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  • Summer softball program continues to grow

    Four teams begin action this week By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough’s teenage softball players will once again have plenty of competition this summer.    The expanding summer program continues to build with four teams playing in hopes of developing their skills to compete at the high school level.    HHS head coach Cheryl Iaione will supervise the program…

  • Chairwoman lauds Relay participants

    Letter to the editor    On Behalf of this year’s American Cancer Society Relay For Life Committee, I would like to thank the residents of Mercer County for their generosity and support of this event. Approximately 600 people participated in this year’s event at Rosedale Park in Hopewell. The event raised much-needed funds for lifesaving American…

  • The Estates at Country Classics

    This Hillsborough community includes 14 one-acre home sites on two cul-de-sacs.    The Estates at Country Classics is adjacent to the Country Classic community and includes 14 one-acre home sites on two cul-de-sacs. Square footage ranges from 3,350 to 4,200. Prices start at $585,500.    Built by the Van Cleefs, one of the area’s original landowner families,…

  • Committee to hear restaurant expansion plan

       The Planning Board Screening Committee will review a proposed addition to a Lawrenceville-Pennington Road restaurant and a plan for the construction of five office buildings on Princess Road when it meet at 4 p.m. today (Thursday). By: Lea Kahn    The meeting will take place in the Lower Level Conference Room at the municipal building.    CJL…

  • Spirited debate appropriate way to mark the 4th

    EDITORIAL: Debates and arguments help bring about consensus on issues.    Tuesdays primary election ended a highly publicized and very heated campaign for the Republican nomination for the governors race this fall.    The election fell three weeks later than expected because of redistricting in New Jersey, and subsequent legal challenges to the new lines.    For many…

  • Township OKs Squibb’s vision for office park

       A second round of revisions to plans for the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co./RCN office park on Princeton Pike at Lewisville Road gained the township Planning Board’s approval Monday night. By: Lea Kahn    The Planning Board approved the amended final site plan for Phase I of the project. Planning Board Chairwoman Joyce Copleman abstained, saying the plans…

  • Editorial: Open space plan a smart move for Mansfield

       One doesn’t particularly envision crowded, urban sprawl when thinking of Mansfield Township. By:    Still, a recent first draft of a township Open Space and Recreational Plan certainly will help the municipality from ever becoming such a nightmare in the future.    We applaud Mansfield’s effort in creating such a document, especially when space and beauty are…

  • Robbers strike Kmart for $40K

    Investigators follow leads but still caution shoppers to watch accounts By:Alec Moore    Law enforcement officials are still searching for two men who committed an armed robbery at the Route 206 Kmart on Sunday night, getting away with an estimated $40,000 or more in cash, checks and credit card receipts.    The men apparently hid inside the…

  • Hillsborough High Spring Sports Awards

    Track athletes highlighted 2001 campaign By: Rudy Brandl While the recently concluded spring sports season at Hillsborough High wasn’t one of the school’s most productive in terms of wins and losses, it certainly provided plenty of excitement. Only half of the eight varsity teams posted winning records, but there was still more than enough thrilling…