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  • Mary Hoffman and Charlotte Orr

    Mary E. Hoffman    Mary E. (Betty) Hoffman, 82, of Pennington died at her home on Wednesday.    Born in Johnstown, Pa., Ms. Hoffman had lived in Pennington for 51 years.    She retired from RCA Corp. in 1986 as a senior database monitor.    Wife of the late Henry P. Hoffman, mother of the late Mary Kathleen Hoffman-Heine…

  • Blizzard cleanup costs borough about $35,000

    Damage to streets noted By:Alec Moore    Last week’s blizzard came with a hefty price tag, according to cost estimates discussed at Monday’s Borough Council meeting.    The 24-hour snowfall that dumped roughly 2 feet of snow across central New Jersey regions cost the borough approximately $35,000.    "Unfortunately this was something we had no control over," said…

  • HHS boys fall short in classic semifinal

    Raiders waste 11-point lead in final quarter By: Rudy Brandl        BRIDGEWATER — Tuesday night’s heart-breaking elimination loss in the Somerset County Tournament semifinals will go down as one of the most frustrating games in Hillsborough High boys’ basketball history.    The Raiders (13-9) controlled nearly the entire game and had top-ranked favorite and defending champion…

  • Students to read ‘Lysistrata’ as peace appeal, Monday

       A reading of the 2,300 year-old Greek comedy Lysistrata will take place Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Princeton University’s Carl Icahn Laboratory, on Washington Road.    The play reading is part of the international Lysistrata Project, in which theater artists from New York to San Francisco to Munich and Athens will be protesting war with Iraq…

  • Board must become fiscally responsible

    To the editor    I’d like to comment on the Board of Education’s request for a 6.7 percent increase to the school budget.    Does anyone on the board have any clue that the economy is in a recession? Of course not, they just keep digging into the bottomless pockets of the taxpayers of this town.    Look…

  • BACK PORCH: Everyone should kick back and celebrate Carnival

    BACK PORCH by Melissa Morgan: What you need to know if you think Mardi Gras is only about naked women and alcohol By: Melissa Morgan    It’s Carnival time! Well, at least in New Orleans it is.    This being the last week of Carnival season, Louisiana locals are breaking out their beads, fancy costumes and free…

  • No flooding problems after last week’s rain

    By:Alec Moore    The mountains of snow that were erected along roadsides and in parking lots in Hillsborough did not lead to any significant flooding when warmer temperatures and a heavy rainfall arrived late last week.    According to Department of Public Works Director Buck Sixt, the only flooding that did occur in Hillsborough was some minor…

  • Chris Patti takes ‘Merry’ role

       Hillsborough resident Chris Patti, a sophomore at The College of New Jersey, will take to the stage as the embassy secretary in a production of the classic operetta "The Merry Widow" by Franz Lehar.    The performances will be on Feb. 27 – March 1, at 8 p.m. and on March 2 at the college’s Opera…

  • Thomas Mulqueen

       Thomas Mulqueen, 56, of Franklin, died Wednesday, Feb 19, at the Medical Center at Princeton.    He was born in Iselin and lived in Franklin for 43 years. He retired in 1985 as a part-time guard for South Brunswick Security. He was a member of the Little Rocky Hill Fire Company for many years.    His parents,…