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  • Making Memories that Last a Lifetime

    By Donna Dass For Immediate Release May 27, 2009 Contact:  Donna Dass, Public Relations Director Somerset Valley YMCA (908) 369-0490 ext. 17    Making Memories that Last a Lifetime Register Today for Summer Camp at the Somerset Valley YMCA As parents look for opportunities to keep their active children busy this summer, the Somerset Valley…

  • Please Donate Canned Food June 1st in Somerville

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders             SOMERVILLE – A festive Tent Party will be held Monday, June 1, to celebrate the 15th year of the Curbing Hunger program in Somerset County.             Anyone who lives or works in Somerville or who will be in town on June 1 is asked to stop by and…

  • CRANBURY: Library may study PNC land buy

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Just when everyone thought the potential purchase of the PNC Bank building had been put to bed, here it is again, alive and well.    Although there are a few twists to a prospective purchase this time around.    While previous discussions centered around the township buying the property to…

  • Food pantry thanks school

    LouAnne Wolf and Jeanne Wert, of South Brunswick    On behalf of the Department of Social Services we would like to thank the children and staff at Monmouth Junction School for their successful penny drive. This year, as in past years, they raised funds via a penny war for those in need in South Brunswick. This…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Board finalizing plans for summer improvements

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Summer’s here, and it’s time 22 projects to repair or improve Hillsborough’s schools — and this year, a grant will fund about 40 percent of the project costs.    The facilities committee, Dr. Forsthoffer, and Business Administrator and Board Secretary Aiman Mahmoud discussed the projects initially, with the full board discussing…

  • 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…