• MANVILLE: Coach Hewitt lists his summer camp offerings

        Hillsborough High School baseball coach Norn Hewitt will run four-day-a-week summer camps in all phases of the game at the Willow Road Little League complex.     Camps start June 25-29 (9 a.m.-2 p.m.) for rookies, ages 7 to 12. Players will be grouped by skill and ability. Camp will cover all aspects to the…

  • MANVILLE: Students show off their artwork in library

    MANVILLE: Students show off their artwork in library

    Intermediate school student Julie Pankowski stands with her artwork at the exhibit in the public library. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • PLUMSTED: Zoning change opens door for medical marijuana

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    PLUMSTED — The Township Committee voted 4-1 last week to adopt an ordinance permitting state-regulated medical marijuana operations as a “conditional use” in the town’s Light Industrial 1 zone along Monmouth Road (Route 537).    There are no pending applications for either a medical marijuana cultivation site or dispensing facility in…

  • Tax increase needed to keep services

    Dan Linke, Lawrenceville To the editor: I was disappointed to read the recent story about so many of my neighbors and their knee-jerk reaction to the financial problems our town is facing.    The reason we need a tax increase is not because of wasteful government spending, but the impact of the Great Bush Recession that…

  • “The Jewish Afterlife … and Getting There Gently” with Bruce Birnberg

    “The Jewish Afterlife … and Getting There Gently” with Bruce Birnberg

    By Toby Ehrlich “The Jewish Afterlife … and Getting There Gently” with Bruce Birnberg Somerset, NJ – “The Jewish Afterlife…and Getting There Gently,” will be presented at The Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living with speaker Bruce Birnberg. This intellectually stimulating presentation will make you laugh, cry and ponder the meaning of life…and death. The…

  • RVSB TO HOST OPERA! CONCERT

    RVSB TO HOST OPERA! CONCERT

    By Stacey Womack RARITAN VALLEY SYMPHONIC BAND TO HOST OPERA CONCERT Bridgewater, NJ, April 22, 2012— The Raritan Valley Symphonic Band (RVSB) will present a concert titled Opera! Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 3:00 pm in the Bridgewater-Raritan High School auditorium. The school is located at 600 Garretson Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey. Admission is free…

  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Footnote’

    Director Joseph Cedar keeps the movie’s content as prickly as its protagonist  By Elise Nakhnikian    LIKE Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, another film whose main character has what appears to be Asperger syndrome, Footnote runs the risk of alienating viewers with a stony-faced hero who has few social graces and a severely limited capacity…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Board president endorses Soisson

    To the editor:    I am writing to recommend Dr. Lorraine Soisson for the Board of Education.    As school board president for past three years I have been the liaison to the group of Home School Association presidents, known as the Joint Council. I have seen her leadership and organization in action as Lorraine has led…

  • MANVILLE: Students show off their artwork in library

    MANVILLE: Students show off their artwork in library

    David Castro, left, and Jimmy Drury look over the work at the Manville intermediate and high school art show at the public library. A reception was held on March 29 to showcase the students’ talents. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

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