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  • Board OKs Commerce Bank plan

    Will be built opposite Charlie Brown’s Restaurant By:Alec Moore    Commerce Bank is coming to town.    At its Jan. 3 meeting, the Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the application of Commerce Bank to construct and operate a Commerce Bank branch at the intersection of Route 206 and Andria Avenue.    The bank will be located on…

  • Township Council may get pay raise

    Members have agreed in principle to include a 3.6 percent cost-of-living increase for themselves in the new budget. By: Brian Shappell    The Township Council has tentatively decided to increase its pay for the upcoming year.    Council members by an informal 4-1 vote agreed in principle to include a 3.6 percent cost-of-living increase to their salaries…

  • Book Notes: The life and times of ‘Theodore Rex’

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: A look at Edmund Morris’ biography of Teddy Roosevelt. By:    The president in talking to the press at his ranch in Crawford reports that he’s finished "Theodore Rex." Me, too. I wondered if President Bush was as impressed with Edmund Morris’ biography of Theodore Roosevelt as I was.    My dad…

  • Hillsborough wrestlers roll to first county team title

    Gewain, Wagner, Miller win weight classes By: John E. Powers    Perhaps the Hillsborough High School wrestling team’s march to a Somerset County Tournament title was inevitable. With a deep pool of youth wrestlers and successful sub high school teams, the only question was when the Raiders would accomplish it.    When that time came two weeks…

  • Race supportersdeserve recognition

    To the editor    I appreciate the coverage your newspaper gave to the Resolution Run held on News Year’s Day in Hillsborough. As a participant, I appreciate the credit you gave all of us runners for showing up and supporting an event that benefited Project Graduation 2002.    I would like to take this opportunity to give…

  • Route 1 accident snarls traffic

    An accident and diesel fuel spill closed portions of Route 1 in South Brunswick for most of Thursday. By: Nick D’Amore    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A hauling truck hit the center divider on Route 1 near Major Road 7 a.m. Thursday, closing a northbound lane for most of the day because of spilled diesel fuel.    The…

  • Roebling boy deserves chance at a better life

    Fund has been started for James Gabig III By:    We’re human beings. Thus, we sometimes have a tendency to whine, to exaggerate and to imagine no one is having a worse time than we are.    We consider bad traffic, long lines and bad service at a restaurant to be the apex of suffering. How can…

  • Millstone emergency office gets honor

    Receives the 2001 NJEMA President’s Award for work done in wake of Sept. 11 attacks. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — The township Emergency Management Office recently received the 2001 New Jersey Emergency Management Association President’s Award for service rendered in the wake of Sept. 11.    At its 41st annual Workshop Seminar, held in Atlantic City,…

  • Weisberg named new mayor

    Holmes, Miller sworn in at reorganization meeting By: Lea Kahn    It was standing room only in the municipal courtroom as Township Councilmen Mark Holmes and Rick Miller were sworn into office Sunday afternoon at Township Council’s annual reorganization meeting.    An obviously pleased Councilwoman Doris Weisberg was chosen to be mayor and Councilwoman Pam Mount was…