Category: archives

  • Soldier thanks Millstone kids for letters of support

    Sgt. Pete Facchini visited with Millstone Middle School eighth-graders last week to thank them for their letters of support and share his personal experiences fighting abroad. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — It’s surprising to think that a few simple letters could temper the horrors of warfare and make serving in a war zone a little…

  • Teen depression can be prevented

    To the editor By:     Adolescence is perhaps the most difficult time in life. Most teenagers go through a period of "pseudo depression" where "no one understands" their emotions, and they thrive on their own self-pity and self-imposed drama.    Teen angst, the anxiety kids feel without a clear reason, is expressed in many ways: fashion,…

  • Woman’s Club set to celebratefour decades of local service

    Tuesday event marks anniversary By:    When the 20-member Woman’s Club of Hillsborough celebrates its 40th anniversary at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, in the Hillsborough Municipal Community Room, the club members will have a lot to reflect on.    While their accomplishments range from founding the Hillsborough Public Library to an ongoing scholarship program for Hillsborough High School…

  • ‘Semester at Sea’ scare ends safely

    A Bordentown City college student was among those on board when a massive wave hit her ship in the Pacific Ocean last week. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — The weather was bad. It had been bad since the 18th when they left Vancouver. It stayed bad into the morning of the 26th. Then it…

  • Rosemary Drummer

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Rosemary Helen Drummer died Jan. 28 in Greenbrook Manor Nursing Home in Green Brook. She was 67.    Born in Shenandoah, Pa., she lived in Mahanoy, Pa.. and Manville before moving to Hillsborough in 1971.    Mrs. Drummer was a homemaker and a part-time secretary for National Starch in Bridgewater.    She was a member…

  • Library offers computer courses

    March computer courses to help novices master the art of using Google. By: Joseph Harvie    The South Brunswick Public Library is taking reservations for its March computer classes, but classes are filling up quickly.    The library is offering three different free computer classes in March — one on basic computer skills and two that focus…

  • Temple adds school program

    Solomon Schechter to offer classes By:Emily Craighead    A Jewish day school set to open at Temple Beth El in September will mesh the four major traditions of Judaism, as area temples join together to form the Somerset County campus of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union.    "In our vision for how to…

  • For the Feb. 3 issue

    Joan Theresa Dovgala, Olga Komyati, Nancy M. Kuzianik, Jean P. Roundtree, Lauraine Schruby, Lilian Hercus, Dona C. Rhodes, Vivian E. Volk. Joan Theresa Dovgala    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP— Joan Theresa Dovgala died Jan. 22 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Mauston, Wis., and formerly of Morrisville, Pa., Mrs. Dovgala lived in the Robbinsville…

  • New administrator hired

    Mansfield Township fills newly-recreated position. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — When Joseph Broski retired from the New Jersey State Police six months ago, he reviewed all his options.    He considered working for a board of education, and he flirted with the idea of becoming a professor at a community college. Gradually, however, he landed a…