Category: archives
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Township hopes to raise $300,000 in sale of last liquor license
By:Roger Alvarado Hillsborough officials say they’re hopeful of selling the final liquor license that the township will have to offer during the next five years to the highest bidder in the next few months. The township is asking for a minimum bid of $300,000 for its one remaining liquor license. "We’ve looked at what liquor…
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Noemi Tuschak
Noemi "Mimi" Tuschak, 88, died Jan. 23 at Hunterdon Care Center, Flemington. Born in Vienna, Austria, and raised in Budapest, Hungary, she was a resident of Plainfield and Hillsborough before settling in Pennington. In her early years, she was a social worker for the Middlesex County Welfare Board, a special education teacher and later a…
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Students do what they can to help tsunami survivors
From tooth fairy money to allowances, area students raise $14,400 for relief efforts. By: Melissa Hayes Students held bake sales, donated their allowances and even brought in tooth fairy money and when all the fund-raising proceeds had been tallied, the students of Monmouth Junction, Constable and Cambridge schools raised roughly $14,400 to help the…
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Lady Mustangs play well in defeat
Team hovering around .500 mark By: John E. Powers There were a lot of positives that came out of the Manville High School girls’ basketball team’s loss to New Providence last Thursday night. But moral victories are no longer part of the Lady Mustangs’ vernacular. In fact, it was a game Manville needed with…
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LETTERS: Celebrating 65 years of love
To the editor: In February of 1990, a "Broken Crackers" column appeared in the Post, in which I commemorated the 50th wedding anniversary of my beloved in-laws, Phil and Peggy Wesp of Kingston. Today, we celebrate fifteen more years of their love and devotion to each other and their family. Faithfully, they’ve kept their…
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School projects seem less than necessary
To the editor By: The article regarding the "$6 million needed for maintenance projects" for Hillsborough schools was somewhat amusing. More correctly, "renovation," as Mr. Rocco’s statement contends, should have been used. Very few of the items cited were related to repair or maintenance. Concerning Woods Road school, I’ve been there many, many times, when…
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Kendall Park tract targeted by county
Middlesex to aid in negotiations to buy 101-acre parcel. By: Joseph Harvie Middlesex County will assist in negotiations to buy the 101-acre Stanton property in Kendall Park, county officials said. The township has been eyeing the parcel for several years but has been unable to strike a deal with its owner, Robert Stanton of New…
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Feb. 3, 6:17 p.m.: Dispatches on lobbyists and the council
The council hired a lobbying firm, but does it all mean for democracy? By: Hank Kalet Read Dispatches on lobbying from the Post.
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Girls survive another close one
RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team remained unbeaten in Delaware East Division play with another hard-fought victory over a much-improved Franklin team on the road last Friday night. What used to be an easy night has now turned into another difficult challenge in this very competitive division. The Lady…
