• MANVILLE: Dogs give, take love from seniors

    MANVILLE: Dogs give, take love from seniors

    Bonnie Charkowick introduces Gibson, the therapy dog, to senior Phyllis Diraggers. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • LAWRENCE: 13 people in school district are retiring

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    When the Lawrence Township public school district opens its doors in the fall, there will be many new faces in the school buildings — but not all of them will belong to students.    With the last day of school just two weeks away, 13 employees have turned in their retirement…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner column, week of June 7

    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.    Reminder to Executive Board members that the next board meeting will be the…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: News briefs from the Robbinsville school board

    ROBBINSVILLE: News briefs from the Robbinsville school board

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor Teachers honored    The Board of Education honored the district’s elementary, middle and high school teachers of the year during its May 29 meeting.    Sharon School Principal Janet Sinkewicz presented a plaque to Debby Muench, a second-grade teacher who has been with the district more than 30 years.    ”Any child and…

  • ALLENTOWN: Cream of the crop

    ALLENTOWN: Cream of the crop

    Allentown High’s Half & Half singers win televised talent show By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — Allentown High School’s a cappella group, Half & Half, rode a wave of hometown support to help clinch the crown in the vocal ensemble category of the televised “MSG Varsity Talent Show” on Sunday night.    During the May…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ 2004 time capsule is dug up

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ 2004 time capsule is dug up

    By Peter Sclafani, Special Writer   On Tuesday, some members of Hillsborough High School’s Class of 2012 dug up the time capsule they buried at Woods Road School in 2004.    After frantically searching for the right place to dig, students finally pulled out a white bucket sealed tightly with duct tape.    Students eagerly ripped the…

  • MCCC Ad Design Students Praised for Their Campaign Designs for Trenton Animal Shelter

    MCCC Ad Design Students Praised for Their Campaign Designs for Trenton Animal Shelter

    By Candace Zafirellis Mercer County Community College’s advanced Advertising Design students put their skills to work for the county’s four-legged friends in their final project of the semester. Culminating what they have studied at Mercer, students created marketing campaigns for an event to be hosted by the Trenton Animal Shelter, which they “pitched” to their…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Five candidates in race for Township Committee

    Write-in, independent jump in By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Suddenly, a three-way race for Hillsborough Township Committee has grown to embrace  five candidates.    In addition to Republican incumbents Carl Suraci and Bob Wagner, Democrat Michael Goldberg has a running mate nominated by write-in in Tuesday’s primary election.    He’s Jim Farley, a lifelong resident of the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: High school class of 1976 gets together again

    HILLSBOROUGH: High school class of 1976 gets together again

    The Hillsborough High School Class of 1976 reunion committee was, from left, Mary Lynn Troisi Bezek, Karen Jacus Dorn, Carol Prymowicz Laine, Janice McDonough Mathewson, and Nancy Babey Scherer. (Photo by Joe Bezek)

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