• LAWRENCE: Expert gives parents advice about child sex abuse

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    One in four girls and one in six boys will be the victims of sexual assault by the time they are 18 years old, and one in five children will be solicited for sex on the Internet.    The median age for becoming the victim of a sexual assault is 9…

  • MANSFIELD: School district plans to spend for vans and bus

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    MANSFIELD — The Northern Burlington Regional School District will be purchasing two new vans and a bus with Enterprise Fund money.    The district also will use the Enterprise Funds to purchase new security cameras for each van and bus in the district, a total of 36 vehicles.    ”No property tax…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Goodie boxes for troops being packed Saturday

    Operation Shoebox welcomes volunteers to help Rotary Club    Members of the Hillsborough Rotary club will assist during the two-month collection and will host a community-wide packing for Operation Shoebox at Hillsborough Elementary School on Saturday, Dec. 3.    Volunteers are invited to help pack donated supplies for shipment in time for Christmas to U.S. troops in…

  • LAWRENCE: Panel discusses providing healthy food in schools

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Food is pretty basic — but there is the right kind of food and the wrong kind of food, and it can have an impact on students’ behavior.    A panel discussion, sponsored by Organizing Action on Sustainability in Schools (OASIS), explored “Food in Schools: Why It Matters and What to…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Chamber releases 24th ‘Hidden Treasures’ calendar

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Chamber releases 24th ‘Hidden Treasures’ calendar

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  • ALLENTOWN: Stone Bridge 8th-graders ace NJASK test

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — Last year’s standardized state test results for eighth-graders at Stone Bridge Middle School showed children significantly outperformed their peers in similar school districts across the state.    ”Where we’ve chosen to invest money, in our kids in terms of instruction, is really having a direct benefit,” Schools Superintendent Richard…

  • MANVILLE: Elks tree sale benefits special charities

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    For the past 21 years, the Manville-Hillsborough Elks Lodge 2119 has been holding its annual tree sale at the lodge on Brooks Boulevard.     The fresh-cut trees arrived Sunday, and the sale began after the trees all were set up. Christmas trees and grave blankets are available for…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Alyce Quinlan, Robert Jolly are engaged to be wed

        Alyce Quinlan, daughter of David and Gabriele Quinlan of Hillsborough, and Robert Jolly, son of Ron and Linda Ritter of South River, are pleased to announce their engagement.     The bride-to-be graduated from Hillsborough High School in 2003 and Monmouth University in 2008, and is pursuing her master’s degree as a reading specialist from…

  • MANVILLE: He gives tree, and hospital kids will benefit

    Tree from Manville featured in downtown Philadelphia By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    A Manville 30-foot blue spruce Christmas tree made a lot of children and adults very happy this holiday season.    The tree was owned by Michael Holodinski, of South 15th Avenue, and now is the centerpiece at the Rittenhouse Square Park in Philadelphia.…

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