• ALLENTOWN: High School to host Jazz Festival

       ALLENTOWN — Allentown High School will host its first Jazz Festival, featuring some of the best high school jazz bands in New Jersey, on Friday, March 18.    The festival will begin at 6 p.m. and the AHS Jazz Band will perform around 9:30. The festival will be adjudicated by Jeffrey Kunkel from Montclair State University…

  • SENIOR CORNER: Week of March 17

       The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW located on Washington Avenue. The club is open to new members who are residents of Manville, age 60 or older, and age 55 if disabled.    Canned goods or non-perishable food items will continue to be collected before each…

  • MANVILLE: Guests read to Roosevelt students

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Roosevelt School students joined in the celebration of Read Across America by having guest readers throughout the week visit the school to read their favorite books.    Readers who came to Roosevelt during the week included Rachel Brendler, Michael Magliacano, Robin Carver, Jennifer Weber, Dr. James Brunn, Ned and Barbara…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Officials answer health-benefits question

    Three part-time elected officials get coverage through township plan By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council, which for almost a year has rebuffed a resident who wanted to know which part-time elected officials accept township health benefits, reversed course and named names last week.    Mayor Dave Fried and council members Rich Levesque…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students praised for ‘Phantom of Opera’

        Bravo! Bravo to the cast of “Phantom of the Opera,” exquisitely staged by the talented students of Hillsborough High School.    I was part of the fortunate audience of seniors who rose to our feet with applause and cheers.    Well done!    May the future be bright for all those who strive for the dream of…

  • SOMERSET VALLEY YMCA WELCOMES NEW BOARD PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT ANNUAL MEETING

    SOMERSET VALLEY YMCA WELCOMES NEW BOARD PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT ANNUAL MEETING

    Picture credit (l-r): Jeffrey Newland, Andrea Thorne, Laura Shreve, John Richardson, Paul Kieltyka

  • MANVILLE: Seniors revel in final musical

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Find those flared trousers or those platform shoes and your favorite outfit from the 70’s and get ready to sing all those great songs. Head over to Manville High School this weekend and enjoy the sounds of the 70’s as the MHS Drama club puts on this year’s production,…

  • Part-time officials getting full-time health benefits

    Sonja Walter, Robbinsville    In this era of endless political rhetoric, I thought I had heard it all. But Robbinsville Township Council members have topped even themselves.    Members of council have, for the past two years, supported a budget that provides full-time health benefits to part-time elected officials. We have been paying about $7,500 a year…

  • MILLSTONE: ‘Commercialized’ sign for school troubles planners

    MILLSTONE: ‘Commercialized’ sign for school troubles planners

    The Millstone Planning Board says the 13-foot-tall illuminated sign that the school board wants to erect on Baird Road to identify the middle school doesn’t fit in with Millstone’s rural character, and expressed concerns that programmable moving messages and photos displayed in red LED lights would distract drivers and lead to traffic accidents.

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