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  • Parenting 2002

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  • Middle school studentnamed Robeson Scholar

    Chikezie Justin Ohayia recognized for his community service and academic achievements By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Hillsborough Middle School sixth-grade student Chikezie Justin Ohayia received the Paul Robeson Renaissance Scholar Award during a presentation ceremony at Raritan Valley Community College on April 14.    "I went to the ceremony with my parents but I didn’t expect to win the…

  • Visual Therapy

    Photographer Marianne Ham knows that sales depend on good marketing. By: Jodi Thompson    It’s an unusual marketing tactic that makes perfect sense in more ways than one. Photographer Marianne Ham is exhibiting her work at Workbench Furniture in Newtown, Pa. The framed and matted images hang among the sample rooms of furniture in a shared…

  • Council says water bills confusing

    BOROUGH BRIEFS By:Alec Moore    Borough residents, and property owners, are up in arms over their water and sewer bills.    "These water bills are an absolute nightmare," Dean Shepherd said. "If I show you these bills, you’re going to be asking ‘who’s on first.’ "    Mr. Shepherd and several other residents cited inequities in fees as…

  • Committee salutes Jensenfor service to township

    TOWNSHIP BRIEFS By:Alec Moore    Former Township Committeewoman Christine Jensen was honored with a proclamation by the Township Committee on Tuesday for her dedication and service to Hillsborough and its residents.    Ms. Jensen resigned from the committee last month due to a severe ankle injury that she sustained in January. The injury confined Ms. Jensen to…

  • HoVal advancesto second roundin state tourney

    BOYS TENNIS By: Matt Nalbone    When the state tournament begins in any high school sport, the regular season schedule is always affected in some way.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys tennis team was going to play Hightstown last Thursday in a home regular season match, but instead drew the Rams in the first…

  • Mail carrier food drive comes up big

    POCKETS OF NEED: An occasional series focusing on issues of hunger and financial need in South Brunswick. By: Nick D’Amore    Local letter carriers came through for the Welfare Department’s food pantry over the weekend to deliver something other than just the mail.    "We got wonderful things, everything we need," said LouAnne Wolf, director of welfare…

  • ‘Dogtown and Z-Boys’

    This critically acclaimed documentary revisits the glory days when skateboarding went vertical.   [PG-13] By: Elise Nakhnikian    Dogtown and Z-Boys is a documentary, but don’t let that scare you off. The story of a group of incandescent street kids who invented vertical skateboarding in the 1970s, the film is imbued with its subjects’ energy, style and attitude.…

  • Rotary to salute 9-11 heroes

    By: Lea Kahn    Soon after New Jersey rescuers returned from the Sept. 11 World Trade Center disaster, Rotary Clubs in several counties wanted to find a way to honor the heroes.    But an event to honor them never materialized, so the Rotary Clubs of Mercer County decided to hold one of its own. A dinner…