• HILLSBOROUGH: Elks gearing up for clambake

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville-Hillsborough Elks Lodge No. 2119 will hold its 18th annual clambake on Saturday, Sept. 12 (rain date Sept. 13), to help support special-needs children.    The Sept. 12 event, one of three fundraisers that helps support the lodge’s special-needs children, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the…

  • MANVILLE: Police Blotter

       At 4:23 p.m. Aug. 1, a Hillsborough resident came to police headquarters and reported losing a black Coach wallet while shopping at Wal-Mart earlier that day. The wallet contained a New Jersey driver’s license, credit and debit cards, and $60 in cash. * * *    Caroline V. Acosta, 18, of Somerville, and a 16-year-old girl…

  • Hopewell Valley assessment

    Stanley J. Vitello, Hopewell Borough     H.L. Mencken said: “ Democracy is the theory that common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”    The Hopewell Valley Community Needs Assessment asked a random sample of residents (across age groups) to express “what matters” to them. There were positive and negative…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Dance students get jump on ‘Nutcracker’ numbers

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    These may be the dog days of summer, but inside The Dance Connection on Jill Court, students already were thinking of winter as they rehearsed a scene Aug. 20 as dancing snowflakes in the holiday favorite “The Nutcracker.”    The New Jersey Youth Ballet — which in 2008 replaced former company…

  • MONROE: Township man dies in 2-car crash

    by Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — An 18-year-old Monroe man died in Englishtown on Tuesday after his vehicle collided with another and then struck a telephone poll and a cement mailbox.    Matthew Bowdenhodge was driving west on Wood Avenue in a 2004 Toyota Camry when he struck a 1989 Chevy truck driven by Robyn…

  • CRANBURY: Bats carry team in tourney

       After learning the hard way that good pitching does not necessarily beat good hitting — at least in Little League — the Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League Z Enterprises 12-year-old all-stars let their bats do much of the talking in placing third in the HTRBA Late 12s Tournament.    C-P advanced out of District 12 Little League pool…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Torrential downpours drench area

    Township took the worst beating from Saturday’s storm By Reem Nasr, Staff Writer    A severe area storm dropped several inches of rain Saturday and caused considerable flash flooding in Hopewell Valley.    ”Our police director said that this has been among the worst storms he has ever seen,” said Pennington Borough Administrator Eugene Dunworth.    In Pennington,…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Despite woes, Clunkers spurred traffic

    Area car dealers speak of ‘unbelievable’ sales hikes By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — When it came to the Cash for Clunkers program, local car dealers said they loved the increased sales. But they added they could have done without some of the bureaucratic headaches from federal reimbursements not coming quickly enough and…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: HEALTH HAPPENINGS

    Swine flu and immunizations update    Swine flu updates and information — Accurate up-to-date information about the continuing emergence of swine flu in this country is available on line from the Centers for Disease Control at www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu.    As information becomes available that could pertain specifically to the health of Hopewell Valley residents, the Hopewell Township Health…

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