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  • MANVILLE: Panicked driver crashed into cars, house

    MANVILLE: Panicked driver crashed into cars, house

    Fire fighters look at the vehicle that crashed into two cars and a house in Lost Valley last week. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Girls earn pair of seconds at relays

    Allentown High girls notch three thirds in Mercer event By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     The Robbinsville High girls’ track team competed in the Mercer Relays, hosted by their school this past Saturday.     The top three teams in each event earned medals. Robbinsville earned a medal when Becky Homan and Kate Connolly combined to…

  • BETWEEN THE LINES: Bordentown library programs for May

    The Burlington County Library Bordentown Branch Youth Services Department offers a variety of programs. Registration is necessary for all programs. A Burlington County library card is required. Please note that registration begins two weeks prior to the date of the program.     The address for the Bordentown Library is 18 East Union St., Bordentown. Registration…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Nursing home building a new residence

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Though it will remain open during construction, the Foothill Acres Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, on East Mountain Road, is undergoing a complete facelift in an effort to better serve Hillsborough residents.    ”We are really building something brand new,” said Mary Ann Buteau, director of admissions and business development for the…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       Police picked up a bicycle found near the intersection of West Camplain Road and South 10th Avenue at 3:30 p.m. April 13. No description of the bike was available. Police took the bicycle to headquarters. At 4:33 p.m. April 13, a North 19th Avenue resident reported two Dell Inspiron laptop computers were missing from the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Need increases at the food pantry

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    With the number of families in need of assistance increasing, the South Brunswick Food Pantry is looking for aid from the community to help the less fortunate make it through the recession.    Since the beginning of the year, 25 new families have come to the pantry for help, raising the…

  • MONROE: New pipe to improve pressure

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — Pressured by frequent complaints about water pressure from residents on both sides of town, the Monroe Township Utility Department is in midst of a major pipeline project on Spotswood-Englishtown Road that will run into May.    Since April 15, crews have been in the process of laying 11,700 feet…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: A melodic start for Young Authors Day

    HILLSBOROUGH: A melodic start for Young Authors Day

    Bailey McAlarnen, Jordan Benoff, Wendy Ni, T.J. Schultz and Joseph Rufolo provide backing vocals for performer Ronnie Brandt at Mondays’ Young Author Day event at Woods Road School. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • MANVILLE: Pisano named Roosevelt’s Teacher of the Year for 2009

    MANVILLE: Pisano named Roosevelt’s Teacher of the Year for 2009

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Once a student teacher in the Manville School District, Jennifer Pisano has been selected as the Governor’s Teacher of the Year for Roosevelt School for this year, joining three other teachers in the district for the honor.    ”It was an honor and it was a surprise. I was very…