• Power companies shed light on post-Sandy effort

    JCP&L spokesman: This is the worst damage we’ve ever seen in the history of the company BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Downed power lines like these on Lafayette Road, Marlboro, on Nov. 2, were the cause of many of New Jersey’s problems after Sandy. MARK ROSMAN A lthough the effects of Hurricane Sandy in various…

  • Allentown weathers a visit from Sandy

    Draining of lake helps borough to avert repeat of 2011 disaster BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer When Sandy barreled through Allentown on the evening of Oct. 29, trees came down throughout the borough. STEVE JAMES A llentown residents were likely holding their breath and wishing for the best as Sandy touched down in Allentown on…

  • The beach is beaten, but it will return

    AROUND TOWN AMY ROSEN This summer I got the best assignment ever — to tell the world about the great things to see and do at the Jersey Shore via TheBeachBeat.com, a Greater Media Newspapers online publication that made its debut in June. I spent the summer walking the boardwalks and getting to know the…

  • We couldn’t imagine such destruction — now we can

    CODA GREG BEAN The electric power to our neighborhood in East Brunswick, near the Milltown border, went off at around 10 p.m. Oct. 29, a few hours after Sandy made landfall on the Jersey Shore. It was a long, dark night with plenty of big wind, but when the sun came up Tuesday morning, there…

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     The Allentown High School boys soccer team’s fourth annual alumni soccer game will be held at 1 p.m. Nov. 23 at a location to be announced. AHS alumni, along with the current varsity players and their coaches are invited to participate in the game. The event is being coordinated by varsity team manager Genevieve…

  • MANVILLE: Christ the King school holds first reunion

    MANVILLE: Christ the King school holds first reunion

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    It has been 37 years since the first class from Christ the King School graduated. On Friday night, Oct. 26, the first alumni reunion was held at the school.    Sarina Urban, a member of the alumni committee, welcomed the attendees.    ”We really didn’t what we were going to expect…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of Nov. 8

    Sat., Nov. 10     One-woman play: Actress Regina R. Dasher presents the story of “Big Mary Septak,” a miner’s wife who fought against labor injustices during a coal miners’ strike in Pennsylvania in 1897, in a free program at the library, 100 10th Ave. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Hosted by Raritan Valley Slavic Cultural & Heritage…

  • Peapack-Gladstone Bank to Match $5,000 in Hurricane Sandy Relief

    By Rosanne Schwab With millions of New Jersey residents impacted by the devastation caused by the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, Peapack-Gladstone Bank has announced it will be collecting donations in support of the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund. Organized by Governor and Mrs. Christie, this relief fund has been created to provide aid, comfort and…

  • MANVILLE: Christ the King school holds first reunion

    MANVILLE: Christ the King school holds first reunion

    Alumni Erik Severson and Manny Rivera, both members of the Class of 2000, share memories in a yearbook. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

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