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  • MANVILLE: MYAL sets sign-ups for fall sports season

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    For Manville students who sign up for the Manville Youth Athletic League (MYAL), it’s an opportunity to compete against football teams from Bound Brook, Kenilworth, Metuchen, Middlesex and other area towns.    Currently, only a few students have signed up for this year’s teams, according to Football Commissioner John Bentz. The…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: County plans picnic at Norz Hill Farm

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Homegrown food, live music and barn tours will be the offerings for those county farmers ready to spend an evening in honor of a fallen comrade.    To continue to fund two Somerset County Board of Agriculture scholarships given in honor of the late Tom Everett, Hillsborough farmer Rich Norz will…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings     . HOPEWELL LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: July 9, 7:30 p.m., 13 E. Broad St.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: July 9, 7 p.m., Municipal Building; July 23, 7 p.m., Union Fire Company.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH: July 13, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE:…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township Council OKs budget with 6-cent tax rate hike

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council formally adopted its $21.3 million municipal budget for 2009 this week, concluding a budget process Mayor Janice Mironov repeatedly had called the toughest in her tenure.    The spending plan, OK’d Tuesday, calls for an $8.9 million tax levy, resulting in a municipal tax rate…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Work on Rt. 522 is under way

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A new reverse jughandle at Route 522 and Route 1 is expected to be finished by late fall or early winter, according to township officials.    The project, which will allow motorists heading north on Route 1 to cross the highway and head west on Route 522, began at the end…

  • PENNINGTON: Sculpture garden gets official unveiling today

    PENNINGTON: Sculpture garden gets official unveiling today

    The garden’s grand opening is set for noon to 4 p.m. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    This one has the feel of the spirit of Renaissance-era Florence, Italy, somehow alighting 600 years later in Pennington.    It has Win Straube filling in for a scion of the Medici family and Richard Butterfoss as the connoisseur picked…

  • PENNINGTON: Sculpture garden gets official unveiling today

    PENNINGTON: Sculpture garden gets official unveiling today

    Richard Butterfoss, curator of the sculpture garden that opens today (July 9) at the Straube Center in Pennington. With Mr. Butterfoss is Seward Johnson’s sculpture, “Holier Than Thou.” Photo by John Tredrea

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough Council tweaks budget; waits on aid request

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council will have to hold a second public hearing on its proposed 2009 municipal budget after making some alterations to the spending plan this week.    The changes mostly dealt with inserting grants received since the budget was introduced, as well as some adjustments such as changes…

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