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  • Football footnote: school board has non-voting constituency

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By: John Tredrea    It was noted in an HVN editorial not long ago. But it seems worth repeating as the school board approaches decision time on whether to start an interscholastic football program at Central High School this fall.    A school board member’s oath of office derives from state law. That oath requires…

  • Edition of July 18, 2001

    Blanche Gosling    Blanche Chamberlain Gosling, 92, died Monday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa.    Born in Coaldale, Pa., she lived in Pennington for many years before moving to Whiting in 1974.    She was a former member of the Presbyterian Church of Lakehurst, Pennington Women’s Club and the Cystic Fibrosis Association.    Wife of the late Ellsworth…

  • Car wash would have negative impact

    To the editor By:     Tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m. in the courtroom in the Hillsborough Municipal Building, may be the best (and probably only) chance to affect the outcome of the car wash application for the former Curiosity Shop location on Route 206, next to the Belle Mead Animal Hospital.    Up to this point…

  • Local developer sues Pennington Borough

    Peter Blicher wants to hook into borough’s public water and sewer lines for service to proposed 288-unit development in Hopewell Township By: John Tredrea    Pennington Borough is being sued by local developer Peter Blicher, who wants to hook into the borough’s public water and sewer lines for service to a proposed 288-unit development in neighboring…

  • Senior softball teams show depth, balance

    Improved hitting keys both teams to victory By: Rudy Brandl        There’s plenty of talent on both Hillsborough Senior softball teams this summer. The program’s depth and balance are more evident than ever, especially with Team No. 2 leading Team No. 1 in the standings entering this week’s play.    The two Hillsborough teams were slated…

  • OBITUARIES, July 19, 2002

    Judith C. Churchill, Erin C. Wedeking. Judith C. Churchill Magazine writer, editor     CAMDEN, Maine — Judith Chase Churchill died July 10 at Windward Gardens, where she had resided for several months. She was 92.    Born in Boston, Mass., she was a former resident of New York City and Princeton.    A writer and editor, she…

  • BOOK NOTES: A passionately brilliant woman

    Jill Ker Conway is well known in academic circles. She made a name for herself as a scholar and researcher in history with degrees from Harvard. At a relatively young age, she was named president of prestigious Smith College. By: Joan Ruddiman    What many did not know until just a few years ago is that…

  • Mary Poslusny

       SOMERVILLE — Mary Poslusny died Wednesday, July 3, at home. She was 83.    Born in Bisbee, Arizona, she lived in Manville before moving to Somerville more than 50 years ago.    Mrs. Poslusny was employed as a cafeteria worker for Bridgewater Raritan School district for 15 years, and also worked with her husband cleaning for the…

  • Woman says shegave false name

    By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    One of two Wal-Mart employees charged with shoplifting from the store last month turned herself in Wednesday on charges she gave police a phony name when she was arrested.    On June 5, Manville police believed they charged two Wal-Mart employees, Lilian Torres, 27, of Farm Road in Hillsborough and Iris Miranda, 35, of…