• Kids triathlon a great day for Lawrence

    Steven Groeger, Recreation Superintendent Labor Day 2010 was the first annual Red White and Bang Kids Triathlon. The purpose of the event was two-fold. First, provide an opportunity for young athletes to compete against their peers in three endurance events. Second, begin the process of raising funds to bring fireworks back to Lawrence Township.    To…

  • PRINCETON: Police seeking man who lured teenager

    by centraljersey.com    Police are seeking a man who tried to order a teenage girl into his Mercedes Benz Friday evening.    According to police, at approximately 6:53 p.m. a white man driving a black Mercedes Benz with tinted windows approached a 13-year-old girl near the Princeton Family YMCA on Paul Robeson Place and ordered her into…

  • LAWRENCE: Court sends cell tower case back to zoners

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The township Zoning Board of Adjustment has been ordered to reconsider the Cellco Partnership’s application for a use variance to build a cell tower on the Peterson’s Nursery property on Route 206.    The zoning board was ordered to hear the use variance application again — without considering a township-owned property…

  • Photo by Steve Goodman

    By: centraljersey.com Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542. All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to:…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    On Point lauded Heather Cheesman, deputy mayor, Bordentown City Beyond a shadow of a doubt you could feel the sense of community while witnessing the best of our high school students this past Friday at the opening of the On Point program. From the exciting opening ceremony to meeting each student individually you can see…

  • Scout registration

    By: centraljersey.com Thursday, Sept. 16 – The Allentown/Upper Freehold Cub Scouts (Pack 180) will be having a registration meeting at Allentown Methodist Church at 7 p.m. If you have any questions, e-mail Barbara Cottrell at [email protected] or call 609-259-8802. Manufacturing is alive Thursday, Sept. 16 – The Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce will present Pascal…

  • LAWRENCE: ‘Walking bus’ growing on way to school each day

    LAWRENCE: ‘Walking bus’ growing on way to school each day

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    School crossing guard Frank Novatkoski isn’t so lonely anymore.    Since school started two weeks ago, Mr. Novatkoski — who is posted at the corner of Bergen Street and Gordon Avenue — has been helping more and more children cross the street on their way to the Lawrenceville Elementary School.    ”There…

  • LETTERS: Fiscal responsibility starts at home with council

    Jean Dvorak, South Brunswick Walking through town and talking to voters reveal some interesting perspectives and concerns on their parts.    Foremost seems to be the rising cost of living in South Brunswick. Every now and then someone says, “I’m going to have to leave South Brunswick when I can’t afford to live here any more.”…

  • Christopher Sacco

    By: centraljersey.com BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – The prospect of having a discount food store at the gateway to the township has the exasperated some members of the Township Committee. The problem they face, however, is that they may not be able to prevent it. A plan to create strict regulations to develop a town center has…

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