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  • CRANBURY: Committee to ask about PNC building price

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The township’s conversation on possibly buying the PNC bank building on Main Street for use as a public library and community center has gone to the next level.    Members of the Township Committee, excluding committeemen Win Cody and David Stout, who was absent, agreed Monday that Mayor Pari…

  • MANVILLE; Borough briefs

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Sewer work to be re-bid    The Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday to re-bid for a contractor for its sanitary sewer grouting phase III project.    According to the resolution, the four bids that were initially submitted to the council were not accepted, so Special Engineer James DeMuro will re-bid…

  • MANVILLE: Committing to principles

    MANVILLE: Committing to principles

    By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer New Superintendent Johanna Ruberto envisions ‘total engagement’ with staff    In her new position as superintendent of the Manville School District, Johanna Ruberto vows to work as hard as she can to maintain and promote the value of the educational system in the community.    ”Education is the commitment of the community…

  • Bluegrass Concert & Dinner

    By Mary Jo Herbert Bluegrass Concert & Dinner To Benefit the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture at Hopewell Valley Vineyards A “Bluegrass Concert & Dinner” fundraising event will be held on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at Hopewell Valley Vineyards (Pennington, NJ) to support the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. This event…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: From the July 16 edition

       Please send items for this column to [email protected] with the words “Bordentown Jottings” in the subject line.    Bordentown Township Senior Citizen Club meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at the Senior Community Center on Municipal Drive. All township seniors age 55 and over welcome.    Events schedule for the…

  • LAWRENCE: Roads, parking on next council agenda

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The introduction of an ordinance that would limit parking on Mayflower Avenue and a public hearing on an ordinance that would turn over the former Lawrence Township Emergency First Aid Squad building to the township, top the agenda for Township Council’s Tuesday night meeting.     The council will meet at…

  • EAST WINDSOR: HHS grad reportedly eyed as Corzine running mate

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — A Hightstown High School graduate, and former reality television star, is reported to be among those at the top of Gov. Jon Corzine’s list for lieutenant governor in his re-election campaign.    Randal Pinkett, the winner of the fourth season of “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump, has been…

  • LAWRENCE: Community Calendar from the July 16 edition

    Thursday, July 16     Evening Book Club: Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer.” Set primarily in Paris during the 1930s, Henry Miller combines fiction and autobiography to tell of his life as a struggling writer. Its publication in 1961 in the United States led to an obscenity trial that was one of several that tested U.S.…

  • COLUMBUS NEWS: From the July 16 edition

    Peg Traino Peg Traino     Tel: 298-7476     [email protected]    The Before and After School Program, held at Columbus Baptist Church, is now accepting applicants for the 2009-2010 school year. Children must attend either John Hydock or Mansfield Township Elementary School. Please contact Amanda Bermudez at 609-298-6226, extension 107, for more information. * * *    The…