• HILLSBOROUGH: Girls give bit of selves to ease hurt of cancer

    HILLSBOROUGH: Girls give bit of selves to ease hurt of cancer

       Hillsborough Girl Scout Troop 718 culminated its year of learning and caring for others by hosting a Pantene Beautiful Lengths “cut-off” on Friday at Woodfern Elementary School.    Volunteers, stylists and adult and child donors all came together to donate 80 inches to make real-hair wigs for folks coping with cancer treatment.    Beautiful Lengths is…

  • Women’s Roller Derby Rocks ‘N’ Rolls in Kendall Park

    Women’s Roller Derby Rocks ‘N’ Rolls in Kendall Park

    NJ Hellrazors Roller Derby Come see one of the fastest growing sports of its time, flat-track roller derby, in Kendall Park, NJ, on Sunday, July 1. The New Jersey Hellrazors women’s roller derby team fires up Independence Day week by hosting the Skyland Roller Girls of Hackettstown, NJ, in an exciting and highly anticipated hard-hitting…

  • LAWRENCE: Council seeking non-profit donations

       Aiming to close the budget gap, Lawrence Township officials are planning to ask the owners of tax-exempt properties to voluntarily contribute a percentage of the municipal property tax that they would pay if they were required to make that payment.    Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun made the suggestion to seek voluntary contributions from the non-profit organizations…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: District honors 20-year veterans

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: District honors 20-year veterans

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer    The Board of Education officially recognized 16 employees, each with 20 years of service, during Monday night’s meeting.    According to Assistant Superintendent Joanne Kerekes, the group of employees combined for almost 400 years of employment in the district.    The audience was filled with many family, friends, co-workers, and parents of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Nonagenarian free-falling again on birthday for hungry

    By Nicole Cosentino, Special Writer    On July 1, 90-year-old Aaron Rosloff will skydive for the second time at the Westfield Airport.    The cause?    Raising money for the South Brunswick Food Pantry. Last year, Mr. Rosloff raised $3,500 and he hopes to do even better this time.    ”When I first mentioned that I was going to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner column for week of June 14

    CHAPTER A    Chapter A meetings are the first Thursday of each month at the Municipal Building. We welcome all Hillsborough seniors!    Meetings start at 12:30 with doors open at 11:30, allowing time to review upcoming events. Refreshments are served after the meeting.    Our Dollar Store will be open for the October meeting and merchandise collected…

  • LAWRENCE: Park concerts to begin this week

       Lawrenceville Main Street (LMS) has issued its Music in the Park schedule for 2012. Concerts begin on June 14 and continue every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. through Aug. 16.    Run To Sandy, an indie/pop/rock band from Yardley, Pa., will lead off the season on June 14. Formed in 2005, the band has recorded two…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: 40 years ago, Watergate changed political climate

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    The national day for journalism should be June 17.    That would be in recognition of the botched burglary at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., 40 years ago this week. It was the beginning of an unraveling scandal that led to the first and only resignation of a president of…

  • Enjoy the Laughter, Love and Lunacy of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre June 29-July 8

    Enjoy the Laughter, Love and Lunacy of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre June 29-July 8

    By Candace Zafirellis Shakespeare ’70, Mercer County’s classical repertory company, kicks off  Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre 2012 Summer Festival with one of Shakespeare’s most light-hearted and enduring plays, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Performances are Fridays, June 29 and July 6 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, June 30 and July 7 at 8 p.m.; and…

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