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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Team 75’s robot, Pinnacle, only one to climb pyramid

       On the weekend of April 6-7, Hillsborough High School’s Team 75 RoboRaiders participated in the Bridgewater-Raritan district event. The team’s robot, Pinnacle, competed against 42 other robots. Pinnacle was the only robot in the competition capable of climbing up to the level of the pyramid. This ability was the reason why Team 75 was selected…

  • LAWRENCE: Teacher of the Year

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Pamela DeRiso is the first to admit she did not aspire to a career in education as she was growing up.    Ms. DeRiso, who is an academic support instructor at the Slackwood Elementary School, had always loved working with children, but she had her eye on a career in advertising.…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Municipal budget introduced

    ROBBINSVILLE: Municipal budget introduced

    Sonja Walter, a former councilwoman, who ran unsuccessfully against Mayor Fried in 2009, questions the council on the 2013 proposed budget. Staff photo by James McEvoy

  • MANVILLE: Hire parttime recreation staff, report suggests

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    Manville should hire only a part-time recreation director position, says a 15-page report of a management consultant hired by the borough.    Its findings were accepted at the April 8 Borough Council meeting.    Jersey Professional Management, of Cranford, was hired to analyze the position of the recreation director.    Manville had…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Tour Sourlands by bus

       You can tour the environment and learn the history of the western Sourland Mountain region on a bus tour on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to noon.    The nonprofit Sourland Planning Council leads the tour. The cost of $20 includes $5 admission to Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead near Lambertville. Register and pay in advance by contacting…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: College financial aid insights to be offered at library

       Folksinger Spook Handy performs live in a “Library After Dark” program scheduled for Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m.    Mr. Handy’s performance features songs that come from both the giants of folk music and his own original compositions, reflecting American folk music’s passion, purpose and spirit. Refreshments will be served.    • Summer teen volunteer program sign-ups…

  • LAWRENCE: St. Mary School students unite in silent vigil

    LAWRENCE: St. Mary School students unite in silent vigil

    Phil McAuliffe April 10, a silent vigil for St. Mary School was held outside the Catholic Diocese of Trenton at 701 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence Township, to gain the attention of presiding Bishop David O’Connell, who as of press time, has refused to review the Save St. Mary Committee’s plan to save St. Mary School, founded…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Young writers win spotlight

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Young writers win spotlight

    REGISTER SPOTLIGHT – Winners of the Bordentown Elks, No. 2085, Americanism Essay Contest are, from left, Caleb Bennett, Juliana Junz, Logan Lacarczyk, Isabel Lukach, Kiera Brennen and AnaMarie Laccetti. Not pictured is Mikaela Fiorentino, who could not attend the third annual awards dinner held April 3. (Courtesy photo)

  • COLUMBUS NEWS: Week of April 18

    Packet Media Group    Municipal offices at 24548 E. Main St. are set to close noon May 17 and all day May 20 and May 21.    Wednesday, May 22, the township government will be open up for business at its brand new location — the Millenium Building — 3135 Route 206 South.    To contact Mansfield Township,…