• MANVILLE: Thompson’s scores qualify her for gymnastic sectionals

       Manville gymnast Emma Thompson, a fifth grader at Roosevelt School competing at level 6, started the season with second place in the all-around competition with a score of 34.75 at the Ready, Set, Go invitational at Bishop Ahr High School in Edison.    ”At this particular meet, they do not do individual placements on the four…

  • New Jersey Farmers team up to Share over 1500 Pounds of Apples to help Girl Scouts as they mark Centennial with Historic Bridging across George Washington Bridge

    By Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey On November 13, 2011, Six New Jersey Farms (including: Melicks Town Farm, Oldwick, Race Farm, Blairstown, Sunden’s Stone Pointe Farm, Old Tappan, Terhune Farm, Princeton, Tree-Licious Farm, Port Murray and Union Hill Farms, Denville) donated 1500 pounds of locally grown, farm fresh apples to the Girl Scout Councils…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Holiday food donations needed

       The South Brunswick Food Pantry is in dire need of food donations for the holidays, according to Social Services Director LouAnne Wolf.    ”We are still extremely low (on food),” Ms. Wolf said. “We packed up 117 boxes so far, and after the first 40 we are low on so many items, so the boxes are…

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

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vikings victory finishes ‘best season ever’

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer    The South Brunswick Vikings football team ended its 2011 season on Thanksgiving Day with a 10-1 record, the best record in the school’s 51-year history, with a 28-18 come from behind victory against rival North Brunswick.    The day’s festivities started off with Senior Day as graduating senior football players, marching…

  • Community Calendar: Dec. 1 edition

    Thurs., Dec. 1    School-Age Storytime and Craft: 4:15 p.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville. This class is for children in kindergarten and up. Pre-registration is required online at www.mcl.org. Fri., Dec. 2    Babytime: 10:30 a.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road. This class…

  • Mum’s Produce

    Mum’s Produce

    By Daniel DeLuca A group of locals is trying to raise money to launch a seasonal produce store in downtown Allentown, NJ. “Our goal is to bring a variety of local New Jersey grown produce into the town for the summer,” according to co-founder Dan DeLuca. The store plans on brining in not only fruits…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police: We’ll be on lookout for drunk drivers

       Hillsborough police warn they will take part in a crackdown on impaired drivers from Dec. 5 through Jan. 2.    In that period, the local department will conduct DWI checkpoints as part of the statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” program, which also will include sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols looking for motorists who may…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Leaking pool from play damages school stage

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    One of the creative stagecraft features of the Hillsborough High School theater department’s fall drama production was a 12-foot by 16-foot pool on stage, around which much of the action took place.    It now appears the waterproofing barrier for the pool, which was specially built, leaked, causing thousands of dollars…

  • People for Animals Pet Photos with Santa Paws

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