Category: archives

  • Fanizzi takes over as new HHS athletic director

    Hillsborough resident loves working close to home By: Rudy Brandl    Mike Fanizzi has all the important things right in front of him — his family, his work, his church and his passion for sports. And everything is right here in Hillsborough.    The new Hillsborough High athletic director is no stranger to the township. He and…

  • Climbing Kilimanjaro: a steep vacation

    "Ever since I read ‘Lost Horizon’ when I was a teenager, I’ve wanted to see Kilimanjaro," said Patti Slaughter. "Kilimanjaro is like my Shangri-La." By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta    Ever thought about climbing to the summit of Kilimanjaro — the mountain in Africa that was the centerpiece of Ernest Hemingway’s 1938 short story, "The Snows of…

  • SCHOOL BOARD NOTES

    By:Beth Kressel Athletes excused from PE class    The new senior practicum offers Manville 12th graders a variety of academic offerings this fall. But they are not the only students at Manville High School with new choices.    Starting in September, all students at the high school who play a sport will have the option of using…

  • Letter: Gas station plan bad for town

    To the editor       This week our Board of Zoning Adjustment will be asked to approve the first of two new developments being proposed along Route 1 just south of the Raymond Road intersection.       First up for the zoning board’s consideration is a large, diesel truck stop masquerading as a filling station. A few weeks from…

  • Aug. 21, 6:35 p.m.: The wrong way on civil liberties

    The Washington Post misses the point. By: Hank Kalet    Read here how The Washington Post gets it wrong on civil liberties, John Ashcroft and the USA Patriot Act. The Post has been remarkably willing to back the Bush administration in all it is seeking to do — whether it is marshalling the troops for war…

  • Township takes lead in ‘slice race’

    Latest restaurant pushes Hillsborough ahead of Bridgewater in number of pizza restaurants By:Beth Kressel    When Portobello Pizzeria and Restaurant opened at the end of July, Hillsborough edged out Bridgewater for the most pizza places in Somerset County with 14.    Somerset County is peppered with pizza places but Hillsborough is truly a pizza lover’s heaven. Along…

  • Marie Kurzman

       Marie Kurzman, 69, of Monmouth Junction, died Monday, Aug. 18, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    She was born in Elizabeth and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., Edison and North Brunswick before moving to South Brunswick in 1988. She was a secretary for her husband at Herbert Kurzman CPA for six years, retiring…

  • There’s still work left to do

    Allentown High School to open despite ongoing construction. By: Sarah Winkelman    UPPER FREEHOLD — School will begin on time at Allentown High School despite construction that will continue throughout the year.    The large amount of rainfall this summer has slowed work on the township’s schools but it is moving along steadily at Allentown High School.…

  • Corradino calls police merger plan ‘dead issue’

    Lack of reponse from Raritan means consolidation of departments won’t happen By:Alec Moore    Mayor Angelo Corradino said that tentative plans to look into a merger between the Manville and Raritan police departments are no longer on the borough’s drawing board.    "In order to have a shared-service partnership, you have to have a partner, so at…