• MANVILLE: Student Council blends culinary with community

    MANVILLE: Student Council blends culinary with community

    Teacher Michael Forte serves Christopher Santana at the high school Student Council’s International Food Festival Saturday at the courtyard at Manville High School. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS: Week of May 26

       In observance of Memorial Day, the library will be closed on Saturday, May 29, and Monday, May 30. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, May 31.    May display: Featured in the display case are creative creations from Mrs. Minsavage’s art classes from Christ the King School.     * * *    Displays needed: Do you have…

  • MANVILLE: Student Council blends culinary with community

    MANVILLE: Student Council blends culinary with community

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville High School courtyard was the setting the first International Food Festival on Saturday. The festival was sponsored by the MHS Student Council as a fundraiser for the group.    ”We have had a number of businesses donate and we are trying to promote the local businesses as well. It…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local students among Raritan Valley’s 640 who receive degrees

       Raritan Valley Community College awarded associate degrees and certificates to more than 640 candidates for graduation at its 42nd annual spring commencement on Saturday, May 14, at the Branchburg campus.    Dr. Shihab Kuran, president and CEO of Petra Solar, delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree.    Lynne Kowski of Washington (Warren County), an…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township woman’s ‘moment’ wins jewelry prize

       Ji Hae Ju of Hillsborough is the grand prize winner of the Pandora international fine jewelry company’s nationwide “My Moments” contest.    Ms. Ju selected her prize, valued at $5,000, from the PANDORA store in the Bridgewater Commons Mall on Friday morning.    The “My Moments” contest ran from mid-March through April, and was advertised in the…

  • MILLSTONE: School board makes hiring decisions

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    MILLSTONE — The Board of Education on Monday approved the hiring of an interim director of special services for 2011-2012, as well as a short-term consulting contract for its incoming schools superintendent to enable him to become familiar with the district prior to his official Aug. 1 start date.    Scott…

  • BCC softball team falls short of NJCAA tourney

    BY TIM MORRIS For only the second time in the last 17 years, the Brookdale Community College softball team did not compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championships. The tournament was held last weekend in Minnesota. Coach Bo Scannapieco’s Jersey Blues came up one game short in their bid to return to…

  • Traina, FTHS 4×400 relay win conference track titles

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School’s girls 4×400-meter relay team added to its legacy by winning the title at the May 21 Shore Conference Championships. The Patriots’ quartet ran the second fastest time in meet history, 3:53.83, at Neptune High School. The scheduled two-day meet was held in one day because of…

  • FTHS track and field teams seal A North Division titles

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Freehold Township High School girls track and field team may have been down, but the Patriots were far from out. They proved that on May 16 when they defeated Howell High School, 78.33 to 61.33, in a showdown for the 2011 Shore Conference A North Division crown. Both teams…

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