• HILLSBOROUGH: Church breaks ground for expansion

    HILLSBOROUGH: Church breaks ground for expansion

       On Sunday, June 24, the congregation of Faith Lutheran Church at the intersection of South Branch Road and Beekman Lane broke ground for expansion.    Representatives of the congregation joined Pastor Bill Zimmermann in lifting shovels to turn the earth while young members joined in with garden trowels. The congregation prayed that what began that day…

  • MANVILLE: Catholic churches combine summer camps

    MANVILLE: Catholic churches combine summer camps

    Campers sing songs they learned during the week in a week-ending program.

  • LAWRENCE: Day care center plan hearing rescheduled

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The public hearing on a minor site plan application to convert a single-family house into a day care center at 22 Fackler Road — on the corner of Fackler Road and Princeton Pike — has been rescheduled for the township’s Planning Board Aug. 20.    The Planning Board was set to…

  • South Brunswick American Legion Post 401 Receives Most Outstanding Website Award

    South Brunswick American Legion Post 401 Receives Most Outstanding Website Award

    By Gary Cooper At the American Legion, Department of New Jersey Annual Convention in Wildwood, American Legion Post 401, South Brunswick, received the award for Most Outstanding Post Website. The site, at http://post401.angelfire.com, provides information about veterans’ entitlements, post and community events, and links to a number of sites of interest to veterans.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Camp counselor goes bald for a cause

    ROBBINSVILLE: Camp counselor goes bald for a cause

    Children in the Robbinsville summer camp program cheer for their fellow campers performing in the “Robbinsville Idol” talent show on July 13 at Sharon Elementary School. Photo by Jovelle Abbey Tamayo

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jets ticket sales help Jr. Raiders

       The New York Jets are offering the Hillsborough Jr. Raiders group rates on tickets to some selected games, with sales benefiting the Jr. Raiders sports leagues.    A ticket purchase would give you ticket for two games — one must be a preseason game and the other can be for the regular season. The Jr. Raiders…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Police Beat

    Police blotter items from Robbinsville and Allentown Robbinsville    Two Robbinsville men were charged with driving while intoxicated after police responded to a report of a disturbance at a Beechwood Drive home July 9.    Patrolman Adrian Markowski arrived at 12:46 p.m. and found a vehicle stuck in the backyard and detected evidence the driver, Nicholas Foti,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Gold 9-U baseball wins Cal Ripken district title

    HILLSBOROUGH: Gold 9-U baseball wins Cal Ripken district title

    The 2012 Hillsborough Gold 9U Tournament Team poses for a team photo. From left in top row are coaches Mark Crawford, Kurt Seidel and Vince Pankowski. In the middle row are Kyle Chedid, Nick Fanizzi , Christian Cordon, Aidan Bremer, Joey O’Donnell and Luke Monsorno. In the bottom row are Justin Pankowski, George Hart, Ethan…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: "Little Mermaid" comes to Somerset Valley Playhouse

    HILLSBOROUGH: "Little Mermaid" comes to Somerset Valley Playhouse

    Kids’ tale comes to the stage    The Somerset Valley Players will present “The Little Mermaid” at the playhouse at 689 Amwell Road (Route 514) on weekends through Aug. 5. Friday shows are at 8 p.m./Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. All seats are $10. Hans Christian Andersen’s children’s tale comes magically to life, as…

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