• FLORENCE: Spring arrives at egg hunt

    FLORENCE: Spring arrives at egg hunt

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    FLORENCE — Children gathered for Easter eggs last weekend.    Held the day before the official holiday, the Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Boyd’s Pharmacy and the Florence Township Fire Department, is a longstanding tradition in the community.    The Easter Egg Hunt was at the H. Kenneth Wilkie Park on Front…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar, week of April 4

    RVCC open house invites students    Sat., April 6 — Raritan Valley Community College will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to noon for prospective and admitted students at the Branchburg campus, 118 Lamington Road.    Meet with faculty to discuss academic programs, tour campus and learn about support services. Workshops on the admissions process, financial…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: 4th-, 5th-graders will pick language for in-depth study

    ‘Trip around world’ program will help students make decision By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    By the end of this school year, fourth- and fifth-graders will choose one of five foreign languages — including the new offering of Mandarin Chinese — to study until they enter high school.    To help them and their parents make that…

  • EDITORIAL: Let’s Save St. Mary School

       Efforts continue to save the historic St. Mary School in Bordentown City.    The historic school’s closing was announced less than a month ago.    A Save St. Mary School page on Facebook had received 1,235 likes as of press time Wednesday. The page went live March 9.    Concurrently online, there were 334 supporters who had signed…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Bowling for a cause

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Bowling for a cause

    Picasa High game winner — with a 236 game — Kelley Borkowski admires her winning trophy this past winter in Bordentown City. (Rebecca Nowalski photo)

  • ALLENTOWN: Officials set commercial sewer rate

       ALLENTOWN — The borough, citing fairness among all Allentown users, has established commercial rates for sewer.    The Borough Council unanimously adopted the measure through an ordinance at its March 27 meeting.    Acknowledging the borough never previously establish commercial rates, Mayor Stuart Fierstein said it was in the interest of fairness.    ”Basically, the resident and commercial…

  • Ravens, Redbirds eye winning baseball seasons

    Ravens, Redbirds eye winning baseball seasons

    Robbinsville High School’s Anthony DeChiara eyes the ball as it goes for a base hit that drove home the winning run in the Ravens’ season-opening 9-8 win over Hightstown. Photo by John Blaine

  • Farmland preservation: Why it must be done

    To the editor:     We have recently seen Met Life announce intentions to close a major office facility in New Jersey and consolidate operations in North Carolina. It isn’t the first major corporation to make such a decision and there’s nothing we can do about it.    Offices can go anywhere. What we can do, and…

  • 23rd Annual Volley For SERV Tennis Tournament Committee plans fundraiser

    23rd Annual Volley For SERV Tennis Tournament Committee plans fundraiser

    By Ida Doolan Two area businessmen to be honored   The Volley For SERV Tennis Tournament committee members are gearing up for the 23rd annual event to raise funds for SERV Behavioral Health System, Inc. Founded in 1974, SERV (Social, Educational, Residential and Vocational) is a nonprofit organization that provides residential and support services for individuals…

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