• MANVILLE: Pearl Harbor attack remembered on its 70th anniversary

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290 held its annual Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony on the 70th anniversary of the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor to force the United States into World War II.    Past post Commander Andy Henkel began the ceremony by saying, “From that faithful day in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Campus Corner, week of Dec. 15

    News of college students from Hillsborough    Catherine Meyer of Hillsborough is one of three education majors at The College of New Jersey in Ewing Township to be recognized with a scholarship awarded from the N.J. Science Teachers Association.    The award was given at the NJSTA convention Oct. 11-12 at the Garden State Convention Center in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner for issue of Dec. 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., allowing 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…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Scouts take on rivers swollen by storms

       Editor’s note: This article was co-written by Boy Scouts Austin O’Neill, Carter Post and Matt Seelig.    Boy Scouts of Hillsborough’s Troop 89 set out on two camping trips on Friday, Sept.16.    One group set out for the Delaware Water Gap to raft the Delaware River. A smaller group of older Scouts embarked on a high…

  • LAWRENCE: Library celebrates 50th

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    For the first 33 years of the Mercer County Library System’s existence, Lawrence residents had to wait for the bookmobile — a truck filled with library books — to make its weekly stops around the township.    But in 1961, after several years of lobbying for a bricks-and-mortar library branch, Mercer…

  • Twin W Volunteer EMT Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
  • ALLENTOWN: Students invite public to environmental presentations Dec.. 21

    The Greenbirds Club at Allentown High School will be hosting a presentation by the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) at the high school auditorium on Wednesday, Dec. 21. There will be four, 60-minute presentations throughout the day and community members are invited to attend any one of them beginning at 7:40 a.m., 9 a.m., 11…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Anti-bullying post rejected again

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    For a second time, Hillsborough school board members Monday turned aside the administration’s request to expand a job to handle more work arising as a result of the state’s new anti-bullying and harassment laws for students.    Monday’s vote fell on a tie, 4-4. In September, the board rejected the request,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS students show charity

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS students show charity

    By Maria Riegel, Special Writer South Brunswick High School is continuing its Giving Tree to help local families in need, according Activities Coordinator Gina Welsh.¶ "We started it last year," Ms. Welsh said. "I think we raised over $1,000 last year."¶ The idea originated when a Christmas tree was donated to the high school last…

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