Author: Central Jersey

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

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

    Howard Dietzman came across the continent from Vancouver to Ottawa and down through New York to home in Hillsborough this summer. He rode spartanly, camping out, eating abstemiously and carrying little extra clothing. (Staff photo by Gene Robbins)

  • 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…

  • NJ Homeschooler named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist

    Nadia Emery Thomas Stone Heritage Academy is proud to announce that Nathaniel Emery was named Semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program. Per the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, "about 1.4 million juniors in the more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2015 national merit scholarship program by taking the 2013 preliminary SAT/national merit scholarship qualifying…

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: Sept. 18

    The Jacksonville Community Center hosts a monthly breakfast from 7:30-11:30 a.m. the first Sunday of each month. The Springfield Township Council meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a work session and the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a regular meeting. The Planning Board meets the first…

  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Merges Sleep Medicine Programs across Somerset and New Brunswick Campuses to Enhance Patient Care Capabilities and Services

    (New Brunswick, N.J.) – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) has announced its sleep medicine services have merged to enhance the quality of care and scope of services offered to patients. The new Center for Comprehensive Sleep Disorders will be located at 331 Route 206 in Hillsborough, New Jersey, the site of the former Sleep…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Bonds to pay for trucks and generators

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer Lambertville City Council was expected to introduce a $120,000 bond ordinance Tuesday night that, if adopted at a subsequent meeting, would fund the purchase of several new items for the city. Under the proposed ordinance, which could be adopted following a public hearing at the council’s October meeting, a new…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: It’s what — and who — you know to get hired

    Many new school teachers are familiar faces By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Familiarity breeds . . . employment? Applicants who had some experience working within the Hillsborough School District had a leg up, it seems, when it came to landing a fulltime job this school year. They needed some edge — there were more than…

  • MANVILLE: Hurricane Floyd began run of battering storms

    MANVILLE: Hurricane Floyd began run of battering storms

    Borough buys equipment, studies weather to prepare to handle storms By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer On Sept. 17, 1999, Manville residents woke up to find water everywhere as Hurricane Floyd’s 10 to 12 inches of rain forced the Raritan and Millstone rivers over their banks. It began raining late on Wednesday and continued into…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Firefighters remember those taken on 9/11/01

    ROBBINSVILLE: Firefighters remember those taken on 9/11/01

    Amy Batista Two Robbinsville firefighters place a commemorative wreath on the township’s Sept. 11 memorial at the corner of Lake Drive and Hutchinson Road.  Photo by Amy Batista