• ROBBINSVILLE: Woman cycling 4,400 miles for cancer fundraiser

    ROBBINSVILLE: Woman cycling 4,400 miles for cancer fundraiser

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Ami Kumordzi says she hadn’t been on a bicycle since she was 10, but that didn’t deter her from signing on for a 4,400 mile cross-country bike ride this summer to raise awareness and funds for cancer research.    To get in shape for the 4k for Cancer 2012,…

  • MANVILLE: Young wrestlers finish year strongly

        Manville wrestlers came into the Raritan Valley Wrestling League tournament on Sunday, Feb. 26, with no big expectations. But they left knowing next year’s season will be a good one.     In the ‘A’ Tournament Gavin Potts came up big by finishing his league season undefeated.     Gavin started off with a dominating win…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students design anti-drug CD covers

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students design anti-drug CD covers

       Three grand prize winners were selected in this year’s CD cover design contest as part of Red Ribbon Week.    The Hillsborough Township Life Skills Committee and the Hillsborough/Millstone Municipal Alliance held a contest for all 4th through 8th grade students to design and submit a CD cover that conveyed a positive, drug-free message.    The top…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Science fair displays students’ ingenuity

    HILLSBOROUGH: Science fair displays students’ ingenuity

    Crowds thronged to youngsters’ science exhibits at the library on March 8. Christopher Rothman, a seventh-grader, looks for the onion DNA in the test tubes held by seventh-graders Vittoria Realbuto (white shirt) and Ashlynn Hawes (pink shirt).

  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, week of March 15

       Art Society works: Fascinating and incredible masterpieces by Manville high and intermediate school students will be on display at the library until Friday, April 6. The public is welcome. * * *    Tax help for seniors: AARP volunteers will be available to prepare senior citizens’ income tax forms for free at the library by appointment…

  • Community Calendar: March 15 edition

    Thurs., March 15    Yikes! What’s Happening to My Body? 7 p.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road; boys or girls 9-12 with a parent or guardian to look at growing up and physical, emotional and intellectual changes that come with puberty; sponsored by Princeton HealthCare Community Education and Outreach; register…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Veteran Bennett receives service medal from state

    HILLSBOROUGH: Veteran Bennett receives service medal from state

    Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez John J. Bennett Jr., Flagtown, is pinned with the Vietnam Service Medal by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno for service during the Vietnam War. Approximately 15 New Jersey veterans from various war conflicts were honored and bestowed with the state’s top military awards during a medal ceremony at the Veterans Outreach Campaign…

  • Packet Media Group presents our 2nd Annual Homes Solutions and Real Estate Open House Event

    Packet Media Group is proud to announce its 2nd Annual Homes Solutions and Real Estate Open House Event to be held on Sunday, April 15th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Jamesburg, NJ, conveniently located off of Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike.   This unique show will bring together some of the areas top…

  • FLORENCE: Crunch time for charity

    Florence coach takes on Dangerous Dom Devito to aid cancer fight By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    FLORENCE — Dangerous Dom Devito is coming out of retirement just to have a crack at Florence Coach Layton Dodge.    What’s more, he’s bringing his friends: Gary the Freak, The Jersey Hurricane, JC the Outpatient and Tommy Force, to…

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