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  • Mint: An excessive herb no garden should be without

    SPRINGHOUSE FARM JOURNAL By Heather Lovett    One of my old garden books has an amusing anecdote about a Philadelphia woman who attended a lecture on herbs and was inspired to plant an herb garden of her own. She approached her gardener-handyman for advice on how to get started, and after giving it some thought he…

  • Nov. 27, 9 a.m.: Happy Thanksgiving

    Channel Surfing wishes all a Happy Turkey Day. By: Hank Kalet    Happy Thanksgiving. Channel Surfing is away today enjoying some turkey and yams (I truly dig the yams) and some time with the family. I may be back tomorrow, so check back. Then again, I make no promises.

  • Township and Beacon launch Give A Holiday

    By:    The Hillsborough Beacon in conjunction with the township Department of Social Services will host its annual Give A Holiday program through 4 p.m., Dec. 17.    If you or a group, organization, business or neighborhood would like to choose a family or individual for whom to buy items on the holiday list, you may do…

  • Lady Raiders performed better than record

    Team rallied to qualify for soccer state playoffs again By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls played quality soccer against some big-time competition during the 2003 season. The team’s 11-8 record hardly explains everything the girls accomplished.    Hillsborough dropped three games in sudden death overtime — including two against teams that played for State…

  • Man pleads guilty to assault, robbery charges

    Prosecutor recommends 16-year sentence for North Second resident Erich Kussman By:Beth Kressel    Erich William Kussman of North 2nd Avenue pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree robbery in state Superior Court Nov. 21, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest.    Mr. Kussman also admitted to charges of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful…

  • HHS boys achieved soccer three-peat with hard work

    Defense, balance propelled Raiders to title By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High boys’ soccer team found a new way to win the Delaware Division title this year.    After claiming the last two division banners with a high-powered offense, the Raiders needed to discover a different winning formula. They could no longer rely on their…

  • Princeton Packet Girls’ Tennis Player of the Year

    South’s Vaynberg reliable in final season By: Justin Feil    Victoria Vaynberg prefers not to worry about the state singles tournament that she missed, but rather to focus on the matches that she did play for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ tennis team.    "Everyone expects me to be upset," said the Pirates senior who was…

  • Verizon head pledges changing services

    Rider University hosts telecommunications’ future debate. By: Lea Kahn    The consumer is in control, and if telecommunications companies such as Verizon are to survive, they must respond to the consumer’s changing needs, according to the president of Verizon New Jersey Inc.    Dennis M. Bone spoke to students in three business-school classes — classes in social…

  • Committee drops proposed hotel tax

    No second on motion to approve 1 percent tax By:Roger Alvarado    The Township Committee failed to pass an ordinance Tuesday that would have imposed a 1 percent local hotel and motel occupancy tax on top of the 7 percent state tax that took effect Aug. 1.    Hillsborough had been contemplating taking advantage of a provision…