• HILLSBOROUGH: Kid-built robots battle it out

    HILLSBOROUGH: Kid-built robots battle it out

    RoboRunners show Hillsborough Schools Superintendent Jorden Schiff what they imagine their “shoe for seniors” might look like. They devised a show that would open and close electronically around the foot of a person who had trouble bending over. Youngsters from left are Jon Snyder, Alison Fong, Adam Casto (hidden), Chris Rothmann, Teresa Liu and Jessica…

  • Family Days at Keris Tree Farm

    Family Days at Keris Tree Farm

    By Margaret Keris Come out and wallkk among the trees, select a fragrant tree for your family celebration. Visit with Santa in his chair by the fireplace, this weekend and Family Day Weekends December 1st, 2nd, & 8th, 9th. Monmouth Livestock 4-H Club will show their animals Dec. 8th, 12-4pm, Windy Farm Alpacas Dec. 9th,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Kid-built robots battle it out

    HILLSBOROUGH: Kid-built robots battle it out

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Robots made by youngsters in grades six to eight competed Saturday at Hillsborough High School.    All of the teams started with the same basic mechanical components provided by the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) organizers, but the youngsters were free to use their ingenuity to…

  • MANVILLE: Workers, volunteers praised for efforts before, during storm

    MANVILLE: Workers, volunteers praised for efforts before, during storm

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer     Borough Council members and grateful residents praised Manville’s emergency workers for their work during Hurricane Sandy at the Nov. 12 Borough Council meeting.     Mayor Angelo Corradino thanked everybody “who participated in the repairing and recovering from the storm — from the first responders, fire, rescue, police, Public…

  • 100 for 100 Small Works Show

    100 for 100 Small Works Show

    Picasa Narcissus by Joanne Donnelly on display at the AOY Small Works Show

  • MANVILLE: Workers, volunteers praised for efforts before, during storm

    MANVILLE: Workers, volunteers praised for efforts before, during storm

    … wound up at the curb in the last few weeks waiting for the chipper.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Fourth-grader organizes his own neighborhood food drive

    HILLSBOROUGH: Fourth-grader organizes his own neighborhood food drive

       Fourth-grade student Joshua Fox puts his thoughts and feelings into action.    After collecting food for his local synagogue’s food drive, Joshua wanted to do more.    ”I was thinking of the poor, and I wanted to give them food,” said Joshua, 9.    He had an idea of collecting food from his neighbors and to give the…

  • Nominate Outstanding Women by Dec. 21

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Do you know a Somerset County woman who has made extraordinary contributions to her career field or her community? The Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women is seeking nominations for its 2013 Outstanding Women in Somerset County awards program. "We’re looking forward to recognizing women in a…

  • PRINCETON: 54 businesses join for Sandy relief

    By Philip Sean Curran,Staff Writer    It will be hard to shop or eat out in Princeton today without helping victims of Hurricane Sandy.    Fifty four businesses have agreed to donate a portion of their sales to charities aiding in Sandy relief.    Local businessman Jack Morrison, who helped orchestrate the fast-moving relief drive, said the idea…

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