• ROBBINSVILLE: Girls soccer wins C.J. Group I

    Ravens will play for state title Saturday at 2 p.m. By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     As Metuchen’s freshman Paloma Aguas’ high and unstoppable free kick sailed well over Robbinsville goalie Mary Jane Seiler’s head and into the back of the net, a few of the Ravens’ upperclassmen admitted to having to fight back thoughts…

  • $4.2 Million Refund Checks in New Jersey Returned to IRS

    By Gregg Semanick-IRS Spokesperson The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 3,075 New Jersey taxpayers who can claim their share of undelivered refund checks totaling about $4.2 million. These undelivered refund checks were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors. The IRS can reissue the checks, which average…

  • MANVILLE: Repair shop gets 30 days to answer borough’s claim demanding eviction

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Tenant Frank Racz — who rents the land on the corner of South Main and Kyle streets, formerly owned by Kenneth Grant — was granted 30 days Friday by Judge Fred Kumpf, sitting in Somerville, to produce any evidence of why he should not be removed from the property despite…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raritan man charged in connection to Quick Chek robbery

    HILLSBOROUGH: Raritan man charged in connection to Quick Chek robbery

    Noel Brown Jr., 20, of Raritan, was charged with several counts of robbery after a series of store and gas station robberies, including the Nov. 9 robbery of the Quick Chek store on Route 206.

  • ’The government’?

    Heather Lovett, Hopewell Township     In a front-page story in the Nov. 5 Hopewell Valley News, Kim Johnson is quoted as saying: “I am very excited about what this win in Hopewell Township will mean to the residents. Their concern about a large part of their income flowing to the government in property taxes has…

  • Macay, Carbone become SBHS history makers

    By Ken Weingartner, Special Writer    Best friends were best.    Jess Macay and Lindsay Carbone made history last weekend for South Brunswick High with top-five finishes in the all-around competition at the NJSIAA Gymnastic Championships at Montgomery. Macay, a senior, finished tied for second place while Carbone, a sophomore, was tied for fourth.    Prior to this…

  • Toymaker praises a Princeton toy store

    Dan Levy of Funstreet Inc., Northfield, IL     Sales of video games are down in the U.S. compared to last year, according to recent data from NPD Group, a market research firm. Meanwhile, sales of board and card games that bring people face-to-face are up, despite a decrease in overall toy sales.    When I was…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Roma’s plan for mixed use building prompts concerns

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — A plan for a retail/office building next door to the Roma Bank headquarters on Route 33 will have to come back before the Planning Board due to concerns board members and residents have over the traffic it might create and the amount of buffering between the site and…

  • MANVILLE: School’s vets salute includes flag facts

    MANVILLE: School’s vets salute includes flag facts

    Christ the King School’s Veterans Day event included a presentation on the history of the American flag. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

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