• MANVILLE: Church summer camp rides into the West

    MANVILLE: Church summer camp rides into the West

    A bandit robs the Wild West City stagecoach ridden by Manville summer campers during a field trip.

  • MANVILLE: School district honors four longtime employees

    MANVILLE: School district honors four longtime employees

    Former athletic director, coach and teacher, Pat LaMastro, left, listens to his introduction by his successor, Assistant Principal Steve Venuto. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • MANVILLE: Church summer camp rides into the West

    MANVILLE: Church summer camp rides into the West

    Father Stansislaw Slaby stands with raffle winners of bicycles in the Sacred Heart/Christ the King summer camp. The children are, from left, John Schilp, Sonia Niecikowski, Isabella Dussias and Christian Mente.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Boys becomes 1,000th young summer reader

    HILLSBOROUGH: Boys becomes 1,000th young summer reader

    Library congratulates David Ortiz Summer reader David Ortiz is the 1,000th child to sign up for the “Dig Into Reading” summer reading club at the Hillsborough Library.    Readers of all ages can “unearth a good book” this summer by joining one of the library’s reading clubs; registration continues throughout the summer. There will be raffles,…

  • LAWRENCE: Council drops $25 fee for bulk items pickup

    Township Council agreed Tuesday night to withdraw an annual $25 fee — charged to each residential unit that has curbside trash collection — for the pickup of bulk items that won’t fit inside the By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township Council agreed Tuesday night to withdraw an annual $25 fee — charged to each residential…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS

    By Peg Dotson    The Parish of Saints Francis and Clare will hold its annual American Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, Aug. 8 from 3 to 8 p.m. in McGrath Hall in the Riverbank Charter School, located on Hornberger Avenue in Roebling.     To make an appointment, call Candida Taylor at 609-558-6740 or self-register…

  • MANVILLE: Senior Corner column

    Events by the borough seniors’ club    The Manville Senior Citizens’ next regular meeting will be on Thursday, Aug. 8.    The senior citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. Residents of Manville age 50 and older are eligible for membership. Also, persons who do not remain…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: The library isn’t what it used to be

    A fount of info, events — and cool air!    When weather bulletins started blaring about a week of super-hot temperatures, the Somerset County Library System was one of the first to send out an alert that the library was a free place to get cool while reading a book or magazine, enjoying programs or surfing…

  • EDITORIAL: Always beware the dangers around water

       Over the last month, New Jersey’s weather has turned into a mushy, oppressive subtropical soup — just another reminder of the uncertain modern climate that is always a threat to whack us when we get too comfortable.     There’s been a lot of water recently — more than 10 inches in the last five…

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