• UPPER FREEHOLD: Township sues Allentown over fire funding

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — Upper Freehold has filed a lawsuit against Allentown’s mayor and council in an effort to force the borough to provide more financial support for the Hope Fire Company that protects both communities.    Granville M. Magee, the Upper Freehold township attorney, said Allentown has 35 days from July…

  • LAWRENCE: Local 4-H clubs strut their stuff at fair

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Khalid Vaughn stood by patiently, watching as visitors to the Mercer County 4-H Fair tried their hand at shooting air rifles Saturday afternoon.    Khalid, who is 14, was helping to staff one of two booths — operated by the 4-H’s Hot Shots Shooting Sports Club — at the annual fair,…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Local greenhouse grower joins state board

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Local greenhouse grower joins state board

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — Township resident Robert A. Swanekamp, a co-owner of Kube-Pak Garden Plants, a wholesale greenhouse on Route 526, was sworn into a four-year term on the state Board of Agriculture last week.    ”It’s a great honor, and a big commitment, and I look forward to serving to the…

  • MANVILLE: Police botter for week of Aug. 4

       An employee of the Manville Department of Public Works reported shortly after 9 a.m. July 25 the theft of three manhole covers near the Van Veghten bridge. The value was estimated at $900.     * * *    Patrolman Stephen Illes said he was flagged down by employees of C & C Construction of Basking Ridge…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Remember friends who may need help

      My friend, Joe Wions, passed away last night (July 26) from ALS. Joe was a long-time resident of Hillsborough, and a dear friend to me. I’d like to tell you about him, and about his family.    I came to know Joe when I worked at United Trust Bank, a bank that doesn’t exist any…

  • MANVILLE: Drive on down to the car show this Saturday

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The Manville High School Music Organization will hold its sixth annual car show by the Full Throttle Car Club from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, on the high school fields facing Bleecher Street.    Organizer Al Tomari is looking forward to another successful show.    ”The car show is for…

  • Thanks to police, businesses for bike safety program

    Dawn Monsport, Lawrenceville To the editor: I just wanted to take a minute and recognize a program that the Lawrence Township Police Department and several local businesses have developed to support the law that requires children under 17 to wear helmets while bicycling, skateboarding and roller skating.    My two sons (11 and 12 years old)…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: 700 homes will be built off Falcon Road

    Developer gains final Planning Board approvals By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Years in the making, a development that will add nearly 700 homes to the township was approved by the Planning Board on July 14.    Gateway at Sunnymeade gained final approvals to allow the building of nearly 700 residential units of various types on 190…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: It’s all for science — and fun

    Andrew Piccirillo, the Scienceteller, makes a show into a business. By Rachel Lavery, Special Writer    Andrew Piccirillo is not your average scientist. His lab coat is a brilliant tie-dye and his lab equipment includes everyday objects — a leaf blower, note card and Mason jar.    He uses these tools, unusual for science, because Mr. Piccirillo,…

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