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  • Gold and Gordon ‘best choice’

    To the editor    During this year’s reorganization, the Hillsborough Republicans stated "I take very seriously the charge they laid upon me on Election Day to govern them well, and according to their expressed wishes."    As I reflect back over the past year on the Republican-led Township Committee, I wonder exactly what they have accomplished and…

  • Indemnification law sets poor precedent

    To the editor    I thought our elected officials were supposed to be looking out for the town.    Instead we’re being taxed out of town and they’re looking out for themselves. The tax burden has become especially difficult on senior citizens and others on fixed incomes.    But if you think your taxes are high now —…

  • Trick-or-treaters collecting for UNICEF children’s fund

       One group of Weston School students is helping make Halloween a little less scary for other children this year by collecting for the United Nations Children’s Fund.    The students in Madeline Perry’s kindergarten class at the school will be forgoing the usual search for candy in favor of nickels and dimes to forward to the…

  • Public safety called into question as election nears

    Republican candidates hold press conference on issues. By: Lea Kahn    Lawrence Township’s emergency services are in shambles, according to the Republican Township Council candidates.    It ranges from a lack of input by volunteers into the township’s emergency management plan to a neglect of the rescue squad building to the possibility that the volunteer rescue squad…

  • Joseph Shandor

    By:    MANVILLE — Joseph Shandor died Oct. 10 at Harborside Healthcare-Woods Edge in Bridgewater. He was 93.    Born in Fern Glen, Pa., he lived in Manville most of his life.    Mr. Shandor was a plant supervisor for Inmont Corp. in Middlesex, retiring in 1975 after 35 years of employment.    He was a member of the…

  • Schools gather garments for drive

    By: Gwen McNamara    Cleaning out that closet of old coats? Why not put them to good use, by donating them to the "Lend a Hand, Warm a Heart" campaign, organized by fourth- and fifth-grade students in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District.    As part of the Millstone River School and Village School’s October character theme,…

  • Borough filing date extended to Friday

    Filing date extended for political party candidates to fill soon-to-be vacant Fieldsboro Council seat. By: Scott Morgan    FIELDSBORO — Political parties will have until 4 p.m. Friday to file their candidates for a soon-to-be vacant Fieldsboro Council seat, according to a decision handed down by Superior Court Judge John A. Sweeney on Wednesday morning.    The…

  • Oct. 16, 5:45 p.m.: Leaky leakers and the leaks that leak them

    White House vows no more unnamed sources, an unnamed official says. By: Hank Kalet    Here’s a fun little story that had me laughing, until I realized that these guys are in charge of the world.    Here are the first three paragraphs:    "Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as…

  • Furious Joy

    Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell is staging Tim Slover’s almost-true-to-life ‘Joyful Noise,’ a romp through the politics, scandals and conniving behind the creation of George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah.’ By: Matt Smith TimeOff 25th anniversary event Joyce LaBriola and James Boyd star in Joyful Noise, on stage at Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell Oct. 17 to Nov. 22.…