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  • Elite softballers open with offensive bang

    Yard, Morrison, Van Cleef star on mound By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough Elite softball team didn’t waste much time jumping all over Immaculata pitcher Kristen Sanderson in last week’s summer season opener at Ann Van Middlesworth Park.    Hillsborough scored nine runs in the first two innings and coasted to a 10-0 victory. It was sweet…

  • Mega-gas station plan continued to August

       It looks like the players in a plan to put a combination gasoline service station, convenience store and carwash on the corner of Princeton Avenue and Spruce Street will have to wait until the Zoning board’s Aug. 8 meeting before a decision on the application could be made. By: Lea Kahn    Motiva Enterprises LLC, which…

  • High school parking problems — they’ve been there

       A few decades ago, the only high school students who drove their cars to school were those commuting from the family farm. For those students, finding a parking space was not a problem. But times they are a-changin’. By: Sarah Winkelman    Nowadays students have after-school clubs, sports and jobs. With both parents working, many students…

  • County hoop, diamond sweeps made major headlines

    MANVILLE HIGH YEAR IN SPORTS By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High recently completed a rather strange but exciting scholastic year of sports activity.    There were the typical highs and lows, the usual peaks and valleys and a mixture of the predictable and the unforeseen. While some trends remained intact, others changed for the better to make…

  • Balancing act

    Horse trainer finds it’s tough to keep everyone happy By: Ken Weingartner, www.messengerpress.com    Trainers often have to balance what they think is best for the racehorses in their care against the wishes and aspirations of the owners who pay the bills.    It didn’t take long for Meadowlands newcomer Justin Abbott to figure that out.    But…

  • Family meets donor whohelped battle deadly disease

    By:Alec Moore    This week marked a very special meeting for one Hillsborough family when they met a woman who, although a complete stranger, had inexplicably joined their family without even knowing it.    Three years ago, after a long and tumultuous battle with a severe form of leukemia, the life of teen-ager Mark Slater was saved…

  • Meadowbrook Road work delayed

    Committeeman Vince Calcagno said the installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Meadowbrook Road with Route 130 and Gordon Road will be delayed at least a few weeks. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Committeeman Vince Calcagno said the installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Meadowbrook Road with Route 130 and…

  • Pennington seeks $500K-plus in DOT grants for six projects

    The Pennington Borough Council on Monday approved resolutions giving the borough the go-ahead to apply for more than $500,000 in state grants for a variety of road and sidewalk projects, including the construction of a bike path along Kunkel Park By: John Tredrea    The Pennington Borough Council on Monday approved resolutions giving the borough the…

  • Field bids too high;repair work delayed

    Track bids were rejected by Board of Education By:Alec Moore    Engineering firms vying for the track and football field reconstruction job at Hillsborough High School will have to lower their asking price if they want to see any dollars from the school district. Unsatisfied with the first round of bids that came in for the…