• LAWRENCE: Turner’s district now more competitive

    Senator aims to make friends in the added municipalities By Lea Kahn    Now that the redistricting dust has settled, New Jersey’s 15th Legislative District has lost two of its most solidly Democratic municipalities and picked up four new municipalities — two of which tend to lean Republican.    Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have been moved…

  • MANVILLE: Elks Lodge gives honors to 2010’s top members

    MANVILLE: Elks Lodge gives honors to 2010’s top members

    Members of the Elks who were recognized on March 26 include, from left, Deb Knitowski, Andrea Liptak, Ginny Shields, Mark Nipps, Barry Bird and Frank DiPaolo. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • MANVILLE: Elks Lodge gives honors to 2010’s top members

    MANVILLE: Elks Lodge gives honors to 2010’s top members

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Five local members of the Elks were honored at the Manville-Hillsborough Elks Lodge No. 2119 Installation on March 26. The members were recognized for their contributions to the Elks Lodge by Past Exalted Ruler Virginia (Ginny) Shields.    Ms. Shields, of Hillsborough, completed her term of office and presented each…

  • Dennis Tyburski Memorial Fundraiser

    Dennis Tyburski Memorial Fundraiser

    Eddy Murphy and Lisa Horton of Mike’s Towing and Recovery present a check for $300 to Eric Harris, Executive Director of Family and Community Services of Somerset County. The check is for the first car donated to FCS.

  • MANVILLE: Teams get awards at GotNet event

       The Manville High School PTSA hosted its second annual volleyball GotNet event on March 24. Students in ninth through 12th grade created teams to compete for the GotNet championship and bragging rights. There were a total of eight teams and 1 staff team and an estimated 100 spectators.    The Staff team (Dan Sferrazza, Pat DeNapoli,…

  • Local Weight Loss Centers Achieve Gold Standard for Excellence

    Local Weight Loss Centers Achieve Gold Standard for Excellence

    Dr. Lawrence Stifler, Ph.D., president and founder of HMR (Health Management Resources) presents the 2010 Gold Standard Award to the staff of Princeton Weight Management Program for achieving excellence in weight-loss treatment.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Six school board candidates are profiled

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer Frank Herbert: Stabilize taxes    Frank Herbert and his wife Eileen have been residents of Hillsborough for 38 years. The retired electrical engineer is a graduate of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now NYU).    He worked in the telecommunications industry for almost 44 years at AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Andrew Corp.    The…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Team’s destination: global finals

    ROBBINSVILLE: Team’s destination: global finals

       ROBBINSVILLE — The sixth-grade “Shooting Starz” Destination ImagiNation team from Pond Road Middle School took first place in the New Jersey Destination ImagiNation state competition Saturday at Robbinsville High School.    By doing so, the team earned an invitation to compete at the DI global competition in Knoxville, Tennessee, in late May. This is the second…

  • LAWRENC: Democrats unveil candidate for primary

    By Lea Kahn    The Lawrence Township Democratic Party has unveiled its slate of candidates for three Township Council seats, days before the April 11 deadline to file nominating petitions.    The names of the Republican Party nominees were not available as The Ledger went to press. The deadline to submit nominating petitions for the June 7…

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