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  • Main Street shop closing

    Customers lament endof specialty store By:Mary Ellen Zangara    To borrow from the nursery rhyme: Sugar and spice and everything nice — that’s what Gordon’s, one of Main Street’s favorite businesses, was made of.    But after many years in Manville, Gordon’s is closing.    Gordon’s Sugar-N-Spice owner Dorothy Gordon has decided that it was time to say…

  • Former mayor Robert Conard, 72, dies in Florida

    Served as mayor in the 1960s By:Sally Goldenberg    Hillsborough resident and former mayor S. Robert Conard, 72, died Dec. 21 in his Deerfield Beach, Fla., condo.    Mr. Conard, who was born in Hillsborough and graduated from Somerville High School in 1948, dedicated much of his spare time to public service in the community.    After serving…

  • Jan. 2, 2003

    T. Edward Richards    T. Edward Richards, 73, of Hopewell Township died suddenly at home Saturday.    Born and raised in Westfield, he attended the University of Pennsylvania and later transferred to Rutgers University. He was a member of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. He was an adjuster for Mercer Mutual Insurance Co. and was a manager…

  • Thanks for support for building fund

    To the editor    The men and women of Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2 would like to thank the citizens and businesses of Hillsborough Township for their donations toward our building fund. We received donations ranging from $1 to $500.    Any amount that was contributed will be put toward our building expansion. We started in…

  • Cora Harcar

       HILLSBOROUGH — Cora M. Harcar died Dec. 22 in the Rolling Hills Care Center in Lebanon. She was 81.    Born in Neshanic, she live most of her life in Hillsborough.    Mrs. Harcar was an inspector for RCA in Branchburg for many years.    Surviving are her husband, Albert Harcar; sons, Albert Jr. of Susquehanna, Pa., Peter…

  • Residents mull ideas for Eggerts Crossing

    Rutgers students present plans By: Lea Kahn    "It is the year 2010 and Eggerts Crossing’s renaissance is readily apparent to anyone traveling on Eggert Crossing Road.    "The Johnson Avenue crossroads has become the focal point for this vital neighborhood.    "The regional Greenway has become a center for neighborhood interaction, linking housing, parks and the neighborhood…

  • Joan Sullivan

       HILLSBOROUGH — Joan F. Sullivan died Dec. 23 at home. She was 72.    She was born in Newark and lived in Elizabeth and Union before moving to Hillsborough six years ago.    Mrs. Sullivan was a payroll administrator with Exxon in Linden for 25 years, and then worked for Phillips Petroleum, also in Linden.    She was…

  • Hopewell Township OKs moneyfor four open space buys

    Committee approves $2,236,000for total of 147 acres By John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee OK’d the acquisition of four tracts of land to preserve a total of 147 acres as open space at a total cost of $2,236,000 at its year-end meeting on Dec. 19.    Each of the acquisitions was covered by an ordinance of…

  • Town water issues occupy Pennington Borough officials

    Public Works supervisor reports By John Tredrea    During Pennington Borough Council’s final meeting of 2002, held Dec. 18, council addressed several water-related issues.    Public works supervisor Jeff Wittkop reported that one of the borough’s wells, No. 5, was broken and that repairs are under way. This is the second time No. 5 has gone out…