• LAWRENCE: Candidates talk money, services

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Economics and public safety dominated the discussion among five of six candidates for three available Township Council seats at the candidates night sponsored by the Lawrence chapter of the League of Women Voters last week.    Republican Party candidates Kyle Collins, Colette Coolbaugh and Falk Engel and two of their three…

  • MANVILLE: Grayer but wiser, Class of 1981 reunites

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Thirty years have passed since the Manville High School Class of 1981 graduated.    Saturday night, the classmates got together for a reunion at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Edison. About 25 grads gathered for reminiscing and fun.    Reunion organizers and Manville residents Denise Hurley Nothey and Yvonne Walk…

  • PRINCETON: Details of fatal rescue attempt released

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The death of Michael Kenwood, a Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) member, has been ruled accidental because of acute asphyxia due to drowning, according to details in materials provided to The Princeton Packet from Princeton Township Police under an Open Public Records Act request.    It is also revealed…

  • Unity Bank Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Small Business Giveaways and Money Machine Contest

    By Yankee Public Relations Unity Bank is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with two special community programs, including the Blizzard of 20s Contest where 14 lucky winners will have a chance to win up to $1,000 of the $14,000 in prize money. The winner of the contest in each branch will get 60 seconds inside the…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Couple dies in Route 130 limo-truck crash

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A Robbinsville couple died Oct. 11 after the limousine they were riding in crashed into a flatbed truck carrying construction equipment on Route 130 South.    Mireille Danbury, 68, of Sharon Road, Robbinsville, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband, Monroe Danbury, 71, was later transferred to the…

  • ALLENTOWN: Mission trip to Malawi builds perspective

    ALLENTOWN: Mission trip to Malawi builds perspective

    Upper Freehold Regional School District Superintendent Richard Fitzpatrick meets a village chief during a trip to Malawi sponsored by Villages in Partnership.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Crews repairing water main break

    Windsor section of township without water By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    A water main break on Wednesday has left about 100 households in the Windsor section of the township without running water, according to the water company.   Donna Alston, a spokeswoman for Aqua New Jersey, said the 12-inch main on Route 130 north of Meadowbrook…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Woodfern School invites veterans to school on Nov. 14

       Students and staff at Woodfern Elementary School invite family members or friends of students and staff to spend the morning of Nov. 15 with the school community.    The Veterans Day observance will begin with each homeroom spending the early morning meeting with their veteran. Students can ask questions.    At 9:30 a.m., a school-wide assembly…

  • LAWRENCE: He’s one of the best of the best Marines

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Michael Ludwig can’t recall Sgt. Elliott’s first name, but he certainly remembers what his Marine Corps drill sergeant was like — the epitome of what a Marine should be.    ”Sgt. Elliott was a Marine’s Marine. He was intense. He could move mountains, it seemed like. He never showed weakness —…

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