• LAWRENCE: Foundation awards $47,000 to schools

    Staff report    The Lawrence Township Education Foundation is pleased to announce it has completed its spring 2012 grant cycle. Sixteen grants totaling more than $47,000 were awarded to Lawrence Township Public Schools to fund innovative classroom programs.    Lawrence Middle School students will receive new instruments to complete their percussion ensemble. The sound system at the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Weis Markets is coming to Hillsborough

    HILLSBOROUGH: Weis Markets is coming to Hillsborough

    Supermarket projects early 2013 opening   Weis Markets is coming to Hillsborough.    The company has closed on a lease with Hillsborough Promenade on the former Pathmark space in the Promenade’s shopping center off Route 206 in the northern section of the township.    ”Our next step is the construction phase — this store requires a fair…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Solar ordinance draws heat

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — At least one township committeeman is taking a dim view of a proposal to allow ground-mounted solar arrays in residential areas.    The township has no zoning regulations pertaining to small solar energy generating systems, prompting the Township Committee to ask the Planning Board last year to come…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter for week of April 26

       Police reported a burglary and theft on Boesel Avenue at 1:13 April 16. Estimated value of items taken was $1,200. An investigation continues. * * *    A North 3rd Avenue man wanted it on the record that the right side of his vehicle was “keyed” between 3 and 8 a.m. on April 17. * *…

  • LAWRENCE: Residents tell council: Make cuts

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Less than 24 hours after a proposed 9-cent municipal property tax rate increase was shot down by voters, Township Council members listened quietly last Wednesday as residents reinforced the message that the township must live within its means.    Township Council also accepted an offer made by three residents — Ira…

  • MANVILLE: Fire damages two houses

    MANVILLE: Fire damages two houses

    At the fire scene Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Brian Pidgeon)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jaylon Kurt will perform in Greek play at college
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Comic Book Day coming to library

    Upcoming library events and programs    Kids — a free comic book and do-it-yourself Artist’s Station will be held for grades 6-12 on National Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.    Visit the Teen Center to browse the free comic book and manga giveaways; find one you like and…

  • LAWRENCE: Loop trail continues to take shape

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    With a snip of a pair of oversized scissors, a bright green ribbon was cut and two more segments of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail were officially opened in a field at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in Lawrence on a sunny and breezy Tuesday afternoon.    The two segments — a nearly…

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