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  • Hillsborough track teams fall short in Group 4

    Crawford, Melendez, Vaccaro, Tirado qualify for M of C By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High winter track athletes certainly didn’t have their greatest day in Sunday’s State Group 4 Championships at Princeton University’s Jadwin Gym. While it wasn’t their best performance, it was still pretty darn good.    Some of the experts had picked the…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 24, 2003

    Dr. Richard J. Cross, James C. Conover Jr., William A. Stalcup, Mary Lou Owen, William G. Hausdoerffer, Ronald C. Walradt. Dr. Richard J. Cross Pioneer in sexuality education     Dr. Richard J. Cross of Princeton, a pioneer in the field of human sexuality education, died Monday of heart disease. He was 87.    Dr. Cross was…

  • ‘The Hours’

    Director Stephen Daldry delivers an Oscar-worthy adaptation of novelist Michael Cunningham’s attempt to probe the psyche of Virginia Woolf.   [PG-13] By: Bob Brown    What if a single day could contain the breadth of a person’s life, the quotidian with the profound?    That’s the premise for Virginia Woolf’s ruminative novel of an ordinary day with Clarissa Dalloway…

  • Committee refuses Dem’s nomination

    Lack of second for Bill Gold’s nomination leaves art commission without quorum By:Alec Moore    Former Democratic Township Committeeman Bill Gold was denied a spot on the township’s Cultural and Arts Commission last week, spurring further political tensions on the Township Committee.    "You call this bipartisan?" said Mr. Gold to the committee’s three Republican members, who…

  • Hillsborough policy unconstitutional, protesters charge

    Anti-war group says township’s ‘hold-harmless’ requirement impedes right of free speech. By:Sally Goldenberg    A local antiwar group says it may sue Hillsborough if the township refuses to change its policy on the use of public meeting rooms, contending it essentially charges citizens to exercise their constitutional right to free speech and assembly.    A new organization…

  • Rescue Squad prompt in responding

    To the editor     Several weeks ago, I was injured while putting up Christmas lights on my home in Manville. I had fallen from a ladder nearly 20 feet and injured my head and leg. The Manville police were called and arrived at my home within a couple of minutes after my fall.    I was…

  • Manville girls work overtime to continue win streak

    Exhaustion sets in after two straight OT victories By: John E. Powers        They were simply exhausted.    The Manville High School girls’ basketball team hugged each other, some had tears in their eyes and others just sighed. Nobody seemed to want to leave – they didn’t seem to have enough energy to do it.    The…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Peter E. Wyckoff, 20, of Bridgewater was charged with driving with a suspended license and other traffic violations at 9:45 p.m. Jan. 18.    He was released, pending a court appearance. ***    The assistant manager of Wal-Mart on North Main Street reported being verbally threatened by a customer who said "come outside and I’ll shoot you."…

  • School officials: Timberlane short of space

    A September referendum to seek money for improvements at the grades six-eight building might be a solution, some officials say. By John Tredrea    Officials of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District say there will be adequate space in the district’s four elementary schools and high school for the next five to seven years, at least.…