• HILLSBOROUGH: Start your holiday watching fireworks

       Start your independence week observance with a blast.    Hillsborough plans fireworks tomorrow night, with a planned rain date of Saturday, July 7.    Starting at 6:30 p.m. shuttle buses will run from the middle and high school parking lots to the Auten Road School event site.    A food tent will offer refreshments from township restaurants.    A…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of June 28

    June 25-29    Vacation Bible School: “IncrediWorld” will be held at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 34 South Third Ave., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Children entering kindergarten through fifth grade are welcome to attend. Crafts, music, snacks, games and Bible stories. To register or for information, call the church office at 908-725-4522 or e-mail [email protected]. Sat., July 7    Casino trip:…

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    Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler and Peter Wishnie owner of Family Foot & Ankle Specialists award Brian Hallam the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State legislators describe flood task force idea

    HILLSBOROUGH: State legislators describe flood task force idea

    By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer    Against the backdrop of Duke’s Brook, a tributary of the Millstone River, on June 20, state officials unveiled plans for a regional flood task force that may hold some answers to Manville’s flooding problems.    Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli and Assemblywoman Donna Simon announced the formation of the Hunterdon-Somerset Flood Advisory Task…

  • MANVILLE: Library board advisors appointed

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    People who will oversee the transition of the public library to a Somerset County Library System branch were appointed Monday night.    Borough Council voted unanimously April 23 to join the county system.    ”The board itself has done a fantastic job for all the years,” said Mayor Angelo Corradino. “Now…

  • PLUMSTED: Opportunity at his fingertips

    PLUMSTED: Opportunity at his fingertips

    Harpist earns full scholarship to Curtis Institute of Music By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The next stop for recent New Egypt High School graduate Gian Torrano-Jacobs is the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he will pursue a bachelor of music degree in harp performance.    According to the principal of New…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: More than 600 gain high school diplomas in 90-plus degree temperatures

    HILLSBOROUGH: More than 600 gain high school diplomas in 90-plus degree temperatures

    The heat was on at graduation ceremony By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Moms and dads came to see their treasured teenager be handed a well-earned diploma, but Mother Nature was the distracting presence at Thursday early-evening’s graduation ceremony at Hillsborough High School.    Temperatures were in the 90s, which led to all kinds of precautions taken…

  • HILLSBOROUGH GOP meets tonight to replace Wagner on its local ticket

    Three-term incumbent steps aside, after taking state job By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Township Republicans will meet tonight to choose a person to replace Bob Wagner as one of their candidates for Township Committee race.    Mr. Wagner withdrew from a chance at a fourth three-year term following his acceptance of a state government job.    Two…

  • Belmar Open brought out best in volleyball players and fans

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer For East Coast volleyball players like Shane Donohue, the Belmar Open is their Super Bowl. “This (Belmar) is it for us,” said Donohue, a Freehold Township High School and Ramapo College graduate. “Manhattan Beach (California) may be the biggest event, but this is it for me. I love Belmar.” The…

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