• National Night Out Aug. 5 in Metuchen

    The Metuchen Youth Services Board/Municipal Alliance Committee and the Metuchen Recreation Commission, in conjunction with the Metuchen PBA Local 60, will celebrate the annual National Night Out on Thursday, Aug. 5, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Myrtle Park, off Orchard Street. No registration is required. For more information, call the Metuchen Recreation Commission at 732-632-8502.

  • Pancake breakfast Aug. 7 in Metuchen

    Centenary United Methodist Church, 200 Hillside Ave., Metuchen, will serve a homemade pancake breakfast 8-11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7. The all-you-can-eat breakfast will be available for $7 per person and $5 for children age 10 and younger. For more information, call weekday mornings at 732-548-7622.

  • Montgomery personnel praised by a visitor

    Barbara Bohanan of Shrewsbury     In an age of economic troubles and selfishness, I found first hand, there is still good in people, and even better, perfect strangers.    My daughter plays softball for NJ Fury, which is a tournament team. Her team plays all over the state and out of state throughout the summer. We…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Troop 1776’s Aug. 18 blood drive honors father of Scouts

       Boy Scout Troop 1776 will hold its fifth annual Silvano Zobele Blood Drive at the Neshanic Reformed Church in Hillsborough from 2:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 18.    Silvano Zobele, who died of leukemia in June 2006, is the father of Scouts John and Thomas Zobele. Since his passing, the troop has run a summer…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Gay book pulled at library, activists stage protests

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Gay book pulled at library, activists stage protests

    The pulling of "Revolutionary Voices" from the Burlington County Library System has created controversy.

  • PBSN Singles After Work Social and Discussion “Lifestyle of Over-40 Singles”
  • Response to Dauber

    Jim Cann, of Georgetown Road, Bordentown Township    I would like to respond to the July 29 letter to the editor by Committeeman Mike Dauber.    William Faulkner once said, “Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.” Mr. Dauber quoted a lot of facts, but because of the many half-truths and omissions…

  • Imagine if revaluation was a national affair

    Chris Johnson of Princeton     Imagine: It’s early October of this year, and you receive a notice from the IRS that your 2010 federal income taxes will rise 20 percent. It says taxes are due Nov. 1.    Perplexed, you call the IRS.    You: “I don’t understand why my taxes are going up.”    IRS Guy: “I…

  • MONTGOMERY: Police investigate home invasion and robbery

    Elderly woman victimized By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer   MONTGOMERY — A 67-year-old resident of South Wiggins Lane was robbed in her home early Monday morning, according to a press release issued by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.    The victim called 911 at about 5:45 a.m. to report that she was sleeping in her bedroom…

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