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  • Pappis tosses no-hitter for Millstone 10s

    Dominates Florence by striking out 12 in four innings of work. By: Kyle Moylan    Going into action last night at Chambersburg, the Millstone 10-year-old all-stars had a win, loss and one very good half an inning that didn’t count in pool play in the District 12 Little League Tournament.    The big game in the tournament…

  • "Godspell" coming to Crossroads South

    Local actors to take the stage at Crossroads By: Nick D’Amore    Local actors will take the stage next weekend at Crossroads South Middle School, performing in "Godspell."    The show will be the township’s first "Theatre Under the Stars at Crossroads Middle School."    The show will run from July 18 through July 20 on the baseball…

  • Grown Man

    Loudon Wainwright III continues his ‘Social Studies’ lessons in a performance at the State Theatre July 17. By: Susan Van Dongen "I don’t know if writing these songs has been therapeutic, I didn’t solve anything. The songs are just my reaction to life," says Loudon Wainwright III of his newest CD, The Last Man on…

  • Hillsborough Legion team stays in hunt for post-season

    Comeback victory over Post 12 moves team over .500 By: Rudy Brandl        HILLSBOROUGH — Hillsborough simply had Somerville’s number on the American Legion baseball diamond this summer.    The Raiders completed a season sweep of the combined Somerville-Manville team with a 5-4 victory Sunday afternoon in Hillsborough. Having already defeated Post 12 in a slugfest…

  • Committee hears deer control plan

    Reflectors would be placed along roads in Hillsborough where deer have been spotted most. By:Alec Moore    One Hillsborough resident has an idea that could prove to be a lifesaving initiative — for both two-legged and four-legged residents of Hillsborough.    Rose Reina-Rosenbaum, chairwoman of the township’s deer control panel, presented a plan to the Township Committee…

  • TOWN TALK: Saving more land

    Township Committee completes purchase of 26 acres of woodland property. By: Ron Dancer    The Township Committee has completed the purchase of another 26 acres of woodland property in the Coastal Divide Preservation Area located behind the developments of Stone Hill, Plum Ridge, Forest Hill, Country Acres and Laurel Woods between Hopkins Road and Hawkins Road.…

  • Town mulls paid EMS squad

    Weekday shifts of the SB EMS squad may be paid By: Brian Shappell    South Brunswick’s first aid squads may soon be breaking decades of tradition by bringing in paid staff to work weekday mornings and afternoons – though volunteers will still be an integral part of emergency services in the township.    Members of the Kingston,…

  • Judy Ostrowsky

       HILLSBOROUGH — Judy Ostrowsky died Thursday, July 4, at the Willow Creek Rehabilitation and Care Center in Somerset. She was 58.    Born in Newark, she formerly resided in Monroe before moving to Hillsborough five years ago.    Mrs. Ostrowsky was a legal secretary for 38 years with various firms and companies until 2001.    Her husband, Harry…

  • Impounding carswon’t solve auto insurance crisis

    EDITORIAL By: Ruth Luse    A Monday news release from the Office of the Governor — entitled "Governor takes aim at uninsured motorists" — came as no surprise. We’ve heard this terrible idea before. We were hoping it would go away.    The governor says he is "following through on a campaign promise to fight high auto…