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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Gregory Stoto, 18, of Peterson Road, was charged with underage consumption of alcohol after a neighbor reported there were people inside a More Road home when the owner was supposed to be out of state at 9:16 p.m. Dec. 28.    Police said they found Mr. Stoto there, having been invited by the homeowner’s son. Police…

  • MANVILLE: Kalinowski’s community service honored

    MANVILLE: Kalinowski’s community service honored

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    After years of giving back to others, Kenneth Kalinowski, of Brooks Boulevard, was honored himself when — with some of his 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren watching — he accepted the 2009 Mayoral Citizenship Award Jan 3.    Mr. Kalinowski, a lifelong resident of Manville, received his plaque during the annual…

  • MANVILLE: Camping in — and out

    MANVILLE: Camping in — and out

    Scoutmaster Jim Kelly shows the Scouts how to set their tents up — inside the VFW. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • CONGRESSMAN RUSH HOLT & THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS HONORED WITH HUMANITARIAN AWARD

    CONGRESSMAN RUSH HOLT & THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS HONORED WITH HUMANITARIAN AWARD

    By Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey Presents Humanitarian Award to Congressman Rush Holt and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans BURLINGTON – January 15, 2008 – Congressman Rush Holt and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans were recently honored by Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey (LSM/NJ) with the organization’s prestigious Immigration…

  • CRANBURY: Township institutes paperless licensing procedure

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Township officials are concerned that a new paperless system has local pet owners confused on the annual dog licensing process.    ”We realize residents are normally accustomed to receiving their dog license application forms in the newsletter each December,” said Kathleen Cunningham, municipal clerk. “The Township Committee, to keep…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Jackson to Senate — Science must trump politics

    EPA nominee from East Windsor testifies By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    Matt ChiappardiStaff Writer    The woman nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told U.S. senators this week that “science and the law” would guide her department, not politics.    The East Windsor resident and former commissioner of the state Department…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Floods top Millstone mayor’s concerns

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Millstone Borough is starting off the new year with a focus on the one natural disaster that plagues so many of its neighbors — consistent flooding.    ”We have flooded three times in the last 20 years,” Millstone Mayor Ray Heck said.    In the coming year, Mayor Heck said, he hopes…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar

       Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in the Hillsborough Beacon, drop a note to Hillsborough Beacon Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3244) or e-mailed to [email protected] before…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Giordano murder results in indictment

    DiGirolamo remains free after posting $1 million bond By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    TRENTON – The Millstone man accused of killing and dismembering his Hightstown mistress, Amy Giordano, has been indicted.    A Mercer County grand jury on Jan. 9 returned an indictment charging 34-year-old Rosario DiGirolamo with the murder of Ms. Giordano between June 7…