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  • POCKETS OF NEED

    Local Scouts help keep Food Pantry shelves stocked. By: Joseph Harvie    After being almost bare for several months, the township-run Food Pantry’s shelves are now stocked thanks to the food drive completed by local Cub and Boy Scouts last week.    On Nov. 5, Boy Scout Troops 10, 90 and 888 and Cub Scout Packs 98,…

  • No school crowding in five-year forecast

    Report says township, county and state birth rates are decreasing and in the past 18 months there have been no new developments or projects proposed in Hillsborough. By: Donna Lukiw    With hundreds of new houses ready to be built in the township, some members of the Board of Education have been concerned about overcrowded schools…

  • To Grandmother’s house we go!

    Enjoy the scrumptious tastes of Hellas while helping those in need By: Rich Fisher    Everyone loves good food. It’s a bonus when it’s good for you. And it gets even better when you realize that purchasing such food can help those less fortunate.    So, make plans to visit Yiayia’s Kitchen at the St. George Greek…

  • Bordentown advances to Group I title match

    Boys’ soccer team to face Pompton Lakes Saturday By: Sean Moylan    Bordentown’s Taylor Martucci was literally a marked man in Tuesday night’s NJSIAA Group I state semifinal boys’ soccer game versus Palmyra at Tom’s River North High School.    Yet it was Martucci who ended up making his mark in Bordentown history by scoring all three…

  • Township Council eyes new rent rules for 2006

    Ordinance requiring the township to inspect rental units each time tenancy changes is expected to be on the agenda for further discussion at council’s Dec. 6 meeting. By: Joseph Harvie    An ordinance that would require the township to inspect rental units each time tenancy changes has the support of the entire Township Council, members said…

  • Democrats look to the future

    Recent losses may be due to lack of funds, say members By: William Wichert    Democrats have a problem.    The party is preparing to occupy the governor’s seat for a second consecutive term and it already holds a substantial majority in the state Legislature, but locally, Democrats keep losing elections.    Last week’s contest only continued that…

  • No promises, but some action

    Mayor says Claremont residents’ taxes shouldn’t be increased until 2006 when the cleanup is supposed to be finished. By: Melissa Edmond    The Borough Council is taking steps to help the residents in the Claremont subdivision whose tax assessments were raised even though a creosote cleanup in their neighborhood still continues, but many of the residents…

  • Eagles lose ninth straight game

    By: John E. Powers    Saturday was most likely the last chance for South Hunterdon Regional High School’s football team to avoid a winless season.    But the Eagles, who now prepare for their Thanksgiving Day battle with streaking Delaware Valley, fell to Trenton Catholic 14-6 in Hamilton.    The Eagles dropped to 0-9 in a state consolation…

  • Through the Looking Glass

    Yardley, Pa., mixed media artist Colleen Attara exhibits her ‘Conversation Windows’ at Zebra-Striped Whale in Newtown, Pa. By: Megan Sullivan    Whimsical flowers with winding stems dance delightfully within brightly colored vases painted on glass panes of old, forgotten windows. The carefree shapes are brought to life in vivid hues of purple, blue, pink, red, yellow…