• MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of Jan. 14-20

       After receiving a report of a suspicious man inside Sacred Heart Church at 11:28 a.m. Jan. 16, patrols responded and advised a Hillsborough 22-year-old to stay out of the church.    • Two men soliciting for Palm Co. Energy Supply in the area of Washington and South 4th Avenue were advised of borough ordinances at about 4…

  • LAWRENCE: Town hires private dispatchers

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Despite a last-ditch effort by the Lawrence Township Police Department’s 911 dispatchers to save their jobs, Township Council awarded a bid to a Cranbury based company to privatize police dispatching services that takes effect April 1.    The iXP Corp. was awarded a two-year contract with the option to renew for…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Manville mayor asks for share of Sandy aid

       Editor’s note: This letter was sent to New Jersey U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, congressmen Rush Holt, Leonard Lance and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen. Copies were sent to local, county and state legislators.    Dear legislators:    As a result of the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy, the tri-state area will be receiving…

  • FLORENCE: Farmland escapes development

    Florence Township moves to create ordinance restricting future solar fields on landscape By Charley Falkenburg, Special Writer    FLORENCE — RenewTricity’s attempt to put a 137-acre solar farm on Bustleton Road last year has the township scrambling to create an ordinance to protect its farmland from future solar projects.    As large solar farms continue to gain…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Pipeline repair ends; if it snows, don’t park on streets

        If it snows tomorrow, don’t park your car on township streets.     The township has an ordinance banning street parking during storms, Committeeman Greg Burchette reminded motorists Tuesday night, in order to make it easier for snow plowers to do their job.     In other items from Tuesday night’s meeting:     • Buckeye Pipe Line…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Veteran educators recall years in Valley schools
  • HILLSBOROUGH: 400 pets get rabies shots

    HILLSBOROUGH: 400 pets get rabies shots

    More than 400 dogs and cats were vaccinated at Hillsborough Township’s free rabies shot clinic Saturday at the Hillsborough DPW garage. Dr. Charlie Schwirck of Red Bank Veterinary Hospital and Dr. Joe Martins of Belle Meade Animal Hospital diligently worked their way through a line of pets.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rockettes/Rocket on stage this weekend

    HILLSBOROUGH: Rockettes/Rocket on stage this weekend

       The Hillsborough Rockettes/Rocket will perform at the historic Brook Theater in Bound Brook on Saturday, Jan. 26, for the benefit of the Women’s Awareness Shelter, located in New Brunswick. Dancers and singers will be performing throughout the day. The Rockettes/Rocket senior citizen dance group, now 20 years old, is headed by dance instructor Gloria Padgett.…

  • LAWRENCE: Local boy 2nd in Princeton essay contest

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Evan Monfre was planning to go on a brief vacation with his family for the long Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.    But those plans were changed when the family learned that Evan’s essay earned second place in Princeton University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. Instead, Evan attended…

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