• HILLSBOROUGH: School start times may change

    Nearly $1 million in busing savings could be realized By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough could save an estimated $950,000 a year by rearranging its school bus routes, but it would mean starting classes at the middle school a half hour earlier than now.    And the district could save $1.7 million with a more radical…

  • MANVILLE: Senior center to host insurance program

       Manville seniors can get health insurance questions answered Monday at the Manville Senior Citizen Center in Fire Company No. 1 at 20 South Third Ave.    Lifeline screening for osteoporosis and strokes will be held Tuesday.    A suggested lunch donation of $1.50 is recommended for individuals age 60 and older. The cost of lunch for those…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: RHS junior wins Widener leadership award

    ROBBINSVILLE: RHS junior wins Widener leadership award

    RHS junior Antonio Papa, shown at left mentoring a student at the recent Robotics Discovery Day, is a winner of the Widener University High School Leadership Award and eligible for up to $20,000 in college scholarship money from that institution should he decide to enroll there as an undergraduate.

  • PRINCETON: Teens charged with burglarizing Mount Lucas Road house

       PRINCETON — Two Princeton teenagers have been charged with burglarizing a Mount Lucas Road residence, police said Wednesday.    Kenneth Nwachukwu, 18, and an unidentified 17-year-old boy allegedly entered the victim’s home Sunday through an open door around 11:25 a.m., then fled when they were confronted by the female owner and her daughter, police said.    Authorities…

  • Whet Your Appetite with Culinary Classes and More Through MCCC’s Center for Continuing Studies This Winter

    By Candace Zafirellis Mercer County Community College’s Center for Continuing Studies (CCS) is offering a variety of special interest classes to add some spice to the dreary winter season, including several new culinary and wine courses.  Designed to fit the schedules of working adults, classes are held weekends and evenings on the college’s West Windsor…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Labor commissioner sees emergency worker program in action

    HILLSBOROUGH: Labor commissioner sees emergency worker program in action

    State Labor Commissioner Harold Wirths, in leather jacket,talks to temporary workers along Longhill Road in Hillsborough Township on Thursday afternoon. Hr. Wirths was there to see how a $16 million federal grant grant coordinated through his office was playing out in the field.

  • MANVILLE: Senior Corner column, week of Jan. 31

       The Manville 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 residents of Manville are still eligible for membership.    Canned goods or nonperishable food items will continue to be…

  • Community Calendar: Jan. 31 edition

    Thurs., Jan. 31    Coffee, Doughnuts and a Movie: 1 p.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road. Please register in advance online at www.mcl.org or call the library at 609-259-2150.    Diary of a Wimpy Kid “The Third Wheel” Book Kickoff: 4:15 p.m. to 4:50 p.m., Allentown library, 16 South Main Street.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library doubles overdue fines

        Overdue fines will increase from 10 cents per day to 20 cents per day, effective Monday, Feb 4, at all 10 of the Somerset County Library System’s branches.     The Somerset County Library Commission formally adopted a new fees and fines policy Jan.9.     “We raised fines for the first time in nearly 30…

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