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  • A Raider Team For All Seasons

    Campbell, Fuller, Meyer, Robinson lead this year’s list By: Rudy Brandl    Most high schools don’t showcase as many dominant multi-sport athletes these days. Many athletes in today’s world decide to focus on one sport while others take a season or two off to earn some spending money.    Every year, Hillsborough High boasts a special group…

  • Manville student will ‘practice’ medicine at forum

    Tiffany Holovach is attending a youth forum on medicine By:Laura Pelner    Tiffany Holovach, a borough teen-ager, is in Washington, D.C., this week learning about medicine and professional health care with 350 other high school students at the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine.    Tiffany, who is 16 years old and attends Mount Saint Mary Academy…

  • Parents thank Ben Franklin staff

    Letter to the editor    The last day of school this year is met with mixed emotions for us. While we are excited and ready for the summer, we are saddened to be"graduating" from Ben Franklin Elementary School.    We extend our sincere thanks to thefantastic teachers, staff and PrincipalBernie Bricketto, and we acknowledge your unwavering dedication,…

  • Graduates bid farewellto Hillsborough High

    June 21 was a night to remember for Hillsborough High School’s Class of 2001, as roughly 355 graduates received their diplomas and bid farewell to HHS. By:Alec Moore    The spirit of the graduating class was not dampened by the ominous threat of rain, which prompted school officials to move the high school’s 30th commencement ceremony…

  • Church members pitch in to help fellow congregant

    Members of the Hillsborough Reformed Church are putting aside their own weekend plans for the next several weeks to help a friend in need. By:Alec Moore    When congregants of the church learned that church member Stan Hunter, who has ALS — also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — wanted to have a deck built onto…

  • More truck drivers are getting tickets on local Route 31

    The rate at which traffic tickets are being issued by State Police to truck drivers on Route 31 in Hopewell Township has increased dramatically, township Deputy Mayor Jon Edwards reported during the June 21 Township Committee meeting By: John Tredrea    The rate at which traffic tickets are being issued by State Police to truck drivers…

  • Back Timberlane hearings to continue July 12

    The Hopewell Township Planning Board’s ongoing consideration of the school district’s controversial proposal to build 10 athletic fields on the Timberlane Middle School grounds consumed five more hours in a meeting that began early Tuesday evening and ended early Wednesday morning By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Planning Board’s ongoing consideration of the school district’s…

  • Spirited debate appropriate way to mark the 4th

    EDITORIAL: Enjoy public debate as signs of strength in our community    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…

  • Co-op program preparesstudents for workplace

    To the editor    Are the parents of ninth through eleventh graders aware of the excellent co-op program thats offered for HHS seniors? Most likely not; I only found out about it last year. According to a survey of 30 students, 60 percent stated they were interested in learning more about the program. Surprisingly, 85 percent…