• MANVILLE: Toys for Tots collection

       The local Marine Corps League Detachment 1284 will again support the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots program in the Manville area.    The program will collect new, unwrapped toys and distribute them as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community.    In order to receive toys, applicants must apply on line at www.toysfortots.org. Enter Somerset…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Primus poised to mass produce biomass fuel

    HILLSBOROUGH: Primus poised to mass produce biomass fuel

    By Christina Izzo, Special Writer    Primus Green Energy is one of the first companies to successfully and effectively convert biomass into standard automotive fuels.    Located on Homestead Road in Hillsborough, Primus Green Energy, under the direction of co-founder Dr. Moshe Ben-Reuven, has been working on this gasification process for over three and a half years…

  • Klatzkin & Company Donates Gift Bags to Meals on Wheels of Trenton/Ewing

    Klatzkin & Company Donates Gift Bags to Meals on Wheels of Trenton/Ewing

    Judy Levy, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels of Trenton/Ewing is shown here accepting 160 gift bags from Barry Snyder, Managing Partner of KLATZKIN & COMPANYLLP for home bound clients of the non-profit organization.

  • MANSFIELD: Mansfield tract brings $105,000 at auction

    By Joanne Degnan and Birgitta Wolfe, The Packet Group    ROBBINSVILLE — A 31-acre wooded Mansfield Township tract attracted five bidders at a public auction last week with the winning bid coming in at $105,000.    The parcel is now under contract and the sale should become final shortly, said Norman Zimmer of Max Spann Real Estate…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Man charged in attempt to cash district check

       An Irvington man has been released on bail from Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center on charges of kidnapping, making threats and theft related to a fraudulent Hillsborough school district check that a woman tried to cash in Metuchen.    At about 3:40 p.m. Nov. 13 a woman came into the bank on Lake Avenue with a…

  • ALLENTOWN: Business owners float parking proposals

    By Rachel Lavery, Special Writer    ALLENTOWN — Several Main Street property owners are asking the mayor and Borough Council to consider alternatives to the borough’s plan to buy a 1.4-acre parcel for a new downtown municipal parking lot.    Mayor Stuart Fierstein later said the businessmen are welcome to submit any written proposals to Borough Hall…

  • MANVILLE: Santa deliver gifts via firetruck

       The Camplain Road Volunteer Fire Company is accepting requests through Wednesday for its annual Santa gift delivery fundraiser Dec. 17-19.    For a minimum $10 donation per family, Santa Claus will arrive at your home via his sleigh and fire truck to deliver a holiday gift (which you provide) to your children. The fire truck will…

  • ALLENTOWN: ‘Holiday Idol’ warms hearts on cold night

    ALLENTOWN: ‘Holiday Idol’ warms hearts on cold night

    Dennis Symons ‘Holiday Idol’ contestant Selena Petrecca sings “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at the Allentown Business Community Association’s holiday celebration attended by more than 100 people Saturday night. The festivities also included a cookie-baking contest, a DJ, free hot chocolate and cider and the annual Christmas-tree-lighting. Photo by Dennis Symons, www.dennissymons.com

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library hosts programs for season

       Two craft programs for the holidays are coming up for children at the township library.    Clueless on how to gift-wrap? On Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m., the library will provide supplies and assistance for teens in grades 6-12 to make one-of-a-kind wrappings.    Younger children (grades 2-5) can join members of the Neshanic Garden Club…

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