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  • Township joins departments in municipal union

    EDITORIAL: Combining parks and recreation under one department is a good move By:    We were happy to hear the Township Committee move to unite the parks and recreation departments, marrying two municipal functions that belong together.    Most communities have a similar arrangement because it allows the same department to coordinate work on parks and fields…

  • Judge throws out study ordinance

    Petitions filed to have Hillsborough voters choose form of government. By: Roger Alvarado    Less than a week after a judge overturned the ordinance that ended a petition drive to change Hillsborough’s government to a mayor-council form, petitions with more than 4,000 signatures have been filed at the Municipal Building.    If the signatures are verified, Hillsborough…

  • Group’s mentors help struggling families

    Family and Children’s Services of Central New Jersey offers a ‘Big Brother’ program for families in crisis By:Minx McCloud    On those days when family members get overwhelmed by the challenges of day-to-day life, wouldn’t it be nice to have someone to turn to — a big brother or sister for the whole family?    That’s the…

  • Citizens group slaps town with lawsuit

    Washington First has filed a lawsuit regarding the Township Committee’s adoption of an ordinance to ask voters about changing the Township’s form of government. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Citizens group Washington First has filed a complaint in Mercer County state Superior Court seeking to nullify the Township Committee’s change-of-government ordinance, which the governing body…

  • A trip down memory lane

    Members of the Roosevelt Public School Class of 1968 gather for a reunion at their former school. By: Lauren Burgoon    ROOSEVELT — Fresh from a cross-country flight, Lorna Milman walked into the auditorium of the Roosevelt Public School, a place she had not visited in more than 40 years.    Ms. Milman stood in the entranceway…

  • Township resident qualifies for finals in chess tourney

       After more than six years of effort, Hopewell Township’s Jon Edwards and his U.S. Team have qualified for the final round of the 13th Correspondence Chess Olympiad.    Olympiad XIII started May 30, 1998 by post. "After six years of hard work and patience, the US team captured second place in its section just behind the…

  • Over-30 basketball celebrates 50th league

    Golden boys still going strong to the hoop By: Rudy Brandl    Nobody ever expected it to be so popular. In fact, Hillsborough Over-30 Basketball League co-founder Mark Goldstein had nightmares that only one person would show up for the first registration back in 1987.    When the line at the Hillsborough Municipal Building was out the…

  • Ruth Evans

    By:    MANVILLE — Ruth Evans died Friday, July 16, at Eastern Star Home in Bridgewater. She was 93.    She was born in Port Carbon, Pa., and lived in Bound Brook and then Manville.    Mrs. Evans was a teacher at Robert Morris School in South Bound Brook for 25 years, retiring in 1970.    Her husband, Evan…

  • Special meeting set for budget cuts

    After state aid falls short of amount needed to avoid a big increase in taxes, officials are looking to cut By:Roger Alvarado    Borough officials are set to disclose what cuts they plan in order to make up a $1.8 million shortfall in the borough’s $11.5 million proposed budget at a special session of the Borough…