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  • Weston kindergartners helpbrighten holidays for seniors

    LIVING IN MANVILLE By:Mary Ellen Zangara    Christmas is a time of giving as well as receiving. On Tuesday, 17 kindergarten students, their teacher Mrs. Perry and five parents boarded a school bus and traveled to the Raritan Health Care center in Raritan to spread some holiday cheer.    The young Weston School students went to visit…

  • Restaurant opens with gift to Rescue Squad

    By:    A special offer to attend the grand opening of the Applebee’s Restaurant in exchange for a $5 donation to the Hillsborough Rescue Squad packed the new restaurant Monday night, raising $2,700 for the local service.    The restaurant, located in the Hillsborough Promenade, is the 34th location in New Jersey and New York opened by…

  • Top of the heap

    Junior Pee Wees take state Pop Warner title. By: Ken Weingartner    A slew of numbers could be used in relation to the South Brunswick PAL Junior Pee Wee Pop Warner football team — like 140, 60, 23, 20, 13, 0.    The only one that matters, though, is No. 1.    That is where the Vikings ended…

  • Victorian Holiday

    With its gingerbread architecture outlined in twinkling lights, Cape May is a lively wintertime destination. By: Matt Smith    Almost every self-respecting New Jerseyean has a favored spot at "The Shore" — one of those resort towns that inspires annual family pilgrimages each and every July or August.    It wouldn’t be summer without Saturday-morning traffic on…

  • Boys expect big things with veteran hoop cast

    Four starters return for hungry bunch By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High boys’ basketball team has been looking forward to tomorrow night ever since last year’s season-ending loss at Bridgewater-Raritan in the state playoffs.    Hillsborough can’t wait for the 2002-03 season to begin and certainly won’t have any trouble getting motivated for its first…

  • District, teachers meet for final negotiations

    Wedenesday meeting includes state-appointed fact finder By:Sally Goldenberg    Tensions at Monday’s Board of Education meeting grew and emotions flared as teachers took the microphone, accusing the school board of undervaluing them and lying to the public about contract negotiations.    High school social studies teacher Bob Fenster, who is involved with the Model United Nations, Model…

  • Armed man robs gas station

    Local gas station was robbed early Wednesday. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    A man with a black handgun and wearing a black ski mask robbed two attendants at the Mobil gas station on the corner of Route 27 and Allston Road at 2:57 a.m. Wednesday, police said.    Police said no further description of the man was…

  • Fackler bridge should reopen by Tuesday

    Bridge has been closed since 1999 By: Lea Kahn    The Fackler Road bridge, which has been closed for more than three years, should be open to traffic by Christmas Eve, Municipal Manager William Guhl told Township Council Tuesday night.    All of the work on a replacement bridge has been completed, except for the installation of…

  • Week of Dec. 19

    By: Americo P. Gervasoni    TRENTON — Americo P. Gervasoni, 97, died Dec. 9 at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Mr. Gervasoni was born in Rome, Italy, and was a Trenton resident for 92 years.    He was employed by John A. Roebling and Sons/CF & I for 25 years and he was…