• Hopewell Valley teachers are honored at E-Squared dinner

    Hopewell Valley Education Foundation hosted its tenth annual event at the Washington Crossing Inn    On May 1, the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation hosted its tenth annual E-Squared Dinner at the Washington Crossing Inn.    Over 130 friends of education in Hopewell Valley attended the dinner, which honored the Hopewell Valley Regional School District Teachers of the…

  • MANVILLE: Continuing education

    MANVILLE: Continuing education

    Members of Manville First Aid and Rescue Squad and Manville Fire Department participated in a two-day training session focusing on making rescues in fast-moving waters, such as rivers or flooded streams. Photo courtesy of Melissa Reilly

  • MANVILLE: New board member shares experiences at college workshop

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Though her job requires public presentations, North Bank Street resident and recently elected Board of Education member Cathy Wiedwald found she needed to stop a few moments while speaking to students at the College of Saint Elizabeth on April 30.    ”When I talk about my son, the emotions come out,…

  • PENNINGTON COUNCIL UPDATE

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Pennington Borough Library has purchased three new computers, for use by library patrons, with money donated to the library, borough Councilwoman Eileen Heinzel said during Monday night’s council meeting.    Ms. Heinzel, council’s liaison to the library, said the purchases came at the recommendation of on information technology consultant, who…

  • Winning CMS 6th graders highlight a Holocaust hero:

    Winning CMS 6th graders highlight a Holocaust hero:

    Picasa 3.0 Alisha and Shruti displaying their winning exhibit at NJ NHD

  • MONROE: A tree grows in Monroe

    MONROE: A tree grows in Monroe

    Staff photo by John Keating. ynthia Hills fourth-grade class at the Oak Tree School in Monroe poses with a can crusher used to crush 15,336 cans.

  • JAMESBURG-MONROE RETROSPECTIVE

       10 Years Ago – 1999     • The Jamesburg Borough Council approved an ordinance allowing police to enforce traffic rules on privately owned streets in the Beaver Brook Run development. The ordinance is a part of a compromise between the borough and the Beaver Brook homeowners association that allows police to enforce motor vehicle laws without…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       At 4:06 p.m. April 29, a South Main Street resident reported losing his wallet two days earlier at an unknown location. The brown tri-fold wallet contained an undisclosed amount of cash, a driver’s license and a social security card.    A North Street resident reported her daughter’s black and white boys Mongoose brand bicycle had been…

  • Census Canvassers Checking Local Addresses

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders             U.S. Census workers will be coming to various Somerset County neighborhoods through June to conduct an address-canvassing operation in preparation for the 2010 Census.             “We want our residents to be aware that they may see these canvassers on their streets,” said Freeholder Director Rick Fontana. “These workers will…

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