Category: archives
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Charter petition filed for November vote
Judge rules against township in order to certify signatures. By: Melissa Edmond Township Administrator Kevin Davis on Tuesday certified and sent to the county clerk’s office the petition placing a vote to change Hillsborough’s form of government on November’s ballot. The move came after Superior Court Judge Peter Buchsbaum in Flemington ordered the township to…
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Fires labeled arson
Two suspicious fires occurred in Manville only three hours apart. By: Donna Lukiw Somerset County Prosecutor’s Arson Task Force is investigating two suspicious fires that occurred in Manville only three hours apart. Firefighters responded to a house fire at 1001 Dukes Parkway at 12:06 a.m. Wednesday. Then, only three hours later at 2:51 a.m., firefighters…
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Former Manville resident launches own flower shop
Linda’s Flower Shoppe opened last month in the Triangle Center. By: Donna Lukiw When life handed Linda Caswell a lemon, she made a bouquet. Ms. Caswell is the owner of Linda’s Flower Shoppe in the Triangle Center, which she opened last month seven months after she was laid off from a previous job. She…
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Tour set to celebrate D&R park’s 31st birthday
The all-day tour costs $50 per person and includes lunch. Reservations are required. On Sept. 24, help celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Canal State Park with a motor coach tour along the feeder canal. The D&R is a 44-mile waterway that connected Bordentown and New Brunswick and is now the…
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Hopewell-based team nets USTA section title
Heads to Palm Springs, Calif., for nationals By: John E. Powers It started out as a modest venture four homemakers and four professional women, wanting to have some fun and upgrade their tennis games at the same time. It’s a venture that has led them the Hopewell Valley Chicks to a United…
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Community Calendar
Fall ball Saturday, Aug. 27 Bordentown Little League will hold registration at Northern Community Park for fall baseball for those players in the 7 to 11 age groups this past Little League season. Cost is $40 per player. Registration for ages 7, 8 and 9 will be held at 8:30 a.m. and practice will…
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Weber-O’Neal named the new AD at BRHS
At its meeting on Wednesday, August 17, the Bordentown Regional School District Board of Education appointed Ms. Wendy Weber-O’Neal as its new Athletic Director/Supervisor of Health and Physical Education for K-12. Ms. Weber-O’Neal has been in education for 13 years and is coming from West Orange High School, where she has taught since 1998. Her…
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Glorious gardens are a community resource
COMMUNITY VOICES by Robert and Christina Kales For another glorious summer, we have enjoyed the Lawrence community garden on Route 206. We chose our Lawrence townhouse to escape the endless summer chores of weeding and mowing but we missed growing flowers and harvesting tomatoes. So we look forward to each spring when the township announces…
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For the Aug. 25 issue
Joshua D. Schauer, Giovanna Troiano, Elaine B. Zeitz, Esther I. Goldberg, Kathy Henderson, Helen L. Poinsett. Joshua D. Schauer COLUMBUS Joshua D. Schauer, 23, of Columbus, died Aug. 16 at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly. He was a graduate of the Life Center Academy in Burlington and served in the U.S. Marine Corps…
