• MONTGOMERY: Open Space chairman gets state award

    MONTGOMERY: Open Space chairman gets state award

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Clem Fiori, chairman of the township’s Open Space Committee, has been named one of this year’s winners of the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards    He and other recipients were recognized last week at Drumthwacket, the governor’s official residence.    ”I am honored to receive this award and am especially grateful…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Towns wary of state aid cut

    Concerned with 2010 surplus, precedent By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Municipalities received notice last week that they would not be receiving an anticipated final disbursement of state aid for 2009, which could have an impact on their 2010 budgets, local officials say.    The state Division of Local Government Services announced last week that the Consolidated…

  • PRINCETON: Scenes: Winter cheer at Drumthwacket

    Photos courtesy of The Drumthwacket Foundation By Christian Kirkpatrick Special Writer     Who has a better right to guild the lily than New Jersey’s garden clubs?     Every December they decorate one of the most beautiful homes in New Jersey —Drumthwacket, the governor’s official residence — until it glows with festive spirit. Their creative holiday…

  • Manville High School Selling Previous Years’ Yearbooks

    By D. Green Manville- Manville High School’s yearbook, The Valorem, has many copies of past issues for immediate sale.  Mr. Green, a third year English as a Second Language teacher and the co-advisor of the yearbook, was cleaning out the storage room and came upon many previous years’ issues of yearbooks.             “I was cleaning and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Irish dancers skip their way to national event

    HILLSBOROUGH: Irish dancers skip their way to national event

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    With several wins in both solo and team dances, Hillsborough’s Davis Academy of Irish Dance took home top prizes during the annual Eastern Regional Oireachtas dance championships, which were held Thanksgiving weekend at the Philadelphia Marriott with competitors from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.    The competition qualifies Irish dancers…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Toy drive aims to provide children with holiday cheer

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    As a result of the struggling economy, many families are having difficulty providing a happy holiday for their children.    To help meet the needs of the less fortunate during the holiday season, the Middlesex County Bar Association is conducting its 25th annual toy drive.    ”The response so far has been…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ project to brighten soldiers’ holidays

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ project to brighten soldiers’ holidays

    Woods Road students Allen Holman (left) and Christian Kruskall put together a card to send to a soldier serving overseas. Photo courtesy of Margaret Rothblatt

  • MANVILLE: Library’s gingerbread house builders choose fresh designs

    MANVILLE: Library’s gingerbread house builders choose fresh designs

    > Winning entries in the library’s contest came from (left to right) Kirk and Jean Weber; Natalie, Christine and Karolina Barrantes; and Blair Sauerhoefer, whose mom received the award for him. Photo by Ruth Bielanski

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Resident’s new restaurant sets Dec. 19 grand opening

       Hillsborough resident Loren Caso has opened Mangia Restaurant at 117 N. Gaston Ave. in Somerville, offering fine Italian cuisine, in a family friendly atmosphere.    The restaurant will have a grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 19, with several local officials including Assemblyman Pete Biondi, R-16. As part of the grand opening, the…

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