• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Willows swimmers win league championship

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Willows swimmers win league championship

       The Willows swim team continued their 2011 season last week, competing against nine other teams in the NJSDC “B” league championships hosted by the Cedar Hill Swim Club on July 30.    The top six swimmers earned points for their respective teams.    The Willows sent 62 athletes and together they outscored all the other teams competing,…

  • MANVILLE: Car show wows Saturday spectators

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Fifty cars went on proud display Saturday at the Manville High School Music Organization’s sixth annual car show with the Full Throttle Car Club on the high school fields.    Organizer Al Tomari thought this year’s car show was a success.    ”I would like to thank the band parents…

  • MANVILLE: Nowak says, ‘There should be a law’

    Victim calls for dog control ordinance By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    After the recent dog attack on himself and his dog Sonny, Rudy Nowak would like to see some type of dog ordinance put into place in Manville.    Mr. Nowak and Sonny were rescued by neighbor Ronald Sterner on July 15 as he and…

  • LAWRENCE: Taiwanese officials tour Ben Franklin school

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Clad in matching blue T-shirts, a group of Ben Franklin Elementary School students welcomed some special visitors to the school Tuesday afternoon — a delegation of Taiwanese officials who spent the day touring central New Jersey to learn more about sustainability.    What drew the delegation to the Ben Franklin Elementary…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Fire company invites residents to 9-11 ceremony

       Hillsborough Fire Company No. 2 encourages residents to attend its annual 9/11 ceremony to remember those lost on the fateful day 10 years ago.    The 10-year anniversary of the terror attacks will be held Sunday, Sept. 11, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at fire station on Route 206 near Hamilton Road. Light refreshments will be…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK:Truck catches fire in Kendall Park
  • MANVILLE: As summer ebbs, we look to autumn

        Tick, tick, tick. We’re in the countdown of the last days of summer.     Hopefully we’ve beaten most of the heat and humidity, and you can’t help but notice the daylight hours are growing shorter. The sun may even be in your eyes while you’re driving to work.     Increasingly we’ll look to the…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Author reveals the real facts about teaching

    By BIrgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN CITY — They open the door and step in, wide eyed and innocent, and no one has told them what really lies behind the classroom door.    Now, one man with 20-plus years of teaching experience has decide to enlighten them.    ”Teaching may not be for everyone,” said Eric Gibbons,…

  • LAWRENCE: Mrs. G owner talks about success to women’s business group

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Take a little bit of old-fashioned customer service, add some new-fashioned social media, find a niche market that few have discovered — and that’s the recipe for success in the 21st century business world.    It is a recipe that has worked for Debbie Schaeffer. She is the 3rd-generation owner and…

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