• ROBBINSVILLE: O’Grady picked for open school board seat

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Matt O’Grady, who resigned his school board seat 11 months ago because of a job transfer to Ohio and now is moving back to town, has been appointed to fill a new vacancy on the Board of Education, effective July 1.    Mr. O’Grady, 39, was one of four…

  • MANVILLE: Pizza shop helps rescue squad with fundraiser

    MANVILLE: Pizza shop helps rescue squad with fundraiser

    The Palfy family of Green Brook enjoys their meal at the Manville Pizza fundraiser. Chris Palfy is a former Manville resident and his mother is a member of the squad auxiliary. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • MANVILLE: Pizza shop helps rescue squad with fundraiser

    MANVILLE: Pizza shop helps rescue squad with fundraiser

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville Pizza held a fundraiser in May to help Manville First Aid & Rescue Squad recover from the flooding from last summer’s Hurricane Irene. The squad had severe damage to its building and emergency supplies housed in the building were lost.    ”It is kind of a model of the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Record turnout for Hop run

    HILLSBOROUGH: Record turnout for Hop run

    Adele Morgan, Y swim coach and Hop 5K registration coordinator, warms up the runners at the starting line Saturday. (Photo by Hing Lew)

  • LAWRENCE: Affordable housing grant programs authorized

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Aiming to maintain its stock of affordable housing units, Township Council has authorized a series of grant programs that provide money to owners to keep them in good shape and to help out owners who may be facing foreclosure issues.    The money — $350,000 apiece for each of the three…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of May 28-June 3

       An anonymous caller at 2:19 p.m. May 28 said one of the American flags near Kennedy Boulevard was loose. Patrols checked and said all flags were fine. * * *    At 10:09 a.m. May 29 a man reported losing his wallet about 9:30 the previous evening in the vicinity of South Main Street and South…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Annual Pedals for Progress collection successful

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Annual Pedals for Progress collection successful

    Ed Birch photo. Greenbrook third grade student Nicholas Sahu donates his bike to the cause. The program, running in the district for the last 16 years, collects bicycles and other items to ship to third world countries in order to help raise the quality of life for its residents.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ 2004 time capsule is dug up
  • Community Calendar: June 7 edition

    Thurs., June 7    Understanding Foreclosure Workshop: 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Mercer County Connection, 957 Route 33, (Acme Shopping Center), Hamilton. Presented by the Mercer County Division of Consumer Affairs and the Affordable Housing Alliance. Topics include: options when behind in payments; foreclosure timeline; lis pendens notices & assistance programs; loan modifications & mortgage scams;…

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