• MANSFIELD: Middle school students excel

    MANSFIELD: Middle school students excel

    Karsten Johnson (left) and Paul Loos attend Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School in Mansfield Township. (Couresty photo)

  • LAWRENCE: Public comment sections of meeting go unused

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township residents must have been satisfied with Township Council, because none of the half-dozen or so members in the audience Tuesday night took advantage of the two opportunities for public comment at the meeting.    Township Council’s meeting this week was the first since an ordinance was approved that reorganized its…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Adult day center elects officers

    HILLSBOROUGH: Adult day center elects officers

       The Adult Day Center of Somerset County appointed its volunteer Board of Trustees officer on Jan. 16. From left are treasurer David Mendez of Hillsborough, chair Christine Flanagan of Middlesex, vice chair Anita Ventantonio of Bridgewater and secretary David Tucker of Green Brook.    ”The strength of any non-profit social service agency can be found in…

  • PLAINSBORO: Schools reopen; response to be reviewed

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Five schools in the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District were under lockdown for about two hours yesterday afternoon after two people were spotted in the area with guns.    At about 1:05 p.m., motorists on Maple Avenue made the initial report of a man and a woman walking along the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local girls help Rutgers gym team host Scouts

    HILLSBOROUGH: Local girls help Rutgers gym team host Scouts

       On Jan. 12, the Rutgers University women’s gymnastics team hosted more than 180 Girl Scouts from troops across New Jersey.    ”The response to this event was bigger than we ever expected,” said Karen Briegs, one of the leaders of Hillsborough Cadette Troop 60261, which organized the event.    ”We wanted to help draw attention to the…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Debaters making points

       UPPER FREEHOLD — The Stone Bridge Middle School debate team of Laur’en Cocozello, Brian Krewson and Taylor Watters won four of five debates and placed fourth overall at the second Garden State Debate League tournament Jan. 26.    The tournament, which was held at Barkalow Middle School in Freehold, had 26 teams from six different middle…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Republicans aren’t trying to change policy, but appeal

    To the editor:    This is a letter on a particular topic that has been on my mind as of late: the failure of the Republican Party to see the error of their ways.    Let me start by stating that I will try to not reveal my political leanings in this letter because it would take…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Flood study two years off, millions of dollars short

    Flood commission schedules info extravaganza for March 16 By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Three days before Feb. 2, it was almost Groundhog Day for the Raritan-Millstone Flood Control Commission.    At one of the body’s first meetings a year ago, David Gentile of Army Corps of Engineers was asked when its study, begun in 2002, on…

  • LAWRENCE: Two charged in attempted motorcycle theft

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Two would-be motorcycle thieves were interrupted by police, who were called after a resident of the Avalon Run apartment complex reported suspicious activity in a carport at 4:18 a.m. Jan. 24, according to police Lt. Mark Ubry.    Justin K. Kerper, 28, and Eric J. Dahl, 24, of Bristol Township, Pennsylvania,…

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