Category: archives

  • Planning Board may lose member

    By:Brian Shappell    Planning Board member Frank Antisell says he intends to resign before next week’s board meeting, but the Township Council has already begun the process of dismissing him from his post.    Mr. Antisell said Wednesday he is leaving the board because of increased family and career commitments, including the birth of twins, his job…

  • Raider nine didn’t catch any breaks

    Inconsistent play, injuries stifled progress By: John E. Powers    The objectives for the Hillsborough High School baseball team this year were modest enough.    The Raiders saw themselves improved from last year, a season in which they lost the last 10 games of the year. They saw an opportunity to make the Somerset County Tournament semifinals,…

  • Art show to feature five mediums

    Five prominent artists in the township will come together to usher in summer with a group art show. By:Brian Shappell    Five prominent artists in the township will come together to usher in summer with a group art show.    The "Five Artists, Five Mediums, One Township" show will run from Saturday through July 8 at the…

  • SENIOR CORNER

    Chapter A    Chapter A Seniors next meeting will be in July.    We will have another fundraiser luncheon in August.    Sunday, July 8 will be our 27th Anniversary Party. Cost is $25, refunded at attendance. When you sign up you can state your preference of beef, chicken or fish. The meal will be followed by dancing.…

  • School board schedules Back Timberlane forum

    The forum will be held in the auditorium of Hopewell Valley Central High School at 7:30 p.m. June 20 By: John Tredrea    An open public forum has been scheduled on the controversial Back Timberlane proposal at the suggestion of school board member Arthur Gabinet of Pennington, who chairs the board’s Community Relations Committee.    The forum…

  • Resident working to force mercury out

    Launches effort to organize petition drive, information to get feds to remove mercury By:Laura Toto    Thomas Gan doesn’t believe any branch of the federal government should keep a substance as toxic as mercury in a town as populous as Hillsborough, and he plans to wear out a few pairs of shoes in his efforts to…

  • Township honors Timberlane Peer Leaders

    A dedicated and enterprising group of 15 local students was honored by Hopewell Township government June 8, when the Timberlane Middle School’s Peer Leaders received thanks and congratulations from the government of the town in which their school is located By: John Tredrea    A dedicated and enterprising group of 15 local students was honored by…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 06/14

    From the June 14 edition of the Register-News By: Programs yield substantial grants To the editor:     We are thrilled that the Open Space and Farmland Preservation programs that were introduced and developed when our party controlled the Township Committee has yielded substantial grant money for the residents of Bordentown Township.    Last Sunday, we were…

  • Millstone sets sign ordinance

    A new ordinance is intended to be a sign of the Township Committee’s attempt to improve the visual appeal of Millstone. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — A new ordinance is intended to be a sign of the Township Committee’s attempt to improve the visual appeal of Millstone.    At its June 6 meeting, the committee…