• NEW HOPE: Foot race will block roads Saturday

    Vehicle travel within New Hope will be affected by the Run Now, Wine Later 5k run on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Many streets will be intermittently closed to vehicle traffic. They are: — West Bridge Street between Kiltie Drive and West Ferry Street; — The entire length of West Ferry Street; — Stockton…

  • MANVILLE: Football kicks off against arch rival

    MANVILLE: Football kicks off against arch rival

    Mustangs head to Bound Brook on Friday night By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Manville’s football team is coming together just in time for its season opener Friday night against arch-rival Bound Brook, football coach Pat Gorbatuk told his players at practice’s end Tuesday. Coach Gorbatuk said the Mustangs – 38 strong, a relatively large number…

  • WEST WINDSOR: New yard debris rules coming before council

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The township is ready to move forward with new regulations for the disposal of yard debris. The Township Council has two goals in making changes to the yard waste collection ordinance — preventing people from putting yard debris out for pickup too early and preventing people from…

  • MANVILLE: Football kicks off against arch rival

    MANVILLE: Football kicks off against arch rival

    Manville High football coach Pat Gorbatuk huddles with his team after Tuesday’s practice. Training days are winding down for the Mustangs. (Staff photo by Gene Robbins)

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Trick or treating on Oct. 31; parade on Oct. 26

    Lambertville will continue its tradition as home to a large and eclectic celebration of Halloween with its annual parade and citywide trick-or-treating, which attracts thousands of people. The Halloween parade, which has been around for more than 75 years, is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at Mary Sheridan Park at the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Oh, Canada! What a ride for township man!

    HILLSBOROUGH: Oh, Canada! What a ride for township man!

    Bicyclist, 81, confirms teenage memory of a gracious land and people By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Howard Dietzman is home after riding his bicycle 3,600 miles or so across Canada. Pedaling by himself, and sleeping out under the stars most nights, Mr. Dietzman left Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 26 and rolled into his Hillsborough…

  • MILLSTONE: Area dance team wins top honors at national event

    MILLSTONE — Special Kays, a nonprofit, nationally recognized competitive dance team of the New Jersey Center of Dance and Performing Arts — received numerous top awards at Groove National Dance Competition in Atlantic City from July 6-12. The team received 20 platinum (highest level) awards, as well as special judges’ and first place awards for…

  • COLUMBUS CORNER: Sept. 18

    Who knows about Walter Bowne? He was a well-known local farmer, electrician and poet. Born in 1889, he was inventive, generous and a friend to many in the Columbus/Mansfield Township area where he resided. His unique personality in addition to his talent for writing poetry for special occasions called attention to him. Anyone with information…

  • FLORENCE: Landfill’s odor has residents complaining

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — Waste Management representatives met with the township’s Environmental Commissioners on Sept. 8 to discuss the Tullytown landfill. "We know that the purpose for being here is that there have been odors over here in Florence," said Bob Luliucci, Waste Management’s senior district manager of the landfill complex in…

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