• No school? Go to the Y

    By: centraljersey.com Kids’ Day Out is a full day of school-age child care held at the Hillsborough Family YMCA on "no school" days. Children ages 5-12 participate in a variety of activities, including swimming, arts and crafts, games, movies, gym activities. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. when schools are closed due to weather…

  • School talent show moved to Saturday

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Inclement weather on Jan. 28 may have stopped the show from going on but students and teachers still have another chance to showcase their talents.    The high school talent show has been rescheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Manville High School auditorium. The show is about two…

  • SPRINGFIELD: School official helps New Orleans Katrina victims

       SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Schools District Business Adminstrator and Howell resident Matthew Clarke was among three New Jersey business administrators, all members of the N.J. Association of School Business Officials (NJASBO), who recently traveled to New Orleans to volunteer with the Operation Helping Hands (OHH) relief effort for Hurricane Katrina victims. Amidst good news about New…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: City artist teaches students about creativity

    By Amber Cox    BORDENTOWN CITY — A local full-time painter shared his love of art with students in the Art Club at St. Mary School on Monday.    Al Barker, of Prince Street, has been a city resident since 1970 and a full-time painter for the past 36 years.    With a background in academics it is…

  • Local gymnast swings for gold

       Emma Thompson, a 9-year-old level 5 gymnast for Paramount Gymnastics in Hillsborough, captured the club’s first state championship of the 2010-2011 season.    Thompson, a Manville resident, executed her best bar routine of the year and was awarded a score of 9.575 for her efforts, which in addition to capturing the state title in the 9-year-old…

  • Justin Feil

    By: centraljersey.com Alexis Pezza usually uses her athleticism on the soccer field or softball diamond, but it has come in handy for the Hillsborough High School girls basketball team. The sophomore gives the Raiders another mobile forward to run by opponents. Pezza provided a career-high 16 points in Hillsborough’s 42-29 win over Franklin last Tuesday,…

  • MANVILLE: First aid squad appoints its new officers

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville First Aid and Rescue Squad and its Auxiliary held their annual installation of officers dinner on Jan. 22 at Fire Company No. 1. Members of both organizations attended.    Squad officers for 2011 who were sworn in included Chief Cynthia Snow, Capt. Victor Emodi, 1st Lieut. Ronnie Caiazzo and…

  • Capitol

    By: centraljersey.com The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators and other items of political concern. Aiding and abetting Sen. Robert Singer, R-Ocean, has introduced legislation that would increase the penalty for individuals interfering with the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of a person following the commission of a crime. This legislation comes on…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School district’s 2011-12 calendar finalized

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    School will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 6, and end on June 21, according to the calendar the township Board of Education approved at its Jan. 24 meeting.    The calendar, which allots three snow days for inclement weather, has winter recess from Dec. 23 to 30 and spring break from April…

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