• HILLSBOROUGH: Zobele blood drive a success, Scouts say

    To the editor:    In spite of some minor setbacks (date related, platelet-bus related, weather related, etc.) we are proud to report the results of our sixth annual Silvano G. Zobele Memorial Blood Drive held on Thursday, Sept. 1, through the American Red Cross.    We saw a total of 51 potential donors and collected blood from…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Community pauses to remember 9/11

    ROBBINSVILLE: Community pauses to remember 9/11

    Robbinsville resident Kevin Gaff holds a photo of his late wife, Pamela, at the township’s ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Pamela Gaff died in the World Trade Center. Staff photo by Joanne Degnan

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town commemorates 9/11 anniversary

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town commemorates 9/11 anniversary

    Staff photos by Charles W. Kim Top, spectators listen to speakers during the 9/11 anniversary ceremony at the Municipal Building on Route 522 Sunday. Middle, veterans from the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post attend the ceremony. Below, a current soldier stands at attention during the ceremony.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Colts junior football plays first game

       After battling rain-soaked practices in August and a flood that lost a week of practice in September, the Manville Colts traveled to Bound Brook for their first Pop Warner game of the season.    With only 16 players, it was the first time the Colts were able to play against 11 other players. Mistakes plagued…

  • OPINION: Lessons from Hurricane Irene

    From: Jim Waltman, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association Irene    By any measure, Hurricane Irene was a monster.    Like much of New Jersey, our watershed was hammered by rain, wind, power outages and flooding. Damages from flooding occurred in almost every corner of our 265-square-mile watershed and in all 26 towns within our region of central New…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Firehouse ceremonies mark 9-11

       Two memorials to those who died in the terrorist attacks of 10 years ago were held in Hillsborough on Sunday.    Woods Road Fire Company No. 3 unveiled its memorial garden in a noon ceremony. The centerpiece is a piece of World Trade Center steel sitting atop a marble pedestal.    Ex-chief Brian Brownlie pulled the covering…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Powerhouse Gym to host fundraiser for Progin family

        On Saturday, Oct. 29, Powerhouse Gym will host “Power for Progin,” an event to benefit the family of Ian Progin, a Hillsborough High School guidance counselor and varsity boys’ basketball coach ill with cancer.     Mr. Progin, who lives in Hillsborough, was diagnosed with stage 4 giloblastoma in early May. He is husband to…

  • FLORENCE: Church toasts police with food and praise

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    FLORENCE — The Florence Township Police Department was the recipient of some tender loving care — not to mention fantastic food — from the First Wesleyan Church congregation on Sunday, Sept. 11.    The idea originated with the Rev. Philip Loria, pastor of the West Fourth Street nondenominational church, who wanted…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town commemorates 9/11 anniversary

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town commemorates 9/11 anniversary

    Staff photos by Charles W. Kim Above, Taylor Owens plays “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes during the 9/11 anniversary ceremony Sunday. Below, police Chief Raymond Hayducka addresses the audience at the ceremony.

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