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  • Parents pledge to keep teens from drugs

       Each year, the Hillsborough Life Skills Committee recruits parents of local kids in a pledge to keep their homes safe for their children and their children’s friends.    The families participate by pledging not to allow children to use drugs or alcohol in their homes, and to keep an eye of kids when they are at…

  • Concert to aid ailing teacher

    Music helps raise money for Upper Elementary faculty member. By: Nick D’Amore    The Upper Elementary School family is rallying around one of its own, with a benefit concert and charity auction scheduled for Dec. 9.    Joanie Yepez, a fifth- and sixth-grade basic skills teacher at UES, has been diagnosed with leukemia and she and her…

  • Vehicle vandalismfrustrating police

    By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Nocturnal vandals have caused thousands of dollars in damage to cars and borough property in the past week.    Manville police said they believe the vandalism is random and not the work of any one individual or group.    On Tuesday night, more than 20 wooden spindles on the borough gazebo located near the parking…

  • Re-elected senator offers her thanks

    LEDGER FORUM    Please allow me to take this opportunity to thank the voters of the 15th District for demonstrating their confidence in me on Election Day. I am very humbled and extremely honored to have the opportunity to serve in the Senate for another term. I would also like to take this opportunity to commend…

  • Day in the `Hood

    Artists, screenwriters, craftspeople and historic preservationists show off remodeled, refurbished, renovated and restored townhouses on the Mill Hill Christmas tour. By: Ilene Dube ALT="image"> COLOR="black"> COLOR="black"> One of the many Buddha’s in Doug Rhinehart’s home in the Mill Hill section of Trenton, which is opening its doors for the 35th Annual Mill Hill Christmas House…

  • Patrolman hurt in Rt. 206 crash

    The road was closed for about two hours. By: Lea Kahn    A township police officer was hospitalized Wednesday morning after he lost control of his vehicle on Route 206 and struck a utility pole, police said.    Route 206 was closed for about two hours, between Franklin Corner Road and Province Line Road, while police investigated…

  • Congressman urges studentsto do their part to help

    By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Some of Manville’s students received extra motivation following the Thanksgiving vacation when U.S. Representative Mike Ferguson, R-7, personally urged them to get involved in helping their community.    "I want you to think of ways to make little sacrifices to make other people’s lives better," Congressman Ferguson told about 60 Alexander Batcho Intermediate School…

  • Auto dealerships reporting slower sales than in 2000

    Car sellers say that financing deals and specials may help stabilize the market. By: Brian Shappell    The car sales industry appeared to be on a downward spiral this year, even before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their effect on the economy.    However, interest rate offers as low as 0 percent by many of the…

  • Young Israel wants to house rabbi

    Earlier Planning Board approval stipulated that the second floor of the house could not be used as a residence unless the congregation returned for permission. By: Lea Kahn    The Young Israel congregation plans to ask the Planning Board for permission to house its rabbi and his family in its building on Princeton Pike.    The application…