Category: archives
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Hillsborough Sr. Pony power prevails
Bats going nuts in early games By: Nick Vaccaro The Hillsborough Senior Pony League baseball team has been seeing beach balls at the plate so far this season, something that the opposing pitchers haven’t liked very much. Hillsborough is off to a solid 3-1-0 start through the first four games of the summer league.…
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Florence Marx
By: MANVILLE Florence R. Marx died Sunday, July 18, at Foothill Acres in Hillsborough. She was 77. Born in Manville, she lived in Raritan for more than 37 years before moving back to Manville in 1984. Mrs. Marx was employed as a housekeeper for Somerset Medical Center for 28 years, retiring in 1990. She…
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Project Graduation a ‘great success’
To the editor By: We are pleased to announce that Project Graduation 2004 was a great success. Project Graduation is a nationally recognized program that provides a drug and alcohol free celebration for the Class of 2004. The event was held at the Health Quest on Route 31 in Flemington immediately following the commencement…
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Town seeking grants
Council applying for state transportation aid to fund three projects By:Matthew Kirdahy The township is applying for state transportation aid to help fund three projects in the next year. The Township Council approved a resolution Tuesday agreeing to apply for state money to pay for roadway, pedestrian and bikeway improvements. How much the township applied…
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Recrossing at Crosswicks, Part 3 of 4
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING From Henry Charlton Beck’s 1939 "The Jersey Midlands," the local story of the Underground Railroad’s conductor, Enoch Middleton of North Crosswicks, and his youngest son Rudolph, who served in the Civil War. Old Enoch lost sixty-five thousand dollars, it was estimated, in a few years after leaving Philadelphia, through endorsing papers for…
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County, town help with flood cleanup
Florence Township Public Works employees work in conjuction with Burlington County to cleanup damage caused by last week’s floods. By: Scott Morgan FLORENCE Township Public Works employees joined forces with Burlington County cleanup crews last weekend to remove hundreds of tons of debris created by floods that devastated several towns in the southern end…
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Town needs to seek input on deer
To the editor By: I read with dismay your recent article concerning the proposed ordinance which would permit deer hunting on public lands in Hillsborough. It appears that the Township Committee proposes to establish a new Wildlife Management Commission to advise on ways to manage the deer population. However, it also appears that in…
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For the July 22 issue
Mary F. Carney, Giavanna Dorothea Bruno, Raymond C. Allen, Fay L. Smith, Agnes Ference, Gertrude Gelentser. Mary F. Carney Mary F. Carney, 69, of Columbus died July 18 at Kindred Hospital in Philadelphia. Born in the Bronx, N.Y. she resided in Setauket, N.Y. before moving to Columbus two years ago. She is survived by her…
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Junior softball earns Washington first district title
By: Kyle Moylan Considering it was the first District 12 championship in the history of Washington Township’s program, no one expected the win to come easy. Even so, no one on Washington’s squad was ready for the seventh inning on Sunday night. Playing Lawrence for a chance to win the Junior Softball League title, Washington…
