• MANVILLE: Choose next mayor based on action

    To the editor:     To my fellow citizens of this great town, I simply ask that you consider a new person for mayor based upon total inaction by the present and past mayors. I will not bad- mouth anyone but will simply say that promises are easy to make but they must be followed by…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local Democrats write letter to township residents

    Last ‘Campaign Corner’ submission for Martinez, Reddan Editor’s note: This material was supplied by John Reddan and Aldo Martinez, the Democratic candidates for Township Committee. An open letter to our fellow Hillsborough residents:     You, the residents of Hillsborough have been opening your doors to us for weeks now, asking us questions and speaking with…

  • Community Calendar: Nov. 3 edition

    Thurs., Nov. 3    Mercer County Regional Chamber of Commerce Robbinsville Chapter Evening Networking: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Poseidon Mediterranean Bar & Grill, 2360 Route 33, Suite 106, Robbinsville. Members $10, future members $25. For information call 609-689-9960 ext. 16. Fri., Nov. 4    Open House for Homeschoolers: 2 p.m., Plumsted branch of the Ocean County…

  • MANVILLE: Former Democrat backs GOP team

    To the editor:     As the former Manville Democratic Municipal Chairman, I’d like to spread some light on the election campaign.     In their letters and mailers, the Democrats accuse the Republican team of not redeveloping the Rustic Mall, collecting double pensions, not being there for flood victims, and voting for tax increases. At the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Business advocate shouldn’t be cut

    To the editor: Democratic candidate John Reddan Jr. suggested the township should look for cuts elsewhere, like the $50,000 for at township-employed business advocate.    Hillsborough will not be one of the best places to live in America if it is not friendly to businesses. It is obvious that businesses increase revenue and they are vital…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Stone Bridge students accept a challenge

    By Rachel Lavery, Special Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — Start a chain reaction of kindness.    This noble idea taken from the late Rachel Scott’s high school essay has become the catalyst for a campaign of kindness reaching around the world and now is taking root at Stone Bridge Middle School.    Rachel, who died in the 1999…

  • LAWRENCE: Professors outline history of slavery in township

    By>Lea KahnStaff Writer    New Jersey is clearly north of the Mason-Dixon Line, which was defined in the early- to mid-1800s as the dividing line between the northern free states and the slaveholding southern states.    But contrary to the image of New Jersey as a free state, slavery was alive and well — even in Lawrence…

  • MANVILLE: Councilwoman responds to Democrats’ comments

    To the editor:     I would like to clarify some allegations written by the Democratic campaign committee in their recent flyer.     Mr. Corradino must have short-term memory. As a member of Office of Emergency Management, I worked the shelter Friday evening from 6-10 p.m. I also returned to the shelter Saturday at 10 a.m.…

  • LAWRENCE: Council: The stripes to stay on Bergen Street

    bY Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Despite the pleas of Bergen Street residents to remove the yellow and white lines that were recently painted on the roadway, Township Council is standing firm in its decision to keep them as part of its recently adopted “Complete Streets” policy.    However, the council agreed to ask the Planning Board…

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