• HILLSBOROUGH: Drug testing policy debate culminates Monday

       School board members are expected to debate Monday the random drug testing program that has been in place at the high school for four years.    The board’s education committee met Thursday to draft a recommendation that will be presented to the board.    The committee could recommend continuing, replacing or tweaking the policy.    The school board…

  • MANVILLE: Christ the King students ‘go pink’ for a cause

    MANVILLE: Christ the King students ‘go pink’ for a cause

       Last Friday Christ the King School went pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The first-time schoolwide event raised $1,100 for the cause. ”The kids dressed down in pink clothes instead of wearing their uniforms,” said kindergarten teacher and organizer Melissa Reilley-Grecco. “They paid $1 donation (for the privilege) and the families were very…

  • MANVILLE: Electronic sign at school is welcomed

    MANVILLE: Electronic sign at school is welcomed

    Members of the class of 1969 huddled for the ceremony at dusk Friday. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Candidate Mandell asks about GSA depot

    To the editor: The GSA depot is a big issue that the townspeople feel that they are in the dark. In November of 2008, the Hillsborough Township website quotes then Deputy Mayor Frank DelCore as saying, “It is, therefore, imperative for Hillsborough taxpayers that the (GSA) redevelopment plan be approved, so the Township and County…

  • LAWRENCE: Debating differences

    LAWRENCE: Debating differences

    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D) in the foreground speaks at debate with Republican challenger Eric Beck as moderator Ben Dworkin sits in between.  Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • LAWRENCE: Town wants to honor recent veterans at ceremony

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    With the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan either over or slowly drawing to a close, Lawrence Township officials are seeking the names of township residents who served in those arenas so they may be honored on Veterans Day.    Those veterans will be singled out for special recognition at the…

  • Lifeline: Jeanne Calo Acrylics Exhibition

    Lifeline: Jeanne Calo Acrylics Exhibition

    By Pat Busacca Jeanne Calo grew up in Paris but was born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1916.She returned to Tunisia after marrying and then in 1958 she and her family immigrated to the US.While holding a French law degree and pursuing a teaching career at Trenton State College, she earned both an MA and PhD.In…

  • MANVILLE: Library joins the county system

    MANVILLE: Library joins the county system

    Manville Mayor Angelo Corradino gets a new library card from Sue Ba´sista at Tuesday night’s ceremony of the Manville library joining the county system. About 50 people attended. The mayor said it was his first library card since high school. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • LAWRENCE: Debating differences

    LAWRENCE: Debating differences

    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D) in the foreground speaks at debate with Republican challenger Eric Beck as moderator Ben Dworkin sits in between.  Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

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