• BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Elks served annual Good Friday meal

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Elks served annual Good Friday meal

       BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Elks Youth Activities Committee hosted its annual all-you-can-eat fish fry on Good Friday.    ”It’s good to raise money for the Elks and to have a Good Friday fish dinner,” said Sue Norcross, of Fieldsboro.    Approximately 200 people attended the dinner.    ”I just want to thank everybody for coming and attending,” said…

  • MANSFIELD: Clothing drive ahead

       MANSFIELD — The Northern Burlington County Regional School District’s PTSC is sponsoring a clothing drive from April 22 through April 30.    Articles accepted include clothing, shoes, blankets, bedding and stuffed animals.    Items can be brought in plastic bags to the pole barn located behind the Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School, 160 Mansfield Road East.…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: April 4

    Friday, April 5    Kids’ Music Round, a music and movement class will be held at the Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library System for children, six months and up, accompanied by an adult. Class begins at 10:30 a.m. Online registration begins March 22. For more information visit www.mcl.org. Saturday, April 6    The Skills of…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Duke Farms camera captures hawk’s attack on eagle’s nest

    HILLSBOROUGH: Duke Farms camera captures hawk’s attack on eagle’s nest

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Nature in its raw form was broadcast worldwide from Duke Farms in northern Hillsborough on March 24.    In a flash in an image from a stationary camera, an immature red-tailed hawk made an ill-advised dive at a bald eagle’s nest, perhaps swooping in for a quick meal of two hatchlings…

  • MANVILLE: If you are for gay rights, you are for gay marriage

    To the editor:    With the Supreme Court hearing two same-sex marriage cases this week, lots of people have been again debating whether homosexuals should be allowed to marry each other.    Fortunately, most people — based on polling — seem to be in favor of allowing same-sex couples to marry and see no problem with it.…

  • MANVILLE: Moms, Scouts see python up close and personal

    MANVILLE: Moms, Scouts see python up close and personal

       Dominick Rizzo, a wildlife educator, showed Manville Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of Troop 193 turtles, a baby alligator, a chinchilla, lizard and a hedgehog last week.

  • MANVILLE: GOP is on the wrong side of gun issue, he says

    To the editor:    For decades, too many Republicans in Washington have stood by as our school children and moviegoers, worshipers and police officers and so many others have been gunned down. This shameful, tragic inaction must stop.    Nearly 80 mayors across the state of New Jersey have signed onto Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition…

  • MANVILLE: No contests, no surprises emerge from filings

    Asher, Onderko, Jurewicz, Harwick file for Borough Council ballot By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    As expected, two Democrats and two Republicans filed petitions for their party’s nominations for Borough Council by Monday’s deadline.    For the Democrats, former Borough Councilman Frank Jurewicz and local party chairman Alan Harwick are seeking the two three-year council seats that…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Dump permits made available; Earth Day cleanup slated

       It’s time for spring cleaning, at home and on public space.    Hillsborough Township is organizing both its annual cleanup of public land, as well as opening its dump on Auten Road to accept large unwanted items from residents.    Coupons are required for residents to dispose of items like old furniture, toys, rugs, appliances, yard debris,…

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