Category: archives

  • Writer riffs on garbage rift

    Letter to the editor    At the risk of adding to the pile of garbage regarding the recent changes in our trash removal program, I must speak to the potential benefits of the new program. As the owner of the smallest garage in the township, I was taken aback by the size of my new Dumpster,…

  • SENIOR CORNER

    Chapter A    The Senior Citizens Chapter A meet the first Thursday of each month at 1 p.m. in the Municipal Complex. We are open to new members.    Our May 3 meeting will feature a hot roast beef lunch for $10. You must make your reservations so we know how many people to prepare for. The…

  • Students are on an ‘Odyssey’ of learning and creativity

    By: Amanda Bok    More than two dozen South Brunswick students will show how logic and creativity can intertwine.    The students are competing at a state-wide competition of Odyssey of the Mind Saturday.    One high school-, one sixth-grade and three fifth-grade teams from the district, each comprised of seven to eight students, will join about 60…

  • New class helping parentslearn communication skills

    After-school program expands English language classes By:Laura Toto    On the second day of a new educational program designed for the parents of local students whose English-language skills are limited, instructor Debbie Caldes-Minck said, "Rule number one: It’s an English only class."    Nervous laughter from the parents, who moved to Hillsborough from such countries as Guatemala,…

  • Code official strikes deal in fraud case

       Former township Construction Code Official William G. Erney Jr. pleaded innocent to tampering with records and was placed in the pretrial intervention program by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Paul T. Koenig last week. By: Lea Kahn    Mr. Erney, 50, of Allison Avenue, Ewing Township, was charged with theft of services and falsification of records…

  • Cotrell tosses no-hitter for softball squad

    If the AHS softball team should finish with a good record, it won’t take long for Bob DiBernardo to point out the defining half inning for his team. By: Kyle Moylan    If the Allentown High School softball team should finish this season with a good record or go far in the state playoffs, it won’t…

  • EcoComplex has grand opening

           MANSFIELD — A grand opening for the new EcoComplex was held this week at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex on the border of Mansfield and Florence townships. By:David Koch    Officials from Rutgers University, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Art Brown, and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Robert Shinn attended the event at the…

  • Township’s fertile fields helped sprout new communities

    Library history series focuses on Dayton and Deans. By: Nick D’Amore    There was no Battle of Dayton during the Revolutionary War and there wasn’t a famous skirmish in Deans during the Civil War.    However, these tiny villages still played a prominent role in our nation’s history because of the productiveness of area farms and the…

  • Cardinals display potential

    BaseballWith a 4-4 record, the Lawrence High School baseball squad is basically on the timetable laid out by head coach Brian Carter. By: Mike Molaro    Dominated by underclassmen, the Cardinals haven’t yet played their best baseball. If they can eliminate some of the miscues on the field, they have a chance to be a very…