• Roy’s Deli to close doors after 15 years of service

    Customers saddened by loss of community business as well as interaction with Roy family BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Sangita Roy tends to a customer at Roy’s Deli on Aug. 26. The Roy family, which has owned and operated the delicatessen on Sweetmans Lane in Millstone for 15 years, did not have its lease extended…

  • Millstone Twp. may purchase historic home

    Grants being sought for preservation project BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent I f funding is available from the state or the county, Millstone Township plans to purchase a historic farmhouse and 7.5 acres of property on Baird Road. At the Sept. 7 Township Committee meeting, the governing body introduced an ordinance to purchase the Wagner/Baird property,…

  • Breaking the silence to help save women’s lives

    Local residents promote awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Sami Soltani, 7, and his brother Youcef, 9, help “turn the town teal” by tying a ribbon to the entrance of Lotos Dry Cleaners in downtown Allentown to promote awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms. For more photos, see…

  • Maybe there are reasons they need to keep secrets

    CODA GREG BEAN You’ve got to wonder why Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson and the municipal attorney are so determined to keep the results of a review of the police department that was paid for with public funds such a secret. In October 2010, in anticipation of Police Chief Mitch Roth’s retirement, the borough hired…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: He clearly remembers 9-11

    To the editor:    I can remember waking up early on that Tuesday morning, getting ready for my fourth day of high school. I usually got a ride to school from my next-door neighbor but she had already left by the time I arrived at the bus stop.    I walked onto the school bus and looked…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Hot cars displayed at Rte. 1 mall

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Hot cars displayed at Rte. 1 mall

    Staff photos by Charles W. Kim A sample of the variety of vehicles on display during the show at the South Brunswick Square Mall.

  • NEW HANOVER: School construction continues

    Students wait until Sept.19 to return to school BY Amber Cox, Special Writer    NEW HANOVER — After an extra long summer break students in the elementary and middle school district are returning to New Hanover Township School on Sept. 19.    A two-phase renovation project to the school began in December and had a scheduled completion…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: "Hero" retires

    ROBBINSVILLE: "Hero" retires

    K-9 police dog given fond farewell By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — It was an untraditional retirement ceremony for a distinguished member of the Robbinsville Police Department whose parting gifts included a plaque, a handmade blanket and a Kong chew toy.    K-9 Officer Zilke, aka Hero, an 11-year-old German shepherd whose long (in dog…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: RHS senior named national scholarship semifinalist

    ROBBINSVILLE: RHS senior named national scholarship semifinalist

    RHS senior Eric Principato, 17, shown here at the NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology at Rutgers University, is a semifinalist for the National Merit Scholarship program.

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