• ROBBINSVILLE: Schools save $1M in energy

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    The Board of Education was presented with an “Environmental Excellence Award” for saving over $1 million over past 42 months as a result of energy conservation.    Charles Fasnacht, Cenergestic regional president, presented the award to the board during its June 24 meeting.”Cenergistic is a savings partner which we have…

  • LAWRENCE: Rabbi Grossman steps down

    LAWRENCE: Rabbi Grossman steps down

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer For Rabbi Daniel Grossman, there was never any doubt in his mind as to his life’s work — to follow in the footsteps of his own rabbi, and become a religious leader. And now, after 35 years in the clergy — 25 of them at Adath Israel Congregation in Lawrence…

  • DELAWARE RIVER: Classes in session on steamboat

    DELAWARE RIVER: Classes in session on steamboat

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer How’s this for a good-time way to learn about the Delaware River and related topics? Take your class or group on a two-hour instructional voyage on the river aboard a steamboat that’s a replica of an 1880 sternwheeler. "We take a two-hour ride from the dock at the boat ramp…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars play in all-star football game

    MONTGOMERY: Cougars play in all-star football game

    After a strong senior season, Tyler Farinaro (74) was one of six Montgomery High players selected to play in the John Basilone Memorial football game. Photo by Bob Gleason 

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP POLICE BLOTTER

    Hopewell Township police Chief Lance D. Maloney reported: — At 12:47 a.m. on June 30, the Hopewell Township Police Department went to a motor vehicle crash on Pennington Road south of Denow Road. Ralph J. Lucchese, 21, of Gilbert, Pennsylvania, was operating a 2007 Pontiac GT southbound on Pennington Road when he lost control of…

  • SOUTH COUNTY: New school board starts doing business

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer Public agencies like municipal governments and school boards routinely have capital and maintenance reserve accounts that enable them to have money on hand for major purchases and emergencies. The fledgling South Hunterdon Regional School Board, established officially several months ago, set up those accounts at its June 23 meeting, which…

  • MANVILLE: ‘Forgotten heroes’ honored at ceremony

    MANVILLE: ‘Forgotten heroes’ honored at ceremony

    Manville’s Renny Dilks pauses before he lays a white carnation at the memorial outside the VFW hall at the Korean War remembrance ceremony on June 24. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Blood drive set to help ill boy
  • Pop Goes the Page’s 1st Birthday Contest!

    Pop Goes the Page’s 1st Birthday Contest!

    By Cotsen Children’s Library Pop Goes the Page, the Cotsen Children’s Library’s creative literacy blog, is celebrating its 1st birthday in August, and we’re having a birthday contest to celebrate! Here’s how it works. Send us your artistic birthday well-wishes, and the selected winner will receive a $150 online shopping spree at Discount School Supply!…

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