• UPPER FREEHOLD: Four candidates for two Township Committee seats

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Four candidates for two Township Committee seats

    Republican incumbent Bob Faber is seeking his third-term on the Upper Freehold Township Committee on Nov. 6.

  • MANVILLE: Firefighters bring message of safety

    MANVILLE: Firefighters bring message of safety

    Manville firefighter David N. Tarby shows Weston School students what’s inside some of those compartment doors on a fire truck yesterday morning. Borough firefighters visited all the schools to show the equipment, give out goodies and teach fire safety. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Construction starts for new municipal offices

    ROBBINSVILLE: Construction starts for new municipal offices

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE — Township officials and Roma Bank executives officially broke ground Oct. 3 on a three-story building on Route 33 whose top floor will be the new home for the township’s municipal offices. The building, which is expected to be done in January 2014, is being constructed next to Roma…

  • Community Calendar: Oct. 11

    Thurs., Oct. 11 Meet a Firefighter: 11:30 a.m., Allentown Library, 16 So. Main St. A program for children to learn about fire safety and the special clothes and equipment used by firefighters of the Hope Fire Co. Registration required. Call 609-259-7565. Read to a Therapy Guide Dog: 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Allentown Library, 16…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of Oct. 1-7

       Police checked out footprints in the rear of a residence on Sidorskie Avenue at 8:19 a.m. Oct. 1. Patrol determined the numerous footprints were made to several residences from a PSE&G worker checking gas meters and there were no problems. * * *    A North 9th Avenue woman reported damage to her residence at 10…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: It’s showtime for Raider Marching Band

    HILLSBOROUGH: It’s showtime for Raider Marching Band

    Color, music and pageantry will be on display Saturday when Hillsborough hosts 18 high school bands at its annual Home Show festival on the high school football field. The entrance fee is $10, or students and seniors $8. Spectators can come any time. Performances begin at 2:30 p.m. Hillsborough’s show, with music from an original…

  • MANVILLE: Seniors will enjoy soup, salad at mid-week lunch

        Manville’s county-run Senior Citizen Center will offer soup and salad for lunch at 11:45 a.m. next Wednesday. Oct. 17.     The Manville center offers programs, food and activities on most weekdays at the center at Fire Company No. 1, 20 South Third Ave.     The Manville Recreation Department leads lightweight exercise on Tuesdays and…

  • North Plainfield Health & Wellness Fair: Open To Somerset County Residents

    Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders The public is invited to attend the annual free North Plainfield Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at the Senior Citizen / Community Center, located at 614 Greenbrook Road, North Plainfield 07060, at the corner of Greenbrook Road and Clinton Ave.…

  • Roxey Ballet’s "The Nutcracker"

    Roxey Ballet’s "The Nutcracker"

    By Carol Della Penna A holiday tradition, The Roxey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” returns for its 18th season. Performances will be held both in select locations throughout New Jersey and locally at Kendall Theater on the College of New Jersey campus in Ewing, NJ. This highly acclaimed annual holiday event has become a favorite tradition of…

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