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  • Toll Gate is planning for TASK Thanksgiving

    Preparations begin on Monday    On Nov. 14, Toll Gate Grammar School students and teachers gathered to discuss preparations for the 17th annual Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Thanksgiving feast.    Principal Myra Bugbee encouraged the students to get ready for the annual community effort to collect, prepare and deliver a Thanksgiving feast with all the trimmings to…

  • 30 years in local government

    Charles Abate will leave his Millstone Township Committee seat following three decades of service. By: Sarah Winkelman    MILLSTONE — Dirt roads still wound in between the expanses of farmland in the township when Charles Abate took his seat on the Township Committee for the first time in 1973. He said one of his first responsibilities…

  • Spanish Rhythms

    Led by pianist Luba Sindler, the seventh season of Westminster Conservatory’s ‘Music Heritage Series’ takes listeners on a journey to the Iberian peninsula, with ‘Dreams of Spain: Spanish Influence in Western Culture.’ By: Susan Van Dongen Luba Sindler    Perhaps because Spain, throughout its long history, has seen invaders from Arabia, Africa and Western Europe, the…

  • Salvation Army seeks bell ringers for holiday season

    Organization needs 80 to 100 volunteers to keep collection kettles in township. By: Rebecca Tokarz    The Salvation Army is seeking volunteers to ring bells for its annual holiday kettle collection program.    The organization needs 80 to 100 volunteers to keep collection kettles in front of township businesses weekends from Nov. 29 through Dec. 21.    The…

  • HHS field hockey team scared Central

    Raiders made statement in shootout loss By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High field hockey team certainly didn’t go away quietly, even when most folks probably expected it.    Hunterdon Central may have been counting on an easy game after sweeping the Raiders in the regular season. HHS played tough in those two meetings but couldn’t…

  • Remember sales clerks when shopping

    To the editor    Yes, its that time again! With Thanksgiving only next week, the day after it is a much bigger day for some: Black Friday.    The official start for people to do their Holiday shopping, and with it comes the craziest, rudest, loudest and un-understanding people shopping for that "must have" item.    I haven’t…

  • LETTERS: Teachers should support taxpayers

    To the editor:    Driving around our township the signage, "We Support Our Teachers," litter some lawns. Yet, isn’t this statement misunderstood, for monetarily isn’t every taxpayer of this township helping to support our school system. Maybe it is time the union help support their constituents, augmenting their salaries and benefit packages, instead of buying signs.…

  • Corradino gets ready for fourth term

    A look at the life of Manville’s second four-term mayor By:Roger Alvarado    The words of one of America’s most beloved politicians help Manville’s most prominent politician make it through each day no matter how trying the times are.    A famous quote once uttered by Abraham Lincoln hangs on one of the walls in Mayor Angelo…

  • LETTERS: Assemblywoman thanks voters

    To the editor:    As the state Assemblywoman recently re-elected to a third-term representing the 14th Legislative District. I sincerely appreciate the thousands of voters who supported my candidacy on Election Day.    Over the past four years in office, it has been a privilege to work on issues of concern to the Middlesex and Mercer communities…