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  • ‘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…

  • 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.…