• MANVILLE: Council votes to merge library into county system

    MANVILLE: Council votes to merge library into county system

    As a “welcome aboard” Tuesday, the Somerset County Library System sent flowers to the Manville Public Library staff following the Borough Council’s Monday night vote to merge the borough library into the county system. Manville Public Library Director Ed Smith is with employees Sue Basista and Rebecca Higgins. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • Piccadilly Circus

    Piccadilly Circus

    Niles Garden PICCADILLY CIRCUS brings Big Top fun to Liberty Lake in Bordentown, NJ on May 7-13! This edition of PICCADILLY CIRCUS is called BLAST! for good reason. The Producers who also produce the world famous ICE CAPADES promise non-stop fun, comedy & nuclear thrills. Racing camels, the largest herd of performing camels in the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Manville councilman addresses Township Committee

    Onderko makes these remarks at Tuesday’s meeting To the editor:    I am here today to address the Mayor and Township Committee of Hillsborough over a very serious central New Jersey flooding issue that has plagued my hometown of Manville for years and has significantly worsened over the past decade.    The major development projects that have…

  • MILLSTONE: Volunteers clean up Millstone River

       MILLSTONE — Community members joined with the Millstone Environmental Commission on Saturday to clean up the Millstone River and its tributaries as part of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association’s 6th Annual Stream Cleanup.    Approximately 40 volunteers collected 10,027 pounds of trash and debris left by flood, wind and thoughtless littering along local waterways, according to…

  • ALLENTOWN: BOE wants buses routed away from dangerous roads

    Chesterfield school bus fatality, seat belt use discussed By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — In the wake of the Chesterfield school bus tragedy, the Upper Freehold Regional School District decided last week to ask state police and state transportation officials to help it identify dangerous intersections the school district’s own buses should avoid.    The…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Flower show trip adds High Line stroll

    HILLSBOROUGH: Flower show trip adds High Line stroll

       On Monday, April 2, a Hillsborough Recreation Bus made a trip to the Macy’s Flower Show “Brasil, Gardens in Paradise.” Several members of the Neshanic Garden Club, after enjoying the flower show, took a stroll on the High Line, which was once an elevated freight rail line. They were impressed with the beautiful and unusual…

  • ALLENTOWN: Noted author inspires AHS’ enthusiastic readers

    ALLENTOWN: Noted author inspires AHS’ enthusiastic readers

    Joyce Carol Oates talks about the creative writing process By Rachel Lavery, Special Writer    ALLENTOWN — Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”    A group of Allentown High School readers recently discovered enthusiasm also can create great opportunities.    The AHS students nominated by their teachers for Enthusiastic Reader Awards were…

  • Bereavement Support Group

    By Lori Dillon Bereavement Group Begins SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY:  The Martin and Edith Stein Hospice will offer a bereavement support group open to anyone struggling with the loss of a loved one. The support group will be held at 4:00p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The next groups will be held May 8th, June 12th,…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD-ALLENTOWN: UFA travel soccer tryouts set

     The Upper Freehold Allentown Soccer Association will be holding tryouts for its Travel Soccer Teams on Saturday, May 5 at the Mark Harbourt Soccer Complex on Old York Road in Upper Freehold.    The tryout schedule, team and contact details, and information on age eligibility can be found at UFA website at www.ufasoccer.com.    There is no…

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