• LAWRENCE: Four charged in multiple burglaries

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Four men have been charged in connection with several unrelated burglaries that have occurred in Lawrence Township within the past five months, according to police Lt. Charles B. Edgar.    Rufus Thompson, 23, of Trenton, and an 18-year-old Hamilton Township man each have been charged with two counts of burglary, two…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: High school students inducted into academic society

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: High school students inducted into academic society

    Principal Tim Matheney presents certificates to the newly inducted members of the National Honor Society at South Brunswick High School Feb. 15. 

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Voters approve fire budgets

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    Voters approved fire budgets and re-elected incumbent fire commissioners in both Millstone and Plumsted townships on Saturday. Millstone    In Millstone, the $1.7 million total fire budget with a $1.5 million tax levy (the amount raised by taxation) was overwhelmingly approved by a vote of 135 to 20.    The spending plan…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Town agrees to test salt-brine mix on roads

    By Jessica Noll, Special Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee has agreed to test drive the county’s new program that pre-treats roads with a salt-brine mix prior to snowstorms in order to reduce the amount of time and materials spent on snowplowing.    Committeeman Bob Faber proposed at the governing body’s Feb. 16 meeting that…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: 100th day of school used as teachable moment

       On Feb. 14, Amsterdam Elementary School students and staff celebrated the 100th day of the school year. Kindergarten through 4th grade grades participated in different activities to honor the occasion.    The 100th-day activities helped students to understand whole number relationships and place value, including grouping in tens and ones, and the base-ten system.    Ideas of…

  • MANVILLE: Local PBA treats senior citizens to lunch

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Senior citizens were treated to a special President’s Day lunch on Monday, compliments of the Manville PBA.    The annual luncheon for the seniors was held at the North End Firehouse on North Eighth Avenue. Seniors signed up through the Manville Recreation department.    A larger-than-normal crowd of 93 senior citizens…

  • LAWRENCE: Man, 59, charged with arson attempt at neighbors

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Jesse Savadge, 59, of Lawrence Road, faces multiple charges after he allegedly attempted to burn down a neighboring house on Lawrence Road on Feb. 15.    Mr. Savadge was charged with aggravated arson, aggravated assault on a police officer and resisting arrest after he shoved a police officer who was attempting…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Robotics team ready to ‘rumble’

    ROBBINSVILLE: Robotics team ready to ‘rumble’

    The Robbinsville High School Nemesis 2590 Team Robot is named Prince after the team’s CEO Eric Principato.

  • Comfort Keepers hires Sheila Truncellito as Client Care Coordinator

    By Karen Gibson (February 1, 2012) – Stephanie Howe, RN, owner of Comfort Keepers in Hamilton Square and Monroe Township, recently announced the appointment of Sheila Truncellito as Client Care Coordinator. “We are very pleased to have Sheila join the Comfort Keepers team. Sheila was born with the Comfort Keeper gene. Her warm and caring…

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