• Won’t back candidates who back pension law

    Michael Izzo, Hillsborough Having been recently victimized by those we pay to represent us, I have come to a rude awakening: I am only contributing to local candidates who publicly announce their lack of support for the so-called state pension reform law, and support for candidates who publicly voice lack of confidence in Speaker (Sheila)…

  • Ukrainian Folk Festival

    Ukrainian Folk Festival

    Ukrainian Dance:Pure excitement

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of July 14

    Fri., July 15    Friday nights at the drive-in movies: 8:30 p.m., “Gulliver’s Travels;” Duke Island Park, Old York Road, Bridgewater; sponsored by the Somerset County Park Commission; pack a picnic basket; admission is free; call 908-722-1200, ext. 351, for weather updates. Fri., July 22    Friday nights at the drive-in movies: 8:30 p.m., “Chronicles of Narnia,…

  • MANVILLE: Filippini was spirit of Manville

    MANVILLE: Filippini was spirit of Manville

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Always smiling, telling jokes and very funny.    That is how longtime resident and community member Atopere “Sandy” Filippini will be remembered.    Mr. Filippini died Saturday at the Bridgewater Care Center in Bridgewater.    Mr. Filippini was an essential part of Manville for the past 53 years.    After getting married, Mr.…

  • Would charter schools be good for Lawrence?

    Joe Summers, Lawrenceville To the editor: Laura Waters, president of the Lawrence Township Board of Education, recently suggested that the New Jersey Education Association “announce a pilot program of NJEA-sponsored charter schools” (Saving the NJEA from itself, Guest Opinion, June 16).    This raises some interesting questions since charter schools drain public taxpayer funds from the…

  • A look back at 23 years of shuttle coverage

    By Phil McAuliffe    ”I can’t wait for this thing to be over,” I kept thinking as I dragged 150 pounds of camera equipment and luggage into Atlantic City airport at 4 o’clock in the morning on the Fourth of July.    I was on my way to photograph Atlantis as it made the 135th space shuttle…

  • MANVILLE: Filippini was spirit of Manville
  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS: Week of July 14

       The library is hosting two large book sales. The first will be held on Tuesday, July 26, from noon to 8 p.m. It is an all-day sale with the Kootz rock ‘n roll concert sponsored by the Somerset County Cultural Grant playing music from 7 to 8:30 p.m.    The second will be Tuesday, Aug. 16,…

  • Heartsville to be Guest Artists at the Unitarian Society (East Brunswick)

    Heartsville to be Guest Artists at the Unitarian Society (East Brunswick)

    By The new group Heartsville, which consists of Kimberly Andersen, Matt Holley, and DeeDee Miles, will be performing at the Unitarian Society for a service centered around the theme of comfort on July 24 at 10:00 AM. The three singers recently finished touring with Todd Rundgren this spring. Songs from different areas of pop music…

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