• HILLSBOROUGH: School board candidatew meet Monday night in Election Eve forum

        Hillsborough High School Advanced Placement Government and Politics students will host Candidates’ Night on Monday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the school on Raider Boulevard. The Election Eve event is open to the public.     All five candidates running for Board of Education have accepted the invitation to participate. The…

  • MANVILLE: Could one force police all of Somerset County?

    Years in the making, report of task force to be presented Thursday night By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Could there be one police force for all of Somerset County?    Details from a 200-page report more than three years in the making will be discussed tonight, Thursday. The feasibility analysis will discuss how police coverage could…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts collect Books for Babies

        As a Silver Award project, Hillsborough Girl Scouts in Troop 102 are trying to collect at least 500 children’s books, which will be donated to families in need in the area.     The books should be new or gently used, and be appropriate for children newborn to six years old. Contact [email protected] for dropoff/pickup…

  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, week of April 12

       April is the 16th annual National Poetry Month. The Manville library will celebrate the month, which is sponsored in part by Poetry Magazine and the Academy of American Poets.    A workshop will be held in the Community Room on Tuesday, April 17, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. for children up to age 14.    The library is holding…

  • Michael Horan for school board

    Doris Moran Weisberg, Lawrenceville To the editor: Unfortunately Lawrence Township residents will not have the opportunity to hear or meet the candidates for the Board of Education in an open forum this year. Voters will have to content themselves with written answers to questions chosen by others published on line.    To compensate for this in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Tuesday’s vote could be referendum of unexpected sort

        What a difference a year makes.     At school budget time in 2011, the Board of Education and the teachers association were locked in a controversial battle. Lawn signs proclaiming “No strangers in schools” sprouted around the township, as the board threatened to lay off as many as 270 non-teaching employees and replace them…

  • MANVILLE: Senior Corner column, week of April 12

    By Geraldine Klimowich     The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The club is comprised of people who are residents of Manville, age 60 or older, and age 55, if disabled.     Canned goods or non-perishable food items will continue to be…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ice cream clash earns $1,544 for students

    HILLSBOROUGH: Ice cream clash earns $1,544 for students

    Super Sundaes owner Jayne Mochnacz with employees Kate Mochnacz and Christine Cassimatis, both juniors at the high school, pose with the winning sundae.

  • MANVILLE: Sunshine Law flap called distracting sideshow

    To the editor:    I’m writing in response to incidents that occurred at a recent Manville Borough Council meeting.    Former Councilwoman, and now Library Board of Trustees President, Kathryn Quick, brought to the attention of the Mayor and Council of a gathering that took place at the Manville Public Library by a group of elected officials,…

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