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  • LCA softball loses punch, but still should win games

    By: Sean Moylan    With LCA graduates Sarah Cintron and Jackie Steffen away at college and no longer powering the Warriors’ lineup, the Life Center Academy girls’ varsity softball team may not 10-run rule every other team it plays like it has the last few years.    However, LCA does have its flame-throwing number one starting pitcher…

  • Carmella Gratkowski

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Carmella Gratkowski died March 19 at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 88.    Born in Newark, she lived in Montclair until moving to Hillsborough 24 years ago.    Mrs. Gratkowski was a homemaker.    Her husband, Stanley Gratkowski, is deceased.    Survivors include two sons, Francis and Joseph; two daughters, Antoinette DiGeronimo and…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the March 24 issue. Finish negotiations and move forward To the editor:    It would be nice if Governor Codey could dispatch the assistance of the State Labor Commissioner to reopen and facilitate dialogue between the Springfield Township Board of Education, teachers and support staff to jumpstart their stalled negotiations and help both sides come…

  • A new twist on knitting

    Fourth-graders at Pond Road Middle School join the Knitter Kritters club. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Shweta Godse is, in her own words, stressed. The fourth-grader worries about school, homework and this month’s standardized tests. But luckily Shweta and 14 of her classmates recently found a way to put their nerves aside and embrace a…

  • Municipal tab delayed

    Township Council delays budget introduction until April 12. By: Joseph Harvie    The Township Council postponed introducing its $44.1 million budget Tuesday.    The budget will instead be introduced April 12.    Township Chief Financial Officer Joseph Monzo said the introduction was rescheduled because of changes that need to be made to the budgeted utility rate.    He also…

  • Churches plan Easter services

    Local churches prepare for Holy Week, with services commemorating Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. By: Scott Morgan    As Easter Sunday closes in, Christians around the world get ready to observe the holiest day in their year. Locally, churches are preparing for Holy Week, with services commemorating Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.…

  • Peter Gillette Jr.

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Peter J. Gillette Jr. died March 13 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 54.    Born in Princeton, he lived in Somerville before moving to Hillsborough in 1991.    Mr. Gillette was employed at Wegman’s Food Market, Bridgewater.    Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Gillette; a son, Peter J. IV of Hillsborough; two…

  • Patrick Imlay, Part 3 of 7

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    From "The Imlay Family" by Hugh and Nella Imlay, published from Zanesville, Ohio, in 1958. This week tells the story of Patrick’s son, William’s son, Peter and his progeny.     Peter [son of William] left an intricate will and named his brother Nathaniel and his son Samuel as executors. Samuel was to have…

  • Zenerovitz to carry on winning tradition

    Lawrence golf By: Jim Green    Taking over as coach of a program with a tradition of success can be a double-edged sword.    On one hand, the job is easier than most because the program already is built and stable. On the other, the job can bring with it high — sometimes unreasonably so — expectations…