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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Owners pull Red Wagon back into business

    HILLSBOROUGH: Owners pull Red Wagon back into business

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    It was not a very merry Christmas this year when Shannon Garrity and Nadine Murtha, owners of Red Wagon Gourmet on South Branch Road, received news no shop owner ever wants to hear – the place was flooded.    ”We were in shock and disbelief,” Ms. Garrity said of the call…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Thomas leaves legacy of kindness, devotion

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN – Dr. Edgar Thomas had an uncanny gift for remembering names, and now many say they will never forget his.    A man who viewed being an educator as a “higher calling” and even a “priesthood,” while devoting more than 40 years to the East Windsor Regional School District, Dr.…

  • MANVILLE: Three charged after undercover officer hit by vehicle

    MANVILLE: Three charged after undercover officer hit by vehicle

    An undercover officer was seriously injured when he was struck by a vehicle on South Main Street. Staff photo by John Patten

  • THINGS TO DO

    Feb. 28    Comedy night: Optimist International is holding a “Laughter & Giving Stand-up Comedy Night,” at 7 p.m. at the South Brunswick Senior Center, 540 Ridge Road. The show will feature comedians Joe Conte and Ted Daniels. It marks the chapter’s first fundraiser this year. Tickets are $25 per person and are available by phone,…

  • MANVILLE: Borough’s future envisioned at first workshop

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Residents see giving people a reason to ‘stop and shop’ as key to revitalization    Giving people a reason “to stop and shop” in Manville topped the discussion during the borough’s first of two Visioning Workshops on Feb. 17.    The workshop was planned as the borough moves forward with the state-mandated…

  • MONROE: None seriously hurt in bus accident

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — A Monroe school bus was hit by a 2004 Honda Pilot while it was stopped on Buckelew Avenue on Monday afternoon.    The accident happened at 3:49 p.m. while the 2006 Chevy mini-bus had stopped to let off one of its six passengers, all of whom were Brookside School…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts help put soldiers at ease

    HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts help put soldiers at ease

    Hillsborough Scouts helped greet troops at Ft. Dix returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of Tom Columbia

  • CRANBURY: Library gives money to township

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Cranbury Public Library Board of Trustees passed a resolution Feb. 13 that will allow a transfer of $18,000 of the library’s dedicated funding to the municipality.    Earlier in the month, in an effort to ease the tax burden on residents, Mayor Pari Stave asked the board to…

  • MANVILLE: Weston’s young experimenters present studies at science fair

    MANVILLE: Weston’s young experimenters present studies at science fair

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Students at Weston School put their creativity and knowledge to use, during the school’s science fair, Feb. 19 in the gym. Second-grade teacher Laura Landau coordinated the fair with about 80 participants from kindergarten to third grade.    ”I hope we will have even more students involved next year,” Ms.…