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  • Pintos captured RVC championship

    Players receive jackets at banquet By: John E. Powers        Bobby Willard, the longtime defensive coach of the Manville Pintos Pop Warner team, knew this year’s edition of Pee Wees was a special group after a game they didn’t win.    After a scoreless tie in the season’s first regular season game at West Windsor Sept.…

  • DISPATCHES: A personal view of Lennon’s legacy

    By: Hank Kalet    I was in college, a freshman at Penn State, when I heard that John Lennon was shot.    I was washing up, getting ready for bed, when someone rushed into the rest room.    "John Lennon’s dead," he said. "He was shot."    I was stunned, stood looking in the mirror. John Lennon was dead.…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Edition of Dec. 7, 2000 Get project completed To the editor:        Our community is in the midst of profound growing pains, which most of us would prefer to avoid. And yet here we are, with the opportunity and necessity to plan well for the next generation. As we work toward solutions, we need to…

  • Senior housing to get review

    215 units proposed for land next to SBHS By: Matthew Armstrong    Plans were unveiled last week for a 215-unit adult community on 100 acres next to the high school.    The parcel, owned by Byron Hill, was rezoned two years ago from Office Research and Residential to Planned Adult Recreational Community. The adult community would allow…

  • Hillsborough man killed in Amtrak train accident

       A man killed by an Amtrak train in New Brunswick Saturday afternoon has been identified as a 31-year-old Hillsborough man. By:Laura Toto    Witnesses said Wayne Chin was standing on the southbound platform of the Albany Street and Easton Avenue rail station about 2 p.m., when he stepped off the platform onto the tracks, said New…

  • Specialized tools make good gifts for the garden hobbyist

    THE GARDENER’S HELPER By:Beth Nardone The garden should be ready for winter now that December is here. Wind barriers for the broad-leaved evergreens should be in place and a layer of mulch spread over shrub roots. Upright shrubs such as arborvitae and tall junipers can be protected form heavy snow damage by tying them up…

  • Township eyes Master Plan update

    Document outlines what kind of, and where, development can occur By: Matthew Armstrong    The future shape of the township may be decided in part during the next year as the township works on a new Master Plan.    The Master Plan dictates what kind of development can occur, where it will be located, where new roads…

  • Planners pass Transco plan

    Board unanimously approves site plansThe Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. gained township planners’ approval this week to add a warehouse and garage building to its compressor station on Cold Soil Road. By: Lea Kahn    The Planning Board voted unanimously to approve Transco’s application for preliminary and final site plan approval at its regular meeting Monday night.…

  • Get the mercury out of Hillsborough

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the editor:    Politicians must have an inherent gene that results in the onset of stupidity ("Officials say minimal risk from 200 tons of mercury," Hillsborough Beacon, Nov. 30).    Have any of these prominent politicians researched the potential of storing this material in our back yard? I don’t think so. Mercury…