• Mum’s Produce

    Mum’s Produce

    Seasonal produce store trying to raise funds for summer opening in Allentown.

  • MANVILLE: Shop locally to help build community

        Financial markets reacted strongly to shoppers turning out in droves — a frenzy, almost, in some places — for post-Thanksgiving sales.     If shoppers are ready, willing or not, to dip into their wallets, that’s good news. We may not like it, but our economy is dependent on consumer spending. Getting money moving is…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Shoppers ‘occupy’ holiday storefronts

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Shoppers ‘occupy’ holiday storefronts

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    They were not protesting, just looking for hot deals.    That is why local shoppers spent the day of Thanksgiving bundled up for hours outside major retailers.    ”I have a roommate and we are alternating shifts,” Tomas Vives, 28, of North Brunswick said as he sat outside the Best Buy…

  • LIBRARY CORNER: Week of Dec. 1

       Events at the Bordentown Branch of the Burlington County Library System at 18 E. Union St., Bordentown City: For children    Pajama Time — Tuesday, Dec. 6, or Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 10:30 a.m. or Thursday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m.    Children ages 3 to 6 are invited to wear pajamas and bring a favorite stuffed…

  • LAWRENCE: Girl giving gifts of warmth again

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    With two blankets in hand and 1,998 to go, Kayla Jackson is on her way to collecting enough blankets to donate to dialysis centers, homeless shelters and those in need.    Kayla and her mother, Kathi Jackson, collected the two blankets on the first day of a six-week-long blanket collection campaign.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vikings victory finishes ‘best season ever’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vikings victory finishes ‘best season ever’

    Coach Rick Mantz gets early birthday wishes from his team following the game. Ed Birch photo

  • LAWRENCE: Early birds stay up late to get the deals on Black Friday

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    For Maryann Mance and her husband, Elmer, it was the chance to snare a $300 artificial Christmas tree for $99 that drew them to stand patiently outside Macy’s Thanksgiving night, waiting for the store to open at midnight.    The couple, who live in Lawrence, arrived about two hours before the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library offers computer courses

    Schedule for week of Dec. 1    Computer courses for adults are offered at the township library.    A basic computer skills program is offered at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1. Part one of Intro to Microsoft Word will be held Monday, Dec. 5, and the second part a week later, both at 2 p.m.    Part one…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ciattarelli to get early start in Assembly

    GOP confab elects Montgomery’s Caliguire to fill freeholder vacancy By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough’s Jack Ciattarelli will be sworn in as the state Assembly’s newest member on Monday, it appeared yesterday.    Mr. Ciattarelli was selected by acclamation by the county Republican committee Tuesday night to fill the remaining six weeks of the term of…

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