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  • Summer needs to be fun

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    Summer is the antidote for school. That’s not meant to be cynical, just realistic. For students and teachers, school is a fast-paced 10 months of assignments tied to assessments. Summer needs to be something completely different — a time to re-charge mental energy by experiencing learning, reading, and doing…

  • Cutler sets new MHS long jump record

    Falls one inch short of county title By: Rudy Brandl        HILLSBOROUGH — Track and field athletes understand they can’t control the performances of their competition. All they can do is their best and hope it’s enough to win.    Amy Cutler may not have won the long jump competition at last Thursday’s Somerset County Championships,…

  • TV commercials urge opposition

    By: Matthew Kirdahy    A series of advertisements calling on opponents of Route 92 to voice their concerns at today’s (Thursday) public hearing on the highway have been running since the weekend.    The Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a coalition of environmental, planning and other organizations, produced and paid for the 60-second advertisements to run on the Comcast…

  • LETTER: Wider Rt. 522 is unacceptable

    To the editor:    I am a resident of South Brunswick (Southridge Hills) and am very concerned about widening of Rt. 522 stated as a proposed option in the Corp of Engineers Draft Environmental Impact Statement. This is unacceptable.    I assumed that Route 92 was the answer to everyone’s concerns, especially local residents.    Presently we have…

  • Committee OKs charter study,petitioners threaten legal action

    By:Roger Alvarado    The final battlefield for the group of residents circulating a petition to change Hillsborough’s form of government and the Township Committee may be a courtroom.    After the Township Committee passed a charter study commission ordinance — that takes precedence over their petition — the group is considering filing a lawsuit to overturn the…

  • Planners OK doggie daycare for Lawrence

    A November opening planned for Basin Road site. By: Lea Kahn    Fido, Spot or any other dog won’t have to be left home alone while their owners are at work anymore. The pets can spend the day playing with companions at All Good Dogs Daycare Inc.    The Planning Board gave its stamp of approval Monday…

  • Lawrence district seeks additional state aid

    Turner contacted for assistance in recouping revenue. By: Lea Kahn    Faced with the loss of tuition revenue from Washington Township as that school district withdraws its students from Lawrence High School, township school district officials are scrambling to find ways to make up for it.    Washington Township, which has been sending its high school students…

  • When you just can’t beat the heat

    MY TAKE by Rose McGlew    Summertime… and the livin’ is easy.    Pictures of children running through sprinklers, friends surrounding the barbecue and young lovers strolling along the shore spring to mind.    Who came up with this sappy and complete untruth?    With all the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been having, people have been gearing up for…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS

    125 years ago    Pierre Lorillard’s agents have made arrangements to quarter men and horses at the American Hotel stables. The TallyHo will pass here today on its way to Lorillard’s splendid breeding farm at Jobstown, and the horses in question will be used as a relay.    * * *    The G.A.R. committee entrusted with the…