• MANVILLE: Community calendar for week of Aug. 18

    Thurs., Aug. 18    Board of Education special meeting, 6 p.m. ABIS media center, to discuss and set board goals for 2011-12 school year. Wed., Aug. 31    Schools “Sneak Peek.” No formal program; visit your school and “take a peek” before the first day. Students must be accompanied by an adult. Community members welcome. Noon- 4…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: State to begin repair work on bridges over highways

       The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced the start of a bridge maintenance project that will address 28 individual bridge structures along the entirety of Interstate 195 in Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties.    NJDOT’s maintenance contractor, Power Concrete Co. Inc., is scheduled to begin repair work this week at the CR 547 bridges over…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rotary Fair adds another day

    Will go to Sunday to make up for postponement at start of run    Heavy weekend rains made the carnival field a muddy mess, so the opening of the Hillsborough Rotary Fair was postponed one day until Wednesday night.    To compensate, the fair will be extend its run to Sunday, when it will be open from…

  • LAWRENCE: Man enters contest to win dog park for town

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A path that meanders through shaded, woody areas. A pond that has underground jets of water that surface at random. A sand box in which to dig.    Sounds like a pretty neat park — except that this one is meant for dogs, and not people, said Kyle Mills of Lawrence,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of Aug. 18

    Business seminars offered at no cost    Friday, Aug. 19 — No-cost business counseling sessions are offered by the Small Business Development Center at Raritan Valley Community College from 1 to 5 p.m. at Affinity Federal Credit Union in the Hillsborough Promenade, Route 206, Suite 501.    For an appointment, phone 908-526-1200, ext. 8516. Car wash boosts…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Condo residents displaced by fire

       Charred deck railings today sit on the ground next to one of the buildings in the Brookview condominium complex off Auten Road, but the deck on one of the units overlooking the parking lot is gone.    The deck was cited as the area where a blaze started Friday night at about 9:45 p.m.    Several families…

  • MANVILLE: Food drive will help fill county pantry

       The New Jersey Marine Corps Road Detachment MCL 1284 and the American Legion Post 304 will hold their annual food drive to benefit the Somerset County Food Pantry on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the American Legion Post on South Main Street.    The food drive will…

  • Caritas Chamber Chorale to Hold Auditions
  • Caritas Chamber Chorale to Hold Auditions

    Caritas Chamber Chorale to Hold Auditions

    By Adrianne Petillo Caritas Chamber Chorale is currently seeking singers, especially tenors and sopranos, interested in performing many styles of a cappella sacred music for its 2011-2012 season.  Caritas Chamber Chorale, founded and directed by Barbara Sanderman, sings benefit concerts for the Adorno Fathers’ St. Francis Caracciolo Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. …

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