Category: archives

  • Jesse Gilbert Harris III

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Jesse Gilbert Harris III died on June 17 in Somerset Medical Center. He was 58.    Mr. Harris was born and raised in Baltimore and lived in Plano, Texas, before moving to Hillsborough in 1987.    He graduated from Calvert Hall High School and Townsend State College in Baltimore. He worked for Seneca Insurance…

  • NBC taking signups for soccer camp

    By: Sean Moylan    Last fall, Larry Young pleased fans of Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity soccer by leading a very young Greyhounds squad back into the playoffs.    Young is now ready to lend his expertise to the first-ever Northern Burlington Soccer Camp for area boys and girls ages 6-14, who are interested…

  • Patriotic performances aim to celebrate America

    Fountain of Life Center hosts "Celebrate America," a free, patriotic theatrical salute that honors active military personnel, veterans, and public officials. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — Tom Spadaro has two reasons for putting World War II stories on video — the men and women who tell them are disappearing and their stories need to be…

  • Red blood, white heat, blue collar

    A brief history of the Village of Roebling, 100 years later. By: Scott Morgan    Its roots are planted deeply in the Old Country; in this case, Prussia. It was here, in the early years of the 19th century, that history would be born and from whence countless other histories would follow.    While the motivations that…

  • Rejection of grants concerns officials

    But new group may be more successful By:Melissa Edmond    Last year, Hillsborough was denied four separate grant applications by the state totaling almost $500,000, and the Township Committee wants to know why.    Committee members said at the June 13 committee meeting they have asked for explanations of the grant award process from three different state…

  • School board can manage its assignment

    EDITORIAL: School is out for summer but the Board of Education has a hefty assignment to complete – selecting a new superintendent. School is out and as Lawrence students are celebrating a respite from book reports, projects, tests and quizzes, another group has embarked on a new homework assignment.    The Lawrence Township Board of Education…

  • ‘Walk with me, Daddy!’

    A tour of the Roebling Steel Mill ruins brings one Roebling native closer to home. Editor’s Note: This piece, by Donna McElrea, president of the Roebling Historical Scoeity, was published in the Fall 2002/Winter 2003 edition of the Roebling Record. Reprinted with permission of the Roebling Historical Society.    It was a cold, dreary, rainy day…

  • For graduates, many words of wisdom

    EDITORIAL: No shortage of advice for graduates By:    As local graduates ponder the next phases of their lives over the coming weeks, many pearls of wisdom will be given to them by well-meaning relatives.    These comments are likely to be taken with a smile and nod, and, perhaps, little more.    We don’t know what’s on…

  • Eagle statues adorn stations

    "The Eagles Have Landed," brings a dozen eagle sculptures to the station towns along the River Line promoting county artists, riverfront communities. By: Scott Morgan    They’re out there on the waterfront. Regal. Stoic. As colorful as anything you’ve ever seen.    At 6 feet tall, they give you a chance to do something few would ever…