• Dwindling student numbers could mean closure of a Millstone school

    District’s bleak projected enrollment has school officials weighing options BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent By the 2016-17 school year, it may be possible to close one of the three school buildings in the district. At the Aug. 27 Millstone Township Board of Education meeting, Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder presented a PowerPoint on a schools facility…

  • Allentown turns teal to spread knowledge about silent killer

    U.F. resident, survivor leads efforts to stop ovarian cancer in its tracks BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Brian Crane (l) and Steven Zomer, 10-year-old volunteer Webelos from Cub Scout Pack 180, work to fasten ribbons to a flagpole in downtown Allentown on Aug. 29. Upper Freehold resident Terry Veiga spearheaded efforts to Turn Allentown Teal…

  • Feeling a little under the weather? Then stop lying

    CODA GREG BEAN I’ve been watching the Republican National Convention on television, and the response to that shindig from people on the other side, and while it has been great theater, I started feeling pretty sorry for everyone involved because it looks like all that posturing, and spinning, and often outright prevaricating may be making…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: High school band readies for its season

    HILLSBOROUGH: High school band readies for its season

    Preseason drilling comes to end The Hillsborough High School Raider Marching Band spends the last week in August at band camp in Pennsylvania. Five long days are spent perfecting a performance drill for the year. In 2011, the hard work paid off when Hillsborough won the Group V Open New Jersey State Championships. This year,…

  • Prostate Cancer Treatment Advancements Improve Survivorship
  • ROBBINSVILLE: Fire Division gets new commander; two new hires

    ROBBINSVILLE: Fire Division gets new commander; two new hires

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — A career fire captain whose expertise in the federal grant application process has helped the Division of Fire secure more than $1 million in funding in recent years is set to take over next week as deputy fire chief.    Capt. Daniel Schaffener, a 14-year career firefighter, will be…

  • LAWRENCE: Revaluation ready to get underway

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Paving the way for property revaluation, Township Council awarded a contract to a revaluation firm and gave final approval to a bond ordinance to pay for the project Tuesday night.    Township Council unanimously awarded a contract for $729,780 to Professional Property Appraisers Inc. The Delran-based firm was the lowest responsible…

  • MANVILLE: Christ the King School welcomes students on first day

    MANVILLE: Christ the King School welcomes students on first day

    Students arrive at Christ the King School on Wednesday.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Police Beat

    Robbinsville    A person who came to police headquarters at 7:38 p.m., Aug. 27 to report the theft of his front license plate on West Manor Way was arrested on two outstanding traffic-related warrants out of Trenton, police said.    Police did not release the man’s name. He was transferred to the Trenton Police Department and posted…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community