• STATE WE’RE IN: Greening New Jersey

    By Michele Byers    Much of the Garden State is green and leafy, thanks in large part to land preservation.    Check out a new interactive map to see the green in your community! You can find out if your town has been building new parks, protecting natural areas, preserving farms or saving historic sites.    For most…

  • SENIOR CORNER: Aug. 21

    The Manville Senior Citizens next meet at noon Thursday, Sept. 11, at the VFW on Washington Avenue. Reminder: The Senior Swim is Friday, Aug. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cooper Pool in Lost Valley. The pool is heated so we don’t have to worry about swimming in cold water. There will also…

  • MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs

    MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs

    The Wal-Mart expansion to a Super Center means 85 new jobs this fall. 

  • PLUMSTED: Winery raises $7,000 for ALS

       Laurita Winery is grateful for its generous customers who helped generate a large donation during the “Food Truck and Fire Pits” event held this past July.    Patrons kind efforts resulted in a check totaling $7,000 that will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). This donation benefits LLS in its mission to…

  • HAMILTON: Hamiltonian spends summer at California land trust

    HAMILTON: Hamiltonian spends summer at California land trust

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    Resident Bobby Pfeiffer spent most of his summer on an island in the sun supporting tourism and educating the public about conservation.    As a member of the Catalina Island Conservancy’s Summer Naturalist program, Mr. Pfeiffer helped the Avalon and Two Harbors communities on Catalina Island provide their visitors with…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Aug. 21

    Tues., Aug. 26 The Manville Republican Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion on South Main Street. Anyone interested in joining can contact Dayna Camacho at [email protected]. Thurs., Aug. 28 ‘Sneak peek’ at schools: Community members, parents and students are invited to visit school of their choice, noon to 4 p.m. No…

  • MANVILLE: Fun food facts for festival

    MANVILLE: Fun food facts for festival

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer The Sacred Heart Summer Festival is done and over, but here are some fun food fact totals that have just been tallied. It was the 46th year of the festival, but the first one under the new Christ the Redeemer parish. One never realizes just how much food is…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Walnford celebrates summer’s bounty
  • CALENDAR

    Wednesdays    Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230. Sun., Aug. 24    Send Hunger Packing is a food drive put on by the…

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