• MANVILLE: Senior center will be closed next two Mondays

       Except for holidays, the Manville Senior Center on South Third Avenue 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 each run from September to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Flood group takes first tenuous steps

       Representatives of nine municipalities and Somerset County met last week in Manville to organize the brand new Raritan and Millstone Rivers Flood Control Commission.    They chose seats on either side of a long table and carefully began to introduce themselves and learn more about their fellow public servants. Bright eyed and eager, the members seemed…

  • LAWRENCE: Haitian minister gives annual status report

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    When an earthquake struck Haiti two years ago, the walls of Harmony Ministries’ main church, school and medical clinic in Port-au-Prince came tumbling down — but not the Rev. Luc Deratus’ faith that the facilities would be rebuilt.    The foundation of the church has been laid, the walls are going…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts’ Derby rewards fastest, stylish model cars

    HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts’ Derby rewards fastest, stylish model cars

       More than 40 boys were off to the races Jan. 28, when Hillsborough’s Cub Scout Pack 189 held its annual Pinewood Derby at Woods Road Elementary School.    The school’s gym was transformed into a racing venue, complete with a six-lane track, excited fans, split-second finishes and lots of old-fashioned sportsmanship and solidarity.    Tiger, Bear, Webelos…

  • Mount Saint Mary Seniors Participate in National Signing Day Ceremonies

    Mount Saint Mary Seniors Participate in National Signing Day Ceremonies

    Mount Saint Mary Academy seniors joined student-athletes from throughout the country Wednesday as they signed their national letters of intent.  Soccer standouts Andrea Fontanetta of Neshanic Station and Rhea Barghash of Bridgewater formally signed their letters in a special ceremony on the Mount campus.  Fontanetta will attend the University of Georgia and Barghash will attend…

  • LAWRENCE: Two charged in warehouse burglary

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Two Robbinsville Township men were charged with burglary, theft, possession of burglary tools and criminal mischief after allegedly breaking into an abandoned office/warehouse building on Quakerbridge Road at 10:55 p.m. on Jan. 31.    Joseph G. Skurjunis II, 20, and Christian James Nemeth, 20, were charged after police, who were acting…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Alliance reports on community projects

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Community District Alliance (CDA) is continuing to provide before- and after-school programs, Adult Basic Skills GED and ESL Civics programs and a number of summer programs for the community.    Originally founded in 1982 as the Community Education and Recreation Department, CDA has been operating as a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Lauren Bernard to marry Philip Camuso in August

       Lauren Anne Bernard and Philip Anthony Camuso, both of Stewartsville, are engaged to marry.    The bride-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Hunterdon Central High School, and is working towards her degree in health care administration at Raritan Valley Community College.    She is employed as an assistant access manager in the emergency room at Robert Wood…

  • LAWRENCE: Day care center hearing to resume

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The owner of a day-care center, proposed for the former headquarters of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh Day Adventists on Brunswick Pike, might learn Wednesday whether her application for a conditional use variance will be approved.    The township Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet at 7 p.m. in the…

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