• MANVILLE: County libraries add hours for summer, fall holidays

    Manville will continue to be closed on Saturdays this summer    The Somerset County Library System is adding hours this summer and fall.    The library system will maintain year-round hours on Saturdays, including the summer months.    Hillsborough, a member of the county system, is normally open on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last year…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State-level flood group to be formed

    By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer    Local state elected officials will put together a task force to examine the escalating flooding problems for towns located along the Raritan and Delaware rivers.    The 16th District delegation of state Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman and Assembly members Jack Ciattarelli and Donna Simon held a news conference yesterday afternoon at…

  • GUEST OPINION: Bill A801 should not be passed

    By GEORGE H. WHITE    The New Jersey Press Association (NJPA) is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1857 under the laws of the state of New Jersey. It has a membership of 20 daily newspapers, more than 160 weekly newspapers (including Packet Media Group), more than 50 digital news websites, as well as more than 60…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Three Eagle Scouts get ‘well done’ plaudits

    HILLSBOROUGH: Three Eagle Scouts get ‘well done’ plaudits

    Congressman Leonard Lance came to congratulate three Boy Scouts — from left, Joe Welches, Erik Koehr and David Deppen — at their Court of Honor ceremony.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Principal prepares departure
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Two mentor teachers receive awards

       Two teachers at the Middle School received Outstanding Cooperating Teacher Awards for their work with their college students fulfilling their practicuum work in the classroom this year.    Debra Porowski, algebra teacher and math content specialist, received the Outstanding Cooperating Teacher Award from the Education Honor Society (Kappa Delta Pi) at The College of New Jersey…

  • LAWRENCE: Lawrence Toyota expansion plans OK’d

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lawrence Toyota’s proposed expansion and renovation plans were given a green light Monday night by the Lawrence Township Planning Board.    The Muller Automotive Group Inc., which owns the new- and used-car dealership on Brunswick Pike, received preliminary and final site plan approval after a public hearing before the Planning Board.…

  • MANVILLE: 8th-graders given their wings

    MANVILLE: 8th-graders given their wings

    Photo by Mary Ellen ZangaraTeacher Maggie Balzano helps Dominque Bell with her mortarboard prior to the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School graduation on Tuesday night.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBAA coaches show off skills

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBAA coaches show off skills

    Kim Spinelli photo Damon Ferber of Team Gold at Bat; Rob Spinelli of Team Black Behind the Plate as Catcher during the coaches’ game June 16 at Rowland Park.

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