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  • Setting the stage

    Roebling director readies for opening night. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — This is a tale of two Frank Ferraras. There’s Frank Ferrara the stage actor, but also the Frank Ferrara who really doesn’t like attention being drawn his way.    The 27-year-old Roebling resident directs musicals for fun and makes his living writing for a medical…

  • Cramp might not return for HoVal

    Hopewell Valley girls basketball By: John E. Powers    Throughout the season, the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team has eagerly waited the return of its leader, senior guard Kristy Camp. But now it appears the Lady Bulldogs will have to go on without her.    Cramp, who suffered a broken right hand in October,…

  • A sketch of Samuel Rogers, Part 1 of 4

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Published in 1888 and written by cousins, George S. L. Ward, U.S.A. and Louis Richards of Reading, Pa. They cite C. R. Hutchinson as source for some primary material.     The first settlers in New Jersey by the name of Rogers appear to have come into the province at about the date of…

  • Patti Nilsen

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Patti Leigh (Brooks) Nilsen died Jan. 14 at home. She was 50.    She was born in Joliet, Ill., and lived her entire life in Ringwood before moving to Hillsborough five and a half years ago.    Mrs. Nilsen was a homemaker and volunteered her time at the Piscataway Regional Day School.    Since graduating…

  • HHS girls play complete basketball game

    DeLuca ignites fired-up team past Montgomery By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls put everything together on the basketball court in last Friday night’s game against Montgomery. The end result was a huge 52-45 victory that kept the Lady Raiders unbeaten and tied for first place in the Delaware East Division.    Hillsborough opened the…

  • Union workers protest at construction site

    Local union members said they oppose the labor practices of the company overseeing the Bordentown Regional High School construction. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — There’s a large inflatable rat greeting drivers along Ward Avenue outside the construction site of the new Bordentown Regional High School.    Standing alongside the gray rodent on Thursday in the…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the Jan. 20 issue. Mobile home owners want answers To the editor:    Back in September 2004, tenants from mobile home parks in North Hanover Township approached the committee about passing an ordinance for lot rent control in mobile home parks. We first got petitions and started an organization and did everything the committee asked…

  • Winter poses hazards to senior citizens

    To the editor By:    I’d like to urge our elders and their families to recognize that winter poses a special threat to seniors.    Hopefully seniors and those who care for them have taken an opportunity to anticipate the cold weather ahead.    Always have your furnace checked for proper operation and that it is in good…

  • Motel robbery try fails

    Attempted armed robbery at Route 1 motel. By: Joseph Harvie    There may be a connection between the attempted armed robbery Sunday night at the LaMirage Motel on Route 1 and other businesses in the county, South Brunswick police Detective James Ryan said.    Detective Ryan said two men entered the motel at 10:08 p.m. Sunday and…