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  • District proposes no tax increase

    North Hanover Board of Education officials propose stabilization of school tax rate for this year’s budget. By: Eve Collins    NORTH HANOVER — North Hanover Board of Education officials have introduced a tentative budget that would keep the school tax rate stable this year.    With a total budget of $17,986,274, the tax rate will remain at…

  • Rita Franklin

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH – Rita (Shine) Franklin died Feb. 24 in McCarrick Care Center in Somerset. She was 87.    Born in New Brunswick, she lived there for 27 years before moving to Edison in 1948 then moving to Hillsborough in 1957.    Ms. Franklin was employed at Ethicon Inc. in the marketing department for over 20 years,…

  • Scouting escape: Program offers girls new adventures

    Washington Township Girl Scouts from troops 756 and 1837 are taking part in the Studio 2B Escape Program, in which they embark on trips as a way to further their Scouting experience. By: Sarah Winkelman WASHINGTON — Whether it’s snowboarding in Michigan, touring the homes of Edgar Allen Poe and Betsy Ross in Philadelphia or…

  • Safe Homes provides protection for teens and adults alike

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    An event that took place on Friday night has inflamed us to the point that we must say more about Safe Homes, or in the words of CHS Principal John Bach: "havens for children in a world where confusing signals are often sent concerning drugs and alcohol."    Last week, we expressed…

  • Friedman adds six inches to pole vault record

    Melendez shows versatility at M of C By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High winter track team, which was relatively quiet at Sunday’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions, made a little more noise at The Armory in New York City last week.    Sophomore Robin Friedman became Hillsborough’s third medalist in school history at the Eastern States…

  • Hopewell Valley school budget plan on tap for OK Monday

    Tentative budget is due at office of the county superintendent of schools on March 11. After an OK from that office, it is expected local public hearings will be held between March 26 and 30. The deadline for a school board vote to approve the final budget is April 2. By John Tredrea    The Hopewell…

  • Art work on the auction block

    Fifth annual auction to raise money for St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of South Brunswick. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Vincent van Gogh, Ansel Adams and Itzchak Tarkay are headed to South Brunswick from New York.    Well, at least their art is, some of it in reproduction form.    "These are some names that might ring a bell," said…

  • A title for Jastrzebski family

    DISTRICT 18 WRESTLING NOTEBOOK By: Rudy Brandl    As usual, the District 18 Wrestling Championships were a pleasure to cover. The folks at Hillsborough High did another stellar job running the tournament.    Kudos to the tournament organizers for moving up the starting times of the Saturday session. Instead of getting in my car at 10 p.m.…

  • Pennington girls fall to Rutgers Prep in state final

    Girls basketball By: Mike Molaro    When a team advances to the state championship game for six consecutive years, that says something about the level that program has reached and — perhaps more importantly — the quality of the athletes who have worn the uniform.    The Pennington School girls’ basketball squad has reached the state Prep…