Category: archives

  • Raiders stopped in CJ 4 hoop playoffs

    Boys scare top seed Pennsauken By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys left the basketball court with their heads up after last week’s elimination loss in the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs.    Of course, it’s always disappointing to be knocked out of a tournament, especially when that loss also marks the end of the season.…

  • Protest EPA plans to label mercury as non-toxic

    To the editor    The EPA is about to declare that mercury is not toxic.    Those of us who live or work in Hillsborough are certainly sensitive to the hazards of mercury to ourselves, and especially our children. We live with the concerns of the mercury stored locally.    The Environmental Protection Agency and Centers for Disease…

  • HEF seeks to launch partnership with estate

    School programs sponsored by group may benefit from collaboration with Duke Foundation By:Marnie Kunz    Representatives of the Hillsborough school district and Hillsborough Education Foundation met with Duke Foundation Properties Manager Patrick Lerch on Friday to launch what may become a working partnership for educational programs at the estate.    After touring the public gardens, the guests…

  • Year ends for other Greyhound wrestlers

    By: Sean Moylan     Northern Burlington County Regional High School wrestling standouts Steve Makuka (130), Mike Brewer (135), Rich Feig (152), Ryan Buchanan (160) and Chris Garofalo (215) were all eliminated in Region VII Tournament action this past weekend at Eastern High School.    And while only Erik George advanced to the NJSIAA Finals at Atlantic…

  • Book teaches kids to relax

    Ellinor Burke, author of "Susana Worrywart and the Magical Teddy Bear Balloon" reads to Clara Barton Elementary School students. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN CITY – Winding down with their events for Read Across America last week, children at the Clara Barton Elementary School heard a story by a local author who used one of their…

  • Developments’ impact on watershed concerns family

    Residential and commercial construction is affecting the natural resources on the border of Mansfield and Bordentown townships. By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD – A group of township residents is continuing the fight to save the watershed area that straddles the Mansfield and Bordentown border.    The Tallon family has lived on Axe Factory Road, near the border…

  • Truck driver loses control on Route 31

    Rig struck guard rail near the bridge over the CSX railroad tracks. By John Tredrea    A southbound tractor trailer went out of control on southbound state Route 31 in the predawn hours of March 1, striking a guard rail and a dump truck parked in a lot on the southbound side of the road and…

  • Theresa Hurilla

       HILLSBOROUGH – Theresa D. Hurilla died Saturday, March 6, at home. She was 39.    Born in Somerville she was a lifelong resident of Manville before moving to Hillsborough one year ago.    She worked at AT&T of Piscataway, as a senior technical associate for 16 years.    Survivors include her parents, Bernard and Sophia Tomaszfski of White…

  • Borough set to dive into pool repair projects

    No word on county grant application for replacement By:Roger Alvarado    Extensive repair and restoration work aimed at ensuring that Cooper Pool in Lost Valley opens on time will commence over the next few weeks, according to Borough Councilwoman Susan Asher.    Last month Mayor Angelo Corradino announced that despite its rapidly deteriorating state, the 32-year-old swimming…