• LAWRENCE: Young swimmers lead LSA at champs

    By Rudy Brandl, The Packet Group    It’s no surprise that the 10-and-under girls led the way for the Lawrenceville Swim Association at the season ending Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association Championships. These girls have been winning races all summer.    Rita Thompson, who posted the fastest freestyle time (16.15) of any 9-10-year-old girl at the…

  • Community calendar

       Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in the Hillsborough Beacon, drop a note to Hillsborough Beacon 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 [email protected]  before…

  • Attention Entrepreneurs! Turn Work Into Child’s Play with Franchise Opportunity

    Attention Entrepreneurs! Turn Work Into Child’s Play with Franchise Opportunity

    By Tim Lumpkin Hamilton Township Native Turns Imaginative Play Paradise Concept into National Franchise    Romp n’ Roll Takes Off in Marketplace by Breaking from Traditional Gyms/Enrichment Centers   Growing up in Hamilton Township, Barbara “Babz” Radvany Barnett never thought she would one day be running a multi-million dollar company that she founded. In fact,…

  • CRANBURY: Calling all Muggles!

    CRANBURY: Calling all Muggles!

    Staff photo by John Keating. Isabella Stier and Kate Wenzler play a couple of Hogwarts students from the Slytherin House in a version of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” July 31 at Cranbury Methodist Church.

  • Community survey results to go public

    Valley officials     Over the past year our organizations collaborated to better understand the needs of our community.    Focus groups provided the foundation for constructing and distributing a Valley-wide survey.    We are excited to present the survey results and are inviting Hopewell Valley residents and municipal officials to this presentation. It will be held on…

  • MANVILLE: ABIS camp achieves coveted ‘Super Chill’ rating

    MANVILLE: ABIS camp achieves coveted ‘Super Chill’ rating

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    According to representatives from the Somerset County Alliance, only one improvement could be made at the summer camp held at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School.    ”The only thing we wish were different is that it could be held for more of the summer,” Ronnie Weiner, Somerset County Municipal Alliance coordinator, said.…

  • KINGSTON: Vandalism visits D & R Canal State Park

    KINGSTON: Vandalism visits D & R Canal State Park

    Vandalism at D & R Canal State Park includes this damaged picnic table. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Community calendar

       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: [email protected]  before…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Lock-in at the library

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A night among the stacks is something only a few library lovers will ever get to see.    But for a group of local teens, sleeping next to bestsellers and classics is going be a reality Friday evening.    The Teen Lock-In event for students in grades eight through 12 is set…

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