’s rainy days haven’t put a damper on the digital dreams and schemes of young programmers enrolled in iD Tech Camp at the Rider University campus.     In the camp’s third year at Rider, more than 65 campers report to the university computer labs to create video games, design…

  • ALLENTOW: Downtown losing its ‘Italian flair’

    By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — “Going out of business.”    The economic recession has made no secret of those businesses and shops forced to shut down.    Coupled with a consumer fear of spending money, financial side effects have trickled down through just about every industry and caused some specialty shops, such as one…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Long-running swimming program wraps up another successful summer

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Long-running swimming program wraps up another successful summer

    Phil McAuliffe From left to right, Karly Luthke, 6 of Florence and Gabrielle Takacs, 7, of Fieldsboro race each other during swimming lessons at Southgate Apartments in Bordentown Township. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • STOCKTON: Borough traffic flow is council’s focus

    More changes are coming to Bridge Street By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    STOCKTON — More changes are coming to Bridge Street to improve the flow of traffic.    Despite the completion last year of an improvement and beautification project, which was funded by a grant from the Delaware River Toll Bridge Commission, the traffic flow has…