Category: archives
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Partners get success award
Stryker Lane firm Spyglass Staffing wins business development Success Award Fairfield Lane resident Norman Washington and Montgomery resident Allan Snay, owners of Spyglass Staffing LLC of Hillsborough on Stryker Lane, are already gathering honors even though their business opened just a few months ago. Mr. Washington and Mr. Snay will be honored at Friday’s New…
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Entertaining program sneaks in science lessons
By:Sally Goldenberg Hillsborough Elementary School’s students watched intently as entertainer Garry Krinsky balanced a ladder on his chin, juggled fruit and scarves and tossed a feather repeatedly always managing to catch it in an upright position. Mr. Krinsky, who has a long history with miming and theater, came from his Massachusetts home Monday to…
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Gerald Cowen
MANVILLE – Gerald N. "Jerry" Cowen died Monday, Dec. 2, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 72. Born in Orange, he was raised in Newark, and resided in Hillsborough before moving to Manville 47 years ago. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was decorated with the Korean Service…
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Take more money to reform state’s DMV? I don’t think so!
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse I want to thank the State of New Jersey for a miserable beginning to an early December morning. On Tuesday, I got up at 4 a.m. so I would be sure to be in Hamilton Township by 6:45 a.m. I had to help a friend whose life only…
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Families help family celebrate Christmas
Local families help others in need By: Rebecca Tokarz Three local mothers braved the malls for three hours of shopping recently in an effort to make a needy family’s Christmas a happy one. The three Mary Dannis, Debbie Frey and Karen Miller were among dozens of local volunteers who are participating in the…
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Making ready for winter in the borough
FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster By: I was in the post office parking lot the other day and snagged a yellowed piece of lined paper tumbling around near the mailbox out front. It was obviously a list of some sort. You could tell by the numbers running down the left side of the page. I…
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Councilman told townmust pay for court interpreters
But most of $9,000 cost paid by fines By:Alec Moore Councilman Martin Wierzba says defendants in Manville’s Municipal Court who can’t speak English should not be given an interpreter at the borough’s expense, but under federal law that’s exactly what non-English-speaking defendants are entitled to receive. Mr. Wierzba raised the issue of the court-appointed interpreters…
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Local author offers tips for busy parents
Natalie Gahrmann’s "Succeeding as a Super Busy Parent" offers collection of tips garnered from parents By:Sally Goldenberg For parents trying to multi-task and feeling overwhelmed in the process Natalie Gahrmann may have a solution. Though not a quick fix, Hillsborough resident Ms. Gahrmann recently published a book, slated to hit stores in January,…
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Editorial: Habitat makes great effort in community
By: Mae Rhine It’s a pleasure to see the effort Habitat for Humanity is putting into our area. And the timing couldn’t be more perfect. Just as the city with some future help from West Amwell Township is working on cleaning up Connaught Hill, Habitat has come in and built two houses…
