• MONTGOMERY: Cougars fall in gridiron playoff thriller

    MONTGOMERY: Cougars fall in gridiron playoff thriller

    Montgomery High School’s Jake Colangelo scored three touchdowns in the Cougars’ 40-34 double overtime loss to Old Bridge on Friday night in the Central Jersey Group V state opener. Photo by Robert Gleason

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Kid-built robots battle it out

    HILLSBOROUGH: Kid-built robots battle it out

    Jon Snyder and Alison Fong work together to add attachments to the robot during the competition part of the day. High school RoboRaiders, dressed in crazy hats, officiated and kept score.

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       Ebuka Ndukwu, 20, of Sharon Hills, Pa., and Adam Galasso, 20, of Conshohocken, Pa., were charged with shoplifting clothing worth a combined $454.50 from Macy’s at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 4:38 p.m. Nov. 17.    The owner of a Hamilton Township-based landscaping company reported the theft of $3,069 worth of power tools from a trailer…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Exhibit showcases healing arts

       ROBBINSVILLE — Senior citizens are using paintbrushes to relieve stress and anxiety at Art for Healing classes.    A recent pilot study conducted by Karen Oltarzewski, activities director and art facilitator at Rose Hill Assisted Living in Robbinsville, led to a surprising showcase of talented senior artists.    The facility recently hosted its first Art Exhibit, where…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Recreation Department responds, cuts grass

    To the editor:    So often, editorials are written by the disgruntled and discouraged. I am writing to you, however, to share a wonderful experience my son and I had with the director of the Hillsborough Department of Parks and Recreation, Mr. Rich Resavy.    Early in August, my son Ryan returned home from a beautiful day…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Chabad Center for Jewish Life will celebrate its 10th anniversary Dec. 11

        Chabad Center for Jewish Life’s 10th anniversary in the southern Somerset County area will be celebrated with an elegant dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Imperia Banquet and Conference Center in Somerset.     The event will help fund programs for the Chabad Jewish Center, which doesn’t charge a synagogue membership fee, assess a…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of Nov. 22

    Mon., Nov. 26    Parent-teacher conferences: Last of three days that parents will meet with Alexander Batcho Intermediate School teachers to discuss children’s progress in school, 1-30 p.m. Students will be dismissed at 11:55 a.m. Tues., Nov. 27    Parent/teacher conferences: Roosevelt School. Early dismissal at 11:55 a.m.    Meet coaches: Meet the winter season coaches from 6:30-8…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider cross-country boys qualify with wild card berth in Meet of Champions

    By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group    Brendan Crowley knew that he would be running on Saturday in the Nike Northeast Regionals no matter what happened in the state Group IV meet, but the Hillsborough High School senior was thrilled to have the chance to run in the Meet of Champions first.    The Raiders missed one…

  • ALLENTOWN: Ghost hunters seek paranormal clues in boro library

    ALLENTOWN: Ghost hunters seek paranormal clues in boro library

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    ALLENTOWN — Long before actors Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd ran screaming from the New York Public Library’s reading room in the 1984 movie, “Ghostbusters,” old haunted libraries have been the stuff of paranormal lore.    So it was fitting the borough’s own historic library — the former First Baptist Church…

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