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  • Local holiday events kick off Friday

    Tree-lighting ceremony set for 7 p.m. at municipal building. By: Roger Alvarado    Township officials will be getting a little help from jolly old St. Nick when they kick off Hillsborough’s holiday season Friday with the annual tree-lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. at the municipal building.    "We’ve probably been doing it for 15 years now," said…

  • Garland and glitter give way to gloves

    Scouts decorate township trees with winter clothing. By: Lea Kahn    In a departure from traditional decorations, the three Christmas trees inside the Municipal Building will be decorated with hats, scarves, mittens and gloves — all intended for abused and neglected youngsters.    Girl Scout Troop 1058 is spearheading the charge to gather the cold-weather gear, which…

  • Area towns planning holiday events

    Tree trimming, caroling, house decorating and other festive activities will take place during the holiday season. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    Area towns will be spreading holiday cheer and getting into the spirit of the Christmas season with tree trimming, caroling and festive activities in the next several weeks.    The annual Allentown Borough Christmas Open House…

  • Hopewell Township officer’s wife grateful for second chance

    Amanda Rosso recently completed almost a year’s worth of chemotherapy in a battle against osteosarcoma, a bone cancer. By Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — As many of us sat down last week for a Thanksgiving meal, gobbling up turkey and stuffing and topping it all off with pumpkin pie, we gave thanks for many things.…

  • TANGENTS: Farewell to a house full of memories

    TANGENTS By John Saccenti More than just a place to live.    There’s a house I visit sometimes when I’m dreaming. It’s not any house I’ve lived in, but a house that has a little bit of what seems like every house I’ve ever visited or stayed in.    In it I’ll sometimes see my cousins when…

  • Raiders cap great season with another comeback

    Turkey Day win sends seniors out in style By: Rudy Brandl        It was fitting that the Hillsborough High football team needed a comeback to beat Montgomery on Thanksgiving Day.    That’s the type of season it was for the Raiders, who made a remarkable turnaround from a horrible 2-8 record to a fabulous 9-2 season…

  • LETTERS: Thanks to all who helped with book sale

    To the editor:     Thank you to the following who gave up time on their holiday weekend to help sort and staff the book-sale fund-raiser for VFW Post 9111 sponsored by Community Renewal of South Brunswick on Saturday at 11 Henderson Road, Kendall Park.    To April Ceramic, president, Friends of Edison Library, for the generous…

  • Lord: Mercer prosecutor misled jury that indicted Nyce

    Accused murderer’s attorney claims Thomas Meidt deliberately left the grand jurors with the mistaken impression that if they did not indict Mr. Nyce for first-degree murder, then they couldn’t indict him for anything. By John Tredrea    Accused wife-slayer Jonathan Nyce’s lawyer says the first-degree murder indictment against him should be dismissed, alleging misconduct by Assistant…

  • Stephanie DeBisco

    By:    MANVILLE – Stephanie C. (Brown) DeBisco died Nov. 22 at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn. She was 34.    Born in Somerville, she moved to Hampton Township and then to Mountain Lakes before settling in Manville in 2003.    Mrs. DeBisco was employed as a special education teacher for the Bernards Township Board of Education…