• HILLSBOROUGH: Airport will receive two state grants

        Central Jersey Airport on the Manville-Hillsborough border will receive two state grants totaling more than $212,000.     One grant, for $147,250, will go to build a general aviation jet fuel tank and self-service system, while the other grant for $65,246 is for security fencing.     Both grants are administered by the state Department of…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of Sept. 20

    Fri., Sept. 21    Remembrance: Thomas J. Kavanaugh Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 and its Ladies Auxiliary will conduct the annual POW/MIA service at the post home at 600 Washington Ave., starting at 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 22    Community Day: Noon to 4 p.m., Lincoln Park in Lost Valley. Hot dog eating contest, egg toss,…

  • PLUMSTED: Community ed classes offer fun learning for kids

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    PLUMSTED — Another year of community education classes is under way, and the Board of Education has publicly shared its support for the mostly volunteer-based, self-funded program that has proved to be a hit over the past decade.    Community education classes, most of which begin in October, offer Plumsted children…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Where’s all the election fuss?

       Where’s all the election fuss?    Balloting day is less than seven weeks away, yet all we’ve seen — from candidates up and down the ballot — makes us yawn.    We in New Jersey will vote to elect a president this year, although you’d never know it without TV ads. Presidential candidates, or even their surrogates,…

  • MANVILLE: Ex-mayor Zuza dies; cited for flood study advocacy

    MANVILLE: Ex-mayor Zuza dies; cited for flood study advocacy

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    Ex-mayor Lillian Zuza’s death last Thursday left Manville stunned. She had been hospitalized a few days earlier at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville.    Mrs. Zuza was the borough’s second female mayor, serving from 2008-11.    A funeral liturgy was held Monday morning at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Museum accepts guitar made of pie tins, ice bucket

    HILLSBOROUGH: Museum accepts guitar made of pie tins, ice bucket

    Watson’s banjo from a pie tins and a family ice bucket

  • MANVILLE: Mom-daughter to walk marathon and one-half for charity

    MANVILLE: Mom-daughter to walk marathon and one-half for charity

    Melissa Reilley-Grecco and her mother, Patti Reilley, will participate in Avon Walk for Breast Cancer From left, Patti Reilley, Melissa Reilley-Grecco and grandmother Gloria Trimmer pose at the finish line of the 2009 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in New York. Mother and daughter to walk 39.3 miles to fight breast cancer    Melissa Reilley-Grecco and…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Town unveils plans for two park buildings

    Indoor toilets, concession stands, meeting rooms included By Amy Batista, Special Writer   ROBBINSVILLE — Township officials are preparing to go out to bid next month for the construction of recreation buildings with indoor bathrooms at both Blakely Park and Community Park.    The buildings are projected to be ready by spring of 2013.    Community Park, located…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Cop charged with assaulting disabled woman, boy

    ROBBINSVILLE: Cop charged with assaulting disabled woman, boy

    Robbinsville Police Sgt. Mark Lee has been suspended. Staff photo by Joanne Degnan

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