• HILLSBOROUGH: Alleged condo burglars caught in Montgomery

       Somerset County prosecutor’s officers say they followed three would-be burglars to Montgomery Township, where they saw them try to enter a condo complex before being scared away on Monday, March 12    Police followed the getaway car and eventually arrested Aaron Goodwin, 26, of Bridgewater; Brigitte Budraitis, 29, of Branchburg, and Andrew Thomas, 18, of River…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Democrats schedule a Community Day event

       Hillsborough Democrats are organizing a “Community Day” event for Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hillsborough Point Clubhouse on Render Drive. Free and open to the public, it will include door prizes.    ”This event is for people who would like to learn more about the election process and how they…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Science fair displays students’ ingenuity

    HILLSBOROUGH: Science fair displays students’ ingenuity

       The Hillsborough library culminated a week focused on science with a fair Thursday, March 8.    Among other things, displays of students in grades five to eight showed:    • That laundry detergents may be better at cleaning certain stains, but no one detergent does them all.    • The dynamics of moldy bread — don’t just tear off the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Feinstein Hunger Challenge in full swing

    By Kim Spinelli, Special Writer    The community’s annual “Feinstein Foundation Challenge to Fight Hunger” is in full swing.    According to a press release from the township’s Social Services Department, the premise of this grass-roots campaign is simple.    The more donations that are made to the South Brunswick Food Pantry from March 1 through April 30,…

  • MANVILLE: Senior center to observe St. Patrick’s Day

       The Manville Senior Center on South Third Avenue has scheduled its month of activities.    The center offers food, fellowship and fun on most weekdays.    The Manville Recreation Department leads lightweight exercise on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:15–10:45 a.m., and “walk and chair” exercise on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30–10:30 a.m. Exercise classes with Lynn at $10…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: School advocates demand funding

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: School advocates demand funding

    Submitted photo Save Our Schools members and several state legislators attend a press conference at the Statehouse in Trenton on March 8, demanding Gov. Chris Christie to fully fund state schools based on the state’s funding formula.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: FBI nabs alleged sexual predator

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: FBI nabs alleged sexual predator

    West Coast teacher charged with ‘sexting’ township teen By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    Federal agents arrested a former California middle school teacher Tuesday for allegedly trading explicit images with a 13-year-old township South Brunswick girl, according to police.    Eugene Ballantyne, 29, a former middle school teacher in the San Bernardino County Unified School District,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior citizen news for week of March 15

    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: Zoning plan could allow medical marijuana facility

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    PLUMSTED — Public officials are proposing a zoning change that would allow a medical marijuana cultivation or distribution facility to be located in the township’s light industrial zones along Route 537 near the Upper Freehold border.    The change, if approved at a public hearing April 4, would require the repeal…

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