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  • YMCA committed to helping area residents

    Paul Kieltyka, Hillsborough    At a time when many people are facing difficult financial choices, I want to reassure you of the Somerset Valley YMCA’s commitment to provide membership and services regardless of one’s ability to pay.    We believe it is vitally important for children, families and people of all ages to continue to have access…

  • MANVILLE: Officials on board ‘Safety Train’

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    An almost hour-long trip from Manville to Oak Island in Newark recently gave local law enforcement officers an engineer’s-eye view of traveling on New Jersey’s freight rail lines.    The trip aboard the “Safety Train” was sponsored by Operation Lifesaver, an organization concentrating on safety near rail yards and train tracks…

  • Dems ’throwing in the towel’ on property tax rebates?

    Peter Biondi, Hillsborough    If the Democrat-controlled Legislature passes Gov. Jon Corzine’s budget that will eliminate property tax rebates for New Jersey homeowners, except for senior citizens and the disabled, people won’t need to search their memories too far to recall when the comment was made by Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis Greenwald that the rebate…

  • MANVILLE: Smiling faces greet visiting ABIS students

    MANVILLE: Smiling faces greet visiting ABIS students

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    At first, the 22 eighth-graders from two of Michelle Mongillo’s social studies classes who went to Bridgeway Nursing Home, in Bridgewater, were nervous about visiting the residents.    But the residents’ smiling faces as the students led them through games, arts and crafts or simply spoke with them quickly made the…

  • MANVILLE: Fire call changes parade’s plan

    MANVILLE: Fire call changes parade’s plan

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    It was 15 minutes before the Memorial Day parade step-off on Sunday afternoon — the marchers were lined up and ready to begin — when sirens from the Fire Departments and Rescue Squad trucks pierced the air.    ”Memorial Day is a solemn occasion, so when we heard the sirens, we…

  • MONROE: Raccoon positive for rabies

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — In Middlesex County’s second confirmed case of rabies in 2009, Monroe animal control officers captured a rabid raccoon May 20 on North Disbrow Hill Road.    Officers responded to a report that a raccoon had gone into a pot belly pig’s pen, according to a press release from the…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Polling info for township and borough

        Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in East Windsor and Hightstown.     All four Hightstown districts will vote this year in the gymnasium at St. Anthony of Padua Church Hall, located at 156 Maxwell Ave.     Polls in East Windsor will be open at the follow locations:     • Districts…

  • On Campus

       Raritan Valley Community College awarded associate degrees and certificates to more than 440 graduates at its 40th annual spring commencement May 13, including the following local students:    Manville: Maria Luiza Bartman (AAS – Nursing), Kevin Clarke Jr. (AA – Criminal Justice), Eileen Ann Coppola (AA – Liberal Arts), Joseph Patrick Fleming (AAS – Electric Utility…

  • CRANBURY PRESS AREA: Primary elections Tuesday

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Primary season officially has arrived as the various parties and municipalities gear up for Tuesday’s race.    In Cranbury, Mayor Pari Stave and Committeeman Tom Panconi are stepping down, leaving two open seats for the upcoming election.    In the Republican corner, Jay Taylor and Dan Mulligan are vying for the primary…