• LAWRENCE: Warm summer brings apples out early

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Take one warm winter, add one hot summer and the result? An early apple harvest season, according to apple growers in Lawrence and Chesterfield townships.    While the first apples usually are not ready to be picked until September, Terhune Orchards in Lawrence and Orchard Lane Farm in Chesterfield are gearing…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       A Lawrence Road resident reported the theft of a 2011 Ford Flex, valued at $40,000, from his driveway between 10 p.m. Aug. 18 and 11:29 a.m. Aug. 19. The car had been left unlocked, and the keys were in the center console.    Someone entered an unlocked 2009 Ford Edge while it was parked in its…

  • ALLENTOWN: Band practice time change strikes a sour note for some

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    ALLENTOWN — Upper Freehold Regional School District administrators are working to fill temporarily vacant staff positions and accommodate more students in extracurricular activities, which has led to a controversial time change for middle school band rehearsals.    Band rehearsals at Stone Bridge Middle School now will be held at 7:20 a.m.,…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: RHS grad earns $24K PSEG scholarship

    ROBBINSVILLE: RHS grad earns $24K PSEG scholarship

    Eric Principato to attend Princeton University in September By Rachel Lavery, Special Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Eric Principato, a 2012 Robbinsville High School graduate bound for Princeton University next week, has won a $24,000 PSEG engineering scholarship.    Eric, was the CEO and Drive Team captain of the RHS Nemesis FIRST Robotics Team 2590. At Princeton, he…

  • The Lost Valley Recaps Manville Flooding on NJTV Thursday August 23

    The Lost Valley Recaps Manville Flooding on NJTV Thursday August 23

    By D. Falk As the first anniversary of Hurricane Irene approaches, New Jersey’s public television network NJTV airs The Lost Valley, a documentary looking the storm’s long-lasting effect on the residents of the Lost Valley section of Manville Borough, NJ, where the storm dumped record amounts of rainfall on an area long flooding history. With upwards of…

  • Community Calendar: Aug. 23 edition

    Thurs., Aug. 23    Kids movie matinee: “The Muppets” (PG), 10:30 a.m. at Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road. Online registration required at www.mcl.org by clicking on “programs/events.” Questions? Call 609-259-2150.    Bingo: 1 p.m., Plumsted Township Senior Outreach Services, Municipal Building, 121 Evergreen Road, New Egypt. Call 609-758-2241, ext. 111. Fri.,…

  • LAWRENCE: First step to rezoning for possible Costco

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing next month to amend the Lawrence Township Master Plan, which is the first step toward a possible rezoning of a 37-acre tract on the corner of Quakerbridge Road and Lawrence Station Road from residential use to commercial, which could include a Costco…

  • MANVILLE: Shooting suspect sought

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer   A Manville resident was shot in the arm late Tuesday, and the shooting appears to have been intentional, police said.    The man, who was not identified, was taken to the hospital and treated and released.    The victim was shot at his home at the corner of West Camplain Road…

  • Funny Business at Mercer County Park.

    Funny Business at Mercer County Park.

    Rock Salt Theatre Comedy Troupe

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