• MANVILLE: Mayor’s vote breaks tie in budget adoption

    Councilman Szabo critical of process By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Mayor Angelo Corradino cast the tie-breaking vote as the Borough Council adopted a budget Monday night.    The council voted, 3-0, with three abstentions, with Lou Petzinger, Sherri Lynn and Ed Komoroski voting for it and Steve Szabo, Sue Asher and Richard Onderko abstaining.…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       Andrew H. Shin, 31, of Trenton, was charged with driving under the influence and reckless driving after police found him slumped over in his car at 10:08 p.m. April 14 on J. Russell Smith Road with the engine running.    Two 15-year-old Trenton boys were charged with shoplifting clothing and shoes worth $170.93 at 3:26 p.m.…

  • LAWRENCE: developing leadership skills through cardboard canoes

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    When Diana Ramirez learned she was going to build a canoe out of cardboard, trash bags and tape and then race it across the swimming pool at Maurer Gym, the Rider University student’s first reaction was amazement.    ”You want me to do what,” Ms. Ramirez said Sunday afternoon, recalling her…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of April 19

    Fri., April 20    Senior citizens’ dance: The PTA and the high school Key Club sponsor the event, featuring a meal and a DJ, in the Manville High School gymnasium, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Seniors can just show up. Fri., April 27    Pro wrestling: National Wrestling Superstars perform to benefit Boy and Cub Scout Troop 193 of Manville.…

  • Yoga center moves to former farm site
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Comic comes home to boost cause

    HILLSBOROUGH: Comic comes home to boost cause

    Adam Mamawala will perform at comedy benefit for Ian Progin family By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Adam Mamawala is coming home for a few laughs.    He’d love you to join him.    Adam Mamawala, a 2005 Hillsborough High School graduate, will headline a benefit comedy show Tuesday at 7 p.m. on the stage he trod when…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Town could be regional police hub

    Mayor Suraci calls for meetings on one county force idea By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough could expect to save $3.7 million over 10 years if it joined a proposed regional police department for all of Somerset County, says the report of a county prosecutor’s task force.    Mayor Carl Suraci said he had read…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner column for week of April 19

    CHAPTER A    Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. We are open to new members.    Doors open at 11:30 a.m., alIowing you time to review the trips we offer. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. Coffee and doughnuts are served at meeting’s end.    Dick Meier is our president; you…

  • PLUMSTED: Girl Scouts launch clothing and shoe drive

       PLUMSTED — Daisy Girl Scout Troop 266 of New Egypt is collecting new undergarments and new and/or used summer shoes to benefit local families that are registered with the Helping Hands Pantry.    Donations being sought are gently used sandals, flip flops, summer shoes, and new, packaged, undergarments for children, women and men.    The troop’s goal…

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