• MANVILLE: GOP Councilman defends his party

    To the editor:    A Republican response is required to again set the facts straight and let the truth be known in response to a recent Karen Jurewicz letter to the editor.    The first fact in her letter is misleading. The Democratic mayoral candidate actually did want a bigger pension check on the backs of the…

  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

    MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

    A high-class soap opera from Portugal leaves the viewer with the rare sense of having seen a whole life unfold By Elise Nakhnikian Special Writer    In movies. as in any form of storytelling, it helps to have a good tale to tell, but what really counts is telling your story well. Their aggressive lack…

  • MILLSTONE: Girl Scout aids horse rescue center

    MILLSTONE: Girl Scout aids horse rescue center

    By Heather Niccoli, Special Writer    MILLSTONE — Girl Scout Maddie Kaba would like to have the community help out in her efforts to raise money for Helping Hearts Equine Center, an organization that rescues horses from slaughterhouses.    Maddie, 13, is a cadet member of the Millstone Girl Scout Troop 853. By trying to raise money…

  • MANVILLE: Anti-bullying initiatives coming to schools

       It won’t be long before the kids will be going back to school. That means in most cases new clothes, new classes, catching up with friends about summer vacation, starting new classes and, unfortunately for some, being bullied.    Bullying and cruel nicknames in school are not new. But these days, with the Internet and social…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Township will miss ‘Crockett’

    ROBBINSVILLE: Township will miss ‘Crockett’

    The late Ed Diefenbach displayed his ar´rowhead collection. Photo by Dennis Symons Jr.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Public should oppose asphalt plant

    By Michael P. Shakarjian, Lawrence Brook Watershed To the editor;     The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership has serious concerns about the application before South Brunswick’s Zoning Board of Adustment regarding the former Weldon Asphalt site on 46 Fresh Ponds Rd.    CJ&M Associates wishes to re-purpose the site for a to-be-leased concrete batch plant, and a…

  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

    MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

    Joao (Joao Arrais) as a boy in ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter for week of Aug. 18

       About 10 a.m. Aug. 8, a caller from Duke’s Parkway said someone had broken the window of his vehicle sometime overnight. Patrols responded and said nothing was missing from the inside of the car. * * *    A caller at 11:46 a.m. Aug. 8 reported the theft of copper piping and a water meter from…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK:Public to comment on concrete plant tonight

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    The public may have its final chance to comment tonight on plans to build a batch concrete plant and lubricant storage facility on Fresh Ponds Road.    CJ&M Associates of South Brunswick LLC will be in front of the Zoning Board of Adjustment tonight at 8 p.m. for the latest…

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