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  • Pantry needs a hand

    Snack foods still needed By: Emily Holody    Despite a recent donation from Mill Road Day Camp, the South Brunswick Food Pantry is in dire need of snack food.    With school starting in only a month, the pantry needs snacks that can go in a lunch box and are semi-healthy.    "We need snack foods that parents…

  • MHS to start year with many new coaches

    Venuto, four other head coaches replaced By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High will have some new faces leading its athletic programs when the 2007-2008 school year begins in September.    There will be five new head coaches and six new assistants at MHS, which is poised to begin its second year in the newly expanded Skyland Conference.…

  • James R. Forster

       MANVILLE — James R. Forster died July 27 at home. He was 75.    Born in Mahanoy City, Pa., he had been a resident of Manville for the past 50 years.    Mr. Forster had been employed with Johns-Manville Corp. of Manville for 25 years and was a member of the J-M Quarter Century Club. Later, he…

  • Panel recommends mayor-council government

    Hillsborough voters to make decision in November. By: Audrey Levine    Township voters in November will decide whether to change Hillsborough’s form of government from township committee to mayor-council.    Amid more debate over the group’s official report, the Charter Study Commission voted 3-2 on July 25 to recommend a mayor-council form of government for Hillsborough Township.…

  • Academy kids learn basics of fire safety

    The children escaped from the Fire Department’s smoke-simulation trailer and helped a firefighter put out "blazes" in a burning house model. By: Eileen Oldfield    Playing with the hose and crawling around outside are a normal part of a kid’s summer vacation, but for the 23 township children who attended the Hillsborough Bureau of Fire Safety’s…

  • Post 26 makes Final 8 for second straight year

    By: Sean Moylan    It seems that a new hero is born almost every night for this year’s talented Bordentown Post 26 American Legion baseball team.    On Tuesday night that hero was Mike "Line Drive" Loffredo, who blasted a two-out, two-run seventh inning single up the middle to give Bordentown a 15-5 over Musconetcong Post 278…

  • Edward W. Garrabrant, Jr.

       Edward William Garrabrant Jr., 58, of Monmouth Junction, died Friday, July 27, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Newark, he lived in Monroe before moving to Monmouth Junction eight years ago. He was a self-employed businessman, owner of One + One Construction Co. for 35 years and Bald Eagle Enterprises, both…

  • Carnival time at Sacred Heart

    Flocking to South Second for fun … and food galore. By: Eileen Oldfield    Groups of kids and adults crowded the games, rides and food tents on South Second Avenue on Tuesday, the first day of Sacred Heart Church’s 39th Summer Festival.    "I enjoy the music, all the rides and the kids having fun," said Jeanne…

  • Centenarian celebration

    Friends, family, public officials honor Mildred Hillman’s birthday milestone at senior center By: John Dunphy    The secrets to a long life: hard work. Do everything you can. Keep busy.    These are the mottoes of Mildred Hillman, who celebrated her 100th birthday with friends, family and about 50 members of the Lawrence Senior Center, on Darrah…