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  • Community Calendar

    Florence Democrats    Thursday, June 23 — Florence Township Democrats will hold a buffet at the Marconi Lodge, corner of Foundry and West Third Street, Florence, from 7 to 9 p.m.    Tickets are $15 with beer and wine included. The public is invited to meet the candidates. Call John at 499-9440, Leon at 499-4675 or Eleanor…

  • Local student concert to aid worldwide effort

    A group of music students will hold a benefit concert 8 p.m., Saturday at Nassau Presbyterian Church. The proceeds will go to The United Front Against River Blindness, run by a Lawrence resident, that helps bring needed medicine to at-risk populations in Africa. By:Jennifer Potash Managing Editor    In an African home, guests are welcome any…

  • The strength of steel

    Decades later, former Roebling Steel Mill workers remember life at the plant. By: Scott Morgan    On a chilly December day in 2000, the ironic, the inevitable, happened.    Almost 30 years had separated this particular day from the last one that had seen wire rope used at the Roebling Steel Mill, and yet, here they were.…

  • Opposition grows to trucking facility

    Princeton governing bodies oppose project By:Melissa Edmond    As Gabriel Court resident Sonya Martin, a Democratic candidate for the Township Committee, was expressing her concerns about a proposed transload facility being built at the Veterans Administration Depot at the June 14 Hillsborough Township Committee meeting, the Princeton Township Committee was approving a resolution seeking to stop…

  • Police bust massage firm

    2 charged with prostitution. By: Joseph Harvie    Two women were charged last week with soliciting prostitution at an unlicensed massage business located in the Holistic Wellness Center building in Jefferson Plaza.    Llona Rabinovich, 31, of Staten Island, N.Y., and Zhanneta Khalupnyk, 32, of Trenton were charged June 15 at 1:49 p.m. They were arrested after…

  • District names new assistant superintendent

    Lisa Antunes to start in August By:Donna Lukiw    The Board of Education approved Lisa Antunes as the new assistant superintendent of Hillsborough Schools on Tuesday to replace Virginia Gittelman, who is retiring.    "I’m looking forward to really getting to know the school community at Hillsborough Township and the community at large," Dr. Antunes said.    Dr.…

  • St. A’s school expansion gets the nod

    St. Augustine’s of Canterbury School gets space for much-needed renovations. By: Audrey Levine    The Planning Board approved a 40-by-50-foot addition for the St. Augustine’s of Canterbury School on Henderson Road, June 15.    St. Augustine’s plans to begin building the $450,000 addition at the end of the summer. It’s expected to include a 200-square-foot multipurpose room…

  • Nyce poem surfaces as evidence

    Prosecution continues its murder case against Jonathan Nyce By: John Tredrea    Blood and gore and an anguished poem of love gone bad were introduced as evidence in the continuing murder trial of Hopewell Township resident Jonathan Nyce.    Dozens of photographs of bloody items in the Nyce home, a photo of Michelle Nyce’s bloody, gruesomely wracked…

  • Neighbors come to family’s aid

    PTO organizes collection to help family whose home was damaged by fire. By: Joseph Harvie    The Constable School PTO asked for help, and once again the township has come through, according to Christine Doles, student assistance counselor at the school.    The PTO is collecting gift cards and cash to help the Bonagura family, whose Wheeler…