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OBITUARIES: From the issue of Aug. 25, 2005
Helen Montone, John Babich, Alice Wright, Caroline Cohen, Lewis Ulmer, Katherine Shubiak, William Yuhasz, Alix Stevens Helen Montone HILLSBOROUGH Helen Montone, 84, died Aug. 17 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Born in Hazelton, Pa., she had lived in Somerville before moving to Hillsborough four years ago. She had been the secretary for her…
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Titusville church to celebrate 200th with chicken barbecue
The barbecue will be held Sept. 10 at the church on the corner of Church Road and River Road (Route 29), Titusville, from 5-7 p.m. The Titusville United Methodist Church will celebrate 200 years in the community with its 40th annual chicken barbecue. Church members will grill chickens over an open fire, dish up cabbage…
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Pension plan hits tax bills
Payments to state carry increase. By: Joseph Harvie South Brunswick will pay more in retirement contributions next year than it did this year. The township will have to pay $247,914 to the state Public Employees Retirement System in 2006, a $155,947 increase from its 2005 contribution, according to a contribution chart issued by the state…
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Teens charged with criminal mischief
Dayton teens are charged for smashing car windshields and storefront windows. By: Joseph Harvie Police have charged three Dayton teens with causing an estimated $5,000 in damage to storefront and car windows in the Dayton area between Aug. 12 and Aug. 13. According to police, a two 13-year-old boys and one 14-year-old boy were charged…
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The Opposite of Bland
Matt Lake explores roadside oddities and bizarre beasts in ‘Weird Pennsylvania.’ By: Megan Sullivan After the first 10,000 miles, Matt Lake stopped clocking how far he traveled across the state of Pennsylvania. "I spent a little more than a year driving around," he says. "My back is shaped like a car seat at this point."…
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Police Beat
BORDENTOWN CITY Police are searching for a man believed to have cut a bike chain on Aug. 11. According to police, an employee at the Oliver, A Bistro restaurant on Farnsworth Avenue came out of the restaurant around 2 p.m. and saw a young man in possession of his bike. Police said the man gave…
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LIBRARY HAPPENINGS
Special events at the Hillsborough Public Library. Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the Municipal Complex, South Branch Road and Beekman Lane, 369-2200. Library hours are from 9:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. Monday – Thursday, and 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Summer hours are 9:30 a.m.- 12:30…
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Globe Trotters
Rutgers Theater Company presents a direct from London production of ‘Troilus and Cressida.’ By: Jim Boyle It may not have the instant recognition of Hamlet, Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet, but Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida may be his most relevant play for today’s audiences. That is why Barbara Marchant will know that the Rutgers Theater…
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EDITORIAL
The history of the charter study initiative directly reflects on the choice at stake. Now that Superior Court Judge Peter Buschbaum has ordered a question on whether or not to change Hillsborough’s form of government for the November ballot, residents can begin the debate the Township Committee has been trying to have all along. Should…
