• MANVILLE: Show draws personal, novelty and muscle cars

    MANVILLE: Show draws personal, novelty and muscle cars

    Dad Bernie and son Kevin Peach, who live on Schooley’s Mountain in Morris County, pose next to their 1909 Model T roadster at Saturday’s car show at Manville High School.

  • Take the All-Hazards Mitigation Plan Online Survey

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Somerset County residents can learn more about a comprehensive hazards-mitigation plan for the county and its 21 municipalities and also complete an online citizen questionnaire at www.co.somerset.nj.us/hazard/survey/citizensurvey.htm The survey is a follow-up to one conducted five years ago, when county staff and municipal representatives collaborated to create the All-Hazards…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Campout, fishing draw residents

    HILLSBOROUGH: Campout, fishing draw residents

    Making your bed is one thing, but building the house is another. Hillsborough’s Yaniv Yarkoni assembles a borrowed tent for his family with the help of Amanda, 4; Samuel, 6, and mom and wife, Tamar.

  • MANVILLE: Kids kept cool, busy at library summer program

    MANVILLE: Kids kept cool, busy at library summer program

     Siobhan (left) and brother Michael Wesolowski and Amy Fields, right, work on their nighttime picture. (Photo by children’s librarian Ruth Bielanski)

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of Aug. 9

    Today and Fri., Aug. 9-10     4-H Fair: The 65th Somerset County 4-H Fair showcases the achievements of more than 1,000 4-H members. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the 4-H Fairgrounds, North Branch Park, Milltown Road, Bridgewater. Dog, horse and livestock shows. 4-H clubs perform in twirling, go-karts, rockets, model trains, planes and robotics.…

  • LAWRENCE: Next phase of trail presented to board

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The next phase of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail, which is a 22-mile loop trail for pedestrians and bicyclists that links Lawrence and Hopewell townships, was unveiled before the township Planning Board Monday night.    Eleanor Horne, co-president of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corp., told the Planning Board that 75 percent of…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Township OKs asking for more park money

    By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — Plans to take Reed Park from a few soccer fields to a recreation hub continued to gain steam at the Township Committee meeting Aug. 2.    The Township Committee approved applying for another grant from the Monmouth County Municipal Open Space Grant Program. The grant, for $211,000, requires…

  • MANVILLE: Malinowski cited for work with horses

    MANVILLE: Malinowski cited for work with horses

    Manville resident Karyn Malinowski received an award for her work in equine science July 16. She is shown with Erik Swensson from Zinpro Performance Minerals, sponsors of the award, in Phoenix at the American Society of Animal Sciences annual conference. (Photo courtesy of American Society of Animal Sciences)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ex-Hillsborough man helped build Mars rover drill

    HILLSBOROUGH: Ex-Hillsborough man helped build Mars rover drill

    By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer    Hillsborough High School graduate Tim Szwarc was a part of the team that built the Mars rover, named Curiosity, that landed on Mars early Monday after completing its 254-day journey from Earth.    Curiosity, the most complex Mars scientific exploration vehicle built to date, weighs almost a ton and is equipped…

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