Category: archives
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MANVILLE: Mowing along railroad makes town look better
Responds to letter criticizing DPW To the editor: I would like to respond to the Aug. 1 letter to the editor concerning procedures of the Manville Department of Public Works. While I agree that all the writer’s issues are worthy of debate, I take exception to the issue of mowing the grass along the railroad…
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LAWRENCE: Rower heading to South Korea for world championships
Local athlete aims for 2016 Olympic team By Lea Kahn, Staff Wrier Tom Dethlefs is the first to admit that he was not a “super serious athlete” during his days at The Lawrenceville School, where he played the usual high school sports. Mr. Dethlefs played soccer in the fall, but did not have a spring…
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Recapturing competitive instincts of forefathers
When Rutgers University’s Board of Governors voted last month to raise tuition 3.3 percent amidst student outcry, the university’s vice president for budgeting, Nancy Winterbauer, said, “I know lots of them are struggling. But we’re a public institution where state funding is flat — it’s at the level it was in the 90s —…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Holt, Eck outpace statewide result in U.S. Senate primary here
Newark Mayor Book and Steven Lonegan win Democratic and GOP primaries in township and statewide By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99" LatentStyleCount="267"> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Normal" /> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1" /> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title" /> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle" /> UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong" /> UnhideWhenUsed="false"…
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HILLSBOROUGH: River cleanup to continue Sunday
Tires loaded in a canoe were taken from the South Branch of the Raritan River at Neshanic Station as part of a cleanup planned to continue this week.
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"Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Sept. 6-15
"A Funny Thing Happened" features, clockwise from left, Kyrus Keenan Westcott as Hero, John Zimmerman as Pseudolus, and Elizabeth Rzasa as Philia.
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HILLSBOROUGH: River cleanup to continue Sunday
More than 100 tires taken from Raritan River on July 27 Volunteers waded in the Raritan River in Neshanic Station as part of an effort by Somerset County Park Commission rangers, Boy Scouts, environmental groups and high school honor society students to clean a 10-mile stretch of the Raritan River from Neshanic Station to Raritan…
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"Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Sept. 6-15
By Wendy Humphrey PinnWorth Productions takes comedy back to its Roman roots, when they present “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” as the 2013-14 season opener at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Performances are Fridays, Sept. 6 and 13 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Sept. 7 and 14 at 8 p.m.; and…
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Finding Relief in the Most Trying of Times at Massage Envy Spa in Hillsborough, NJ – One Woman’s Positive Outlook
By Michael Payan Anne Marie Somer has Stage 4 cancer. With the help of Massage Envy Spa in Hillsborough, New Jersey, doctor-prescribed medication and treatments, and her determined will and spirit, Somer is attacking her illness from all angles. For more than two years, Massage Envy Spa in Hillsborough, New Jersey has been a sanctuary…
