• Crosswicks Creek Kayak and Canoe Race and Tour May 14th at 9 AM

    By Marc Covitz The Crosswicks-Doctors Creek Watershed Association is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Kenneth H. Francis Kayak and Canoe Race and Tour on the Crosswicks Creek on May 14th at 9 AM. The start of both events is at Oakford Lake in New Egypt, NJ.   Experienced and non-competitive paddlers are urged to participate in…

  • MANVILLE: Community readies for cleanup day

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The Third Annual Clean Community Day sponsored by the Borough of Manville will be held this Saturday, April 30. Groups from town are all pitching in to help beautify the community.    Letters went out to groups in Manville asking for their support, including Boy Scout Troop 193, Christ the…

  • MANVILLE: School budget passes, three chosen for board

    Voters in Manville approved the school district’s proposed budget by 399 to 275. Newcomer Valerie Frank was elected to a three-year term with 391 votes. Incumbents Heidi Alles, with 324, and Jeanne Lombardino, with 322, were re-elected to three-year terms. Also on the ballot were candidates Judy Faulkner, Sharon Lukac Kim Richter. See next week’s…

  • PLUMSTED: Lacrosse season will complete Wills’ NE career

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Dylan Wills will get to rest this summer. . . finally.    The New Egypt High School senior has played three sports for all four of his years, and he’s at the end of the road now. It’s been quite a start to his final scholastic year with the football…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior citizen news for week of April 28

       Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. We are open to new members. Doors open at 11:30, allowing you time to review the activities we offer. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m.    Dick Meier is president; you can call him at 908-359-6948 if you have a question.    Upcoming trips:…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local man caught up in drug-sales sweep

    27 from Somerset, Middlesex, Hunterdon are charged    A Hillsborough man was among 27 people arrested and charged April 23 to 25 with drug-related offenses in Somerset and Middlesex counties.    Somerset Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said the investigation, called Operation American Dream, was initiated when detectives assigned to his office’s narcotics task force received information that 28-year-old…

  • MONROE: Voters reject school budget, full-day kindergarten

       MONROE — The proposed school budget of $102,926,020, with a tax rate of $2.413 per $100 of assessed valuation, was turned down 3,387 to 2,262 on Wednesday.    The second ballot question, which asked voters to approve spending $777,237 for full-day kindergarten at Barclay Brook, Mill Lake and Oak Tree elementary schools, also was turned down,…

  • MANVILLE: Residents charged in drug-selling swap

       Two Manville resident were among 27 people arrested and charged April 23 to 25 with drug-related offenses in Somerset and Middlesex counties.    Somerset Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said the investigation, called Operation American Dream, was initiated when detectives assigned to his office’s narcotics task force received information that 28-year-old Bruce J. Baillie Jr., also known as…

  • First-Ever Bordentown Alumni Art Show

    First-Ever Bordentown Alumni Art Show

    By Kate Lynch Social networking leads to cross-country planning for alumni art show The deadline for the “first-ever” Bordentown Regional alumni art show is coming up May 31, and alumni planners are hoping for 40 or more artists to make Cranberry Festival 2011 in October a special homecoming. Art will be exhibited at Farnsworth Gallery,…

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