• MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    County officials describe floor plan for renovations By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Manville Public Library joined the Somerset County Library system about two years ago and last week an open house at the library shared exciting news with the community. Keith McCoy and Brian Auger, the top administrators in the county library system, spoke…

  • PLAINSBORO: Third-singles’ Binder is steady winner with Knights

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Amanda Binder’s return to the United States improved the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls tennis team.    The junior moved back from Germany this year, and she moved up from third singles to second singles Thursday for a win as third-seeded Knights remained unbeaten on the season with a 3-2…

  • FRENCHTOWN: Next 300th event is tavern tour

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer The Hunterdon County Tricentennial Committee continues to schedule a full slate of events. A tavern tour at the historic National Hotel in Frenchtown is on tap for this Saturday, Oct. 11. For tickets, call 908-788-2020. Originally built in 1833, the hotel was a 19th-century stagecoach stop, according to the National…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Seniors go for gold

    HILLSBOROUGH: Seniors go for gold

    Lou Possemato takes a shot as recreation program coordinator Griffin Dunne referees. (Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe)

  • LAWRENCE: Eggerts Crossing gala set for Oct. 15

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer For four decades, the Eggerts Crossing Village townhouse development — located at the end of Johnson Avenue, off Eggerts Crossing Road — has provided safe and affordable housing to hundreds of families. In celebration of that anniversary, nine people who have been involved in Eggerts Crossing Village and the Every…

  • MANVILLE: Candidates stake out top issues

    By Deb Dawson, Special Writer Flood-distressed homeowner buyouts and the redevelopment of the Rustic Mall are topics on the mind of all four Manville Borough Council candidates. Two of four candidates will be elected. Running are incumbents Ed Komoroski, a Democrat, and Steve Szabo, a Republican. GOP Club President Dayna Camacho and Harry Bugal Jr.,…

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  • ART IN THE EVERYDAY

    Calling all culinary artists to bring their blue-ribbon recipes to the Pennington Farmers Market this Saturday (Oct. 11), where the HV Arts Council is sponsoring a bake-off featuring the Valley’s local farm produce. There will be four categories — Cakes, Pies, Breads, and Kids Creations (age 15 and under). Submissions should be dropped off at…

  • Together we will fight this pipeline plague

    Kim Robinson, Hopewell Township Ebola. An insidious virus that is spreading. Some are calling it a plague, and the world is worried. Here in Hopewell Township, and throughout New Jersey, we have a plague of our own, and we should all be worried. No, I speak not of a biological virus, but of a plague…

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