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  • Thanks to sponsors for helping golf event

    To the editor    We wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make the Hillsborough Education Foundation 2002 Golf Classic such a success.    The HEF realized a profit of approximately $60,000 this year, the highest level ever. And as those who have worked with us in the past know, what is raised…

  • Litter cleanup costs weigh on borough

    State funding not a sure thing for coming year. By: Cynthia Koons    ALLENTOWN — The financial burden of keeping Main Street clean has just shifted hands.    With hardly any state funding available through the Clean Communities and Recycling Act this past year, Allentown essentially lost $4,000 it had previously relied on for trash removal. And…

  • Township Committee ends zoning hearing

    Adoption vote might come tonight By John Tredrea    With Committeewoman Vanessa Sandom dissenting, the Hopewell Township Committee voted 4-1 Tuesday night to end the public hearing on the proposed downzoning of most of Hopewell Township’s 58 square miles.    A final vote on the proposal itself could happen tonight when the Township Committee holds its meeting…

  • Lawrence loses momentum

    Ice hockey By: Jim Green    Playing in goal for a struggling high school ice hockey team is like competing in heavyweight boxing title fights three nights a week. No matter how good you are, you’re going to get knocked around quite a bit.    That’s the situation faced by Lawrence’s starting goalie, Frank DiBella, and his…

  • Local businesses helped reunion

    To the editor    Manville High School Class of 1982 would like to thank the following localestablishments for their help in making our 20 year reunion held on Nov. 30th a big success:    A&P, Billy’s Pizza, Boro Pizza and Sub Shop (Hillsborough), Bucky’s, Camplain Liquors, Charlie Brown’s, Corner Café, Dave’s Men’s and Boy’s Shop, Flower Gallery,…

  • Track athletes set for big winter

    Crawford title chase, boys’ Skyland streak among key issues By: Rudy Brandl    Will Erin Crawford break through and win a state title? Can the boys make it six Skyland Conference championships in as many years on the high school circuit?    These are among the many questions that will be answered over the next three months…

  • Developer pulls Valley condo plans

    No reason given to sudden change in development plans By:Alec Moore    A development application by RJN Developers that was slated to go before the Board of Adjustment Dec. 11 was pulled from the meeting’s agenda several days prior.    RJN’s application outlined plans to build three 20-unit condominium buildings just off Manville and Cooper avenues in…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Gustavo A. Serna, 22, of Boesel Avenue was charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident at 2:11 a.m. on Dec. 15.    According to the police report, a caller reported that Mr. Serna sideswiped a vehicle on North Main Street. Mr. Serna was also charged with failure to report the accident and driving…

  • Council’s resolution: nomunicipal tax increase

    Reorganization meeting set for Jan. 4 By:Alec Moore    The Borough Council will kick off the new year with the annual reorganization meeting at 11 a.m. Jan. 4 at borough hall.    "I’m looking forward to next year," said Mayor Angelo Corradino. "We’ve worked very hard this year to be in the position that we’re in now."…