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  • CALENDAR: Feb. 20

    Wednesdays    Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230. Sat., Feb. 22    Who was Liver Eating Johnson, and how did he get his…

  • Registration Under Way for MCCC Summer Camps

    Registration Under Way for MCCC Summer Camps

    "Superheroes" perform at a variety show during MCCC’s 2013 summer camps.

  • American Idol Winner Kris Allen & Others Set to Perform at iPlay America

    American Idol Winner Kris Allen & Others Set to Perform at iPlay America

    By Jillian Schiazzo Freehold, N.J. — iPlay America will host three great concerts in the next two weeks including American Idol winner Kris Allen this Friday, February 21. Country singer Drake White and the Big Fire will perform Wednesday, February 26, and Mike DelGuidice and Big Shot will perform Saturday, March 1. Allen will take…

  • LAWRENCE: Nonunion township employees will get raises in 2015

    The mayor and Township Council members will not receive a pay increase, but township employees who are exempt or non-union members will get pay increases under the terms of a salary ordinance i By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The mayor and Township Council members will not receive a pay increase, but township employees who are…

  • LAWRENCE: Holt weighs in on immigration reform

    The debate over immigration reform is complex. By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The debate over immigration reform is complex.    It can be argued as an issue of economics, but even more deeply than economics is the psychology of immigration reform — what do Americans want for their families and their country.    So said U.S. Rep.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Kids can study baseball for credit

    Literacy course to use America’s game as springboard By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough High School students will have the chance to study Abner Doubleday, Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson next fall.    Not the long home run or the steal of home, perhaps, but a lot of reading and thinking about the game and its…

  • Shabbat Connects

    Shabbat Connects

    By Toby Ehlrich Wilf Transport, on the move transporting participants from the JCC of Middlesex County’s Shabbat Connects program as they brave the cold, are boarding the bus home, after a delicious Shabbat meal and entertainment, including singing traditional Jewish songs and show tunes. Rabbi Ari Saks of Congregation Beth Mordecai in Perth Amboy led the…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: Feb. 20

    By Peg Dotson    The Diamond Club is holding its annual breakfast to support Florence High School baseball Sunday, Feb. 23, from 8 a.m. to noon at the VFW at 10th and Main streets in Roebling.    Come out and support the Florence boys of summer. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for…

  • FLORENCE: Early morning blaze injures fireman

    The fire is under investigation by Florence Township Fire Marshal Brian Richardson and does not appear to be suspicious at this time By Amy Batista, Special Writer    FLORENCE — A Feb. 9 early morning fire on Kings Court displaced the homeowners and left a firefighter injured, officials said.    ”There was one injury reported,” said Florence…