Category: archives

  • Board still unsure howto review Promenade order

    Planners hope to hear from judge before proceeding By:Laura Toto    The Planning Board is due to reaffirm acceptance of a traffic study for the Hillsborough Promenade application tonight, Thursday, as a result of last month’s court decision.    Hunterdon County state Superior Court Judge Roger Mahon’s ruling of May 24 rejected the Concerned Citizens for a…

  • Great Strides organizers thankcommunity for support with walk-a-thon

    To the editor    We had a little walk-a-thon to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis You know, it just didn’t happen by osmosis. The funds were raised because of you and me As we worked together to help the kids in our community.    The CF kids and families were there laughing, walking, dancing to the…

  • MacFarland students’ script leads to anti-drug commercial

    BORDENTOWN CITY – A commercial written by 13 students at the school was selected to be shot as an anti-drug commercial by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey. By: David Koch BORDENTOWN CITY – Kids were getting high on camera at MacFarland Junior School May 31. Not high on marijuana or other drugs, but…

  • For the week of June 7

    By: John A. Genovesi    LAWRENCE — John A. Genovesi, 76, died Saturday, June 2, at Capital Health Systems at Fuld hospital.    Born in Chicago, he was a longtime Lawrenceville resident.    He retired in 1990 from the state Department of Transportation and Skillman Rehabilitation Center.    He was an Army veteran of World War II.    Son of…

  • We’ve met the enemy: He is us

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Chris Crutcher is a familiar name to readers of young adult novels. By:    Chris Crutcher is a familiar name to readers of young adult novels. He’s known for incorporating his personal passion for swimming and his professional life as a family counselor into plots that feature disenfranchised and outright dysfunctional…

  • School administration may need to move offices

    School district outgrows present space, and township workers needs more room, too By:Laura Toto    The Board of Education has begun an initial dialogue with the administration of the township to find the best collaborative effort to solve not only the board’s space problems, but also the municipal space problems.    These discussions were prompted because the…

  • Local entertainers shinein community talent show

    Event raises more than $10,000 for drug and alcohol programs By:Laura Toto    The Hillsborough-Millstone Municipal Alliance held the seventh annual "Art Saves Lives" talent show last week that presented 19 acts to help raise money for substance abuse awareness. About 450 people attended the show, according to Diane Handwerk, talent show coordinator and a member…

  • District hopes to hire new leader for SBHS

    The Board of Education will select a new principal for South Brunswick High School at its meeting on June 18. By:Nick D’Amore    The Board of Education will select a new principal for South Brunswick High School at its meeting on June 18.    Mike Lacey, director of personnel, said he would not comment on who the…

  • Historically Speaking

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By:    Found in the Charles R. Hutchinson Collection, this account of Revolutionary War events included in a letter written by Sarah Stafford to the George W. Patterson, a member of Assembly from Monmouth County, dated March 9, 1874:    "Although an entire stranger to you,…