• MILLSTONE: Teen pens award-winning play

    MILLSTONE: Teen pens award-winning play

    Jenna Postiglione, 16, of Millstone, recently was named a winner in the New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest for her 10-minute play, “The Prologue to After.”

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Fishing derby taking registrations

    County-sponsored contest takes place June 4 in township Fishing derby taking registrations    Registrations are being taken for the Somerset County Park’s annual youth fishing derby from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 4, at the Sourland Mountain Preserve, East Mountain Road, Hillsborough.    The derby is open to both novice and experienced fishermen and women ages…

  • MANVILLE: Eighth-graders plant a new tradition

    MANVILLE: Eighth-graders plant a new tradition

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The Alexander Batcho Intermediate School Class of 2011 started a new tradition that will be carried on for years. The eighth-grade class planted a community garden on Saturday in the courtyard at Manville High School. The class was joined by parents, staff and friends.    ”This is the first time…

  • MANVILLE: Town welcomes store
  • PLUMSTED: Crowd protests possible Police Department cuts

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — Residents and policemen concerned about possible layoffs in the Police Department offered the Township Committee ideas for reducing the municipal budget last week, but their suggestions didn’t add up to the nearly $100,000 in cuts elected officials are required to make.    Plumsted voters April 27 overwhelmingly rejected the…

  • LAWRENCE: Relay for Life steps off at igh school on May 20

    By Lea Kahn    For several hours May 20, the Lawrence High School track will be filled — not with track stars, but with cancer survivors, their caregivers and their supporters at the Relay for Life of Lawrence Township cancer research fundraiser.    The Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event, and the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State Green Acres coming to township

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    Hillsborough Township has been approved to receive $675,000 in state Green Acres grant funds to be used for preserving open space and improving parks.    ”Every time we can find other sources for land preservation, it means that the township’s fund can go that much further and be available for other…

  • LAWRENCE: School board forms high school career academies

    By Lea Kahn    Aiming to jump-start Lawrence High School’s new career academies, the Lawrence Township Board of Education on Monday approved the division of the high school into an upper school and a lower school. It also created a second principal’s post at the grades 9-12 school.    The school board also filled the vacancy for…

  • Sesely grabs Modified win at Wall Stadium

    A nthony Sesely of Matawan raced to his first Modified stock car main event win of the 2011 campaign at Wall Stadium Speedway on May 7. Sesely fought off the late-race challenges of defending champion Chas Okerson of Freehold to the finish. Second-generation racer Jason Hearne of New Egypt raced to the lead at the…

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