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  •    Hillsborough Middle School’s unique art and writing program, called "In A Kaleidoscope," recently received a $500 boost from ExxonMobil through a local gas station.

       Hillsborough Middle School’s unique art and writing program, called "In A Kaleidoscope," recently received a $500 boost from ExxonMobil through a local gas station. By:Laura Toto    Joe Stutz, Pat Lord and Joe Pesarchick, owners of Exxon of Hillsborough on Route 206, donated $500 to the program Jan 26. The nationwide program was established not only…

  • Traffic-control measures are scheduled for township vote tonight

    Among items on committee’s agenda By:John Tredrea    Scheduled for a public hearing and adoption vote at tonight’s Hopewell Township Committee meeting is a proposed ordinance that focuses on speed limits on Van Dyke and Mine roads.    If adopted, the ordinance, formally introduced by a 4-0 township committee vote Jan. 18, would lower the speed limit…

  • Stocking the family medicine chest

    Follow guidelines for safety By:Dr. Ernest DeLaCruz    Amazingly, Americans spend more than $4 billion each year on over-the-counter drugs. As a nation, we diagnose and self-treat four times more often than we turn to our doctors. With all of this self-medicating going on, let us examine just what are the essentials that no household should…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    SAFE-T answers Sopko To the editor:     We would like to respond publicly to Dr. Robert Sopko’s letter to Fred Babinowich, as a member of SAFE-T, which he received on Jan. 23 and was published in your paper Jan. 25.    On behalf of SAFE-T (Stop Athletic Field Expansion – Timberlane) and citizens who are concerned…

  • Jeep owner hopes to stomp hefty tow fee

       Thomas Sohn parked his Jeep outside his home on Roosevelt Avenue, woke up later in the morning and found it was gone. By:Eric Schwarz    But what really got his goat was the amount he was charged for towing his illegally parked vehicle. His total bill, for the tow and a parking ticket, is $288.    He’s…

  • Manville High School student charged in ‘club drug’ sales case

       A 16-year-old Manville High School student has been arrested on charges of intent to distribute an illegal anesthetic depressant drug known as "Special K." By:Eric Schwarz    The sale occurred at the McDonald’s restaurant in The Marketplace at Manville around lunchtime Jan. 23, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest said in a news release.    After the…

  • Performing two good deeds for the price of one

    Lawrence High School students are collecting formal dresses for their "Princess for a Day" fund-raiser.    Although the first robin of spring has not yet appeared, prom season is just around the corner — and with it, the opportunity to buy a dress for a song and contribute money to breast cancer research at the same…

  • Dialogue breakdown at Roosevelt is real

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the editor:    I am so glad that another person not only has a similar outlook on the Manville school system, but has the courage to put it in print (Letters, "Roosevelt staff unresponsive to parents," Jan. 25).    I have two children in this school system, one in Roosevelt and one…

  • Pulte provides single-family home in Princeton

    Fieldwood Estates and Fieldwood Manors are both selling homes in their final phases The Packet Group    The Pulte Corporation has scored a stunning success in Princeton over the past year, with two communities that offer the very best in gracious living. At this point, Fieldwood Estates and Fieldwood Manors are both selling homes in their…