Category: archives

  • With help from friends and family,writer regains healthy outlook

    By:Mary Kaempfen    tor’s note: After a two-month hiatus, the column written by Mary Kaempfen returned to these pages last week. Here’s the story behind her absence.    Where have I been?    I have been in one hospital three times, I have been in a rehab center twice, and I have seen four doctors — all for…

  • Edward Walker Sr.

       HILLSBOROUGH — Edward Walker Sr. died Thursday, April 25, at home. He was 73.    Born in Homesdale, Pa., he grew up in Carbondale, Pa., and lived in Irvington and Iselin before moving to Hillsborough 46 years ago.    Mr. Walker was the chemical plant manager for Rhone-Poulenc in New Brunswick for 20 years, retiring in 1992.…

  • Don’t reinstateschool budget

    To the editor    I am writing this letter to congratulate everyone in the township for successfully defeating one of the highest school budgets ever proposed in Hillsborough.    Many of you may now be thinking that with the budget defeated Hillsborough will automatically be using last year’s school budget and taxes will be stable. Well, if…

  • Soaring on the Wind

    The breeze carries rainbow hues at the Olan Turner Kite Day. By: Daniel Shearer Photo by Constance Cambareri Many kite flyers use serious equipment, such as the Fanatic, by Prism Designs.    Of the many joys that accompany kiting, sharing the activity with others surely ranks as one of the most satisfying.    Lower Makefield, Pa., residents…

  • Manville eatery preparesfor Cinco de Mayo celebration

    Mi Casita thrives as an unlikely success story in the borough By:Jon Steele    Unlike St. Patrick’s Day’s wholesale adoption by non-Irish Americans, Cinco de Mayo has remained a mainly Hispanic celebration — but that’s beginning to change in Manville, at least.    On Saturday and Sunday, South Main Street will take on a south-of-the-border flavor when…

  • TANGENTS

    Money-making opportunities in the Middle East By: John Saccenti    If the sign I saw earlier this week on Route 130 is true, I can make up to $1,000 a week from the comfort of my home. I’m not sure what to do. I had committed myself last month to losing weight for money, as another…

  • NBC distance relay qualifies for East Coast meet

    Team places second in event By:Sean Moylan    Saturday’s George Rowland Relays couldn’t have gone better for the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity track and field team if it had written the script itself.    "Our one goal going in was to qualify for the East Coast States Relay (in the Distance medley relay),"…

  • Man charged in accident that injured two sisters

    By: Brian Shappell    Police have charged a 22-year-old Milltown resident with several violations that may have caused a March 28 car accident that sent two sisters to the hospital with serious injuries.    Henry Youssef was charged Monday with careless driving, leaving the scene of a serious accident, failure to report an accident, obstructing the passage…

  • Friends, family remember Ellis Hull

    When it came to talking history, few — if anyone — could match the Allentown resident. By: Ken Weingartner    ALLENTOWN — When it came to talking history, few — if anyone — could match Ellis Hull.    Sitting on his front porch, or in his living room — or later in the Tandum Health Care Center…