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  • Hillsborough falls in Senior Lg. semifinals

    Missed opportunties, errors add up to 7-0 loss By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough No. 1 had to put everything together to have a shot at beating the Jersey Inferno in last week’s Senior League softball semifinals at Ann Van Middlesworth Park. Unfortunately, the team didn’t hit and made a few crucial errors that helped the…

  • MCCC to offer a ‘Flying Start’ to pilots

       Mercer County Community College’s Flight Department and the Trenton Chapter 176 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will conduct "Flying Start," a comprehensive introduction to flying, at the Trenton-Mercer Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17. Sessions begin at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.    According to Joe Blasenstein, coordinator of MCCC’s Aviation program, "Participants will be introduced…

  • Cold Soil, Bakers Basin roads may see lower speeds

    The Township Council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance that would lower speed limits on Cold Soil Road and Bakers Basin Road. By: Sarah Winkelman    The Township Council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance that would lower speed limits on Cold Soil Road and Bakers Basin Road.    The ordinance has to be approved by the…

  • Library displays artist’s strugglefor expression after Sept.11

    A CHAT WITH MARY By:Mary Kaempfen    He would like everyone to know that his five watercolor abstracts on display at the Hillsborough Public Library through August depict his reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.    The speaker is Chuck Person, and he motions with his hands in an attempt to show how he had contained…

  • Assistant principals needed in schools

    To the editor:     When South Brunswick residents went to the polls in April of 2002, we voted on a budget that included a full-time assistant principal in every South Brunswick school.    Now the residents of South Brunswick are finding out that only a couple of schools will have full-time assistant principals while the other…

  • Ruth Zuza

       MANVILLE — Ruth (Varga) Zuza died Friday, Aug. 2, in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 76.    She was raised in Raritan and settled in Manville 52 years ago.    Mrs. Zuza was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville and a member of the Manville Senior Citizens…

  • DISPATCHES: ‘The Rising’ : Music for uncertain times

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Our managing editor takes a look at the true meaning behind Bruce Springsteen’s newest album    "Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to the empty sky" — Bruce Springsteen, "Empty Sky"    The story goes like this: Bruce Springsteen was sitting in his house in Monmouth County eating breakfast on…

  • Single tickets going on sale at McCarter Theatre

       Single tickets for McCarter Theatre Center’s 2002-2003 season go on sale on Monday beginning at 9 a.m. through the McCarter Theatre Box Office. Orders online begin earlier — tomorrow at 9 a.m. at www.mccarter.org.    McCarter has added several new events to its season schedule, including a solo concert appearance by alternative-rock icon Ben Folds on…

  • Gloria Daniels

       SOMERVILLE — Gloria E. (Swinick) Daniels, 59, died Thursday, Aug. 1, in Harborside Healthcare in Bridgewater.    Born in Somerville, she was a former resident of Manville, and lived in Somerville most of her life. She worked as a cashier with Pathmark in Somerville.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in…