Category: archives

  • Scooter Safety

    Learning correct riding technique can prevent injury By: Dr. Michael Jolley    It seems that everywhere you go, kids are whizzing by on wheels. The kick scooter has joined bicycles, skateboards and in-line skates as the way kids want to travel.    If you have not seen one up close, they are portable, often foldable metal units…

  • Remember the debt we owe vets for our freedom

    GUEST COLUMN By:Andy Henkel    Nov. 11, 1919, was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States to remember our men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice during World War I to ensure a lasting peace.    Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a congressional resolution and it became a…

  • Preservation of old house saves piece of Hillsborough

    LOOKING BACK — Nov. 9, 2000 By:Michele Dansak    Due to a series of successful business decisions, the Bogner’s were able to adapt both the Brokaw-Gulick House and the property, to Hillsborough’s increasingly suburban character.    The Curiosity Shop, well-known throughout the community, was firmly established. The Belle Mead Animal Hospital was thriving as well. And the…

  • School taxes driving away local families

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the editor:    I wanted to eagerly respond to the recently posted opinion "Schools, not mayor, should cut school taxes" because everything that resident said is absolutely true!    Me and my husband have lived in Hillsborough for well over 15 years. We both make a conservative family income and live in…

  • Web sites have curious insights on Promenade

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR    The summer doldrums are over. Like a horror movie of old, the Mummy (Promenade), has risen once again. And at Halloween (or election) time! Scary, isn’t it?    It is really scary that we taxpayers will be worse off after the dust settles, no matter what the outcome.    The Republicans are at…

  • Prudential honors two ABIS student volunteers

       Two students at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School have been recognized for their volunteer efforts as part of a national program. By:Eric Schwarz    Keith Hall, a sixth-grader, and Katrina DeSantis, a seventh-grader, were surprised as they were honored Friday at an assembly celebrating Veterans Day.     Keith was named the school’s volunteer of the year in…

  • Bordentown tops Florence in playoff showdown

           Playoff games often produce the most unlikely of heroes. Even so, who could have guessed that a fullback (Samantha Platas) and a freshman substitute (Madison Turanin) would be the offensive stars in the Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity soccer team’s wild 2-1 victory over a resilient Florence squad in the opening round of…

  • Woman’s Club a philanthropic force in the community

    A CHAT WITH MARY — Nov. 9, 2000 By:Mary Kaempfen    The Woman’s Club of Hillsborough has evolved and expanded over its 35 years in existence so that it has become an efficacious and philanthropic force in the community.    Its present members speak for themselves: Jan Mallon, a member since 1986, and who is going back…

  • Croce hopes to motivate Lawrence readers

    Sixers’ president preaches "feeling great" in new bookThey repeatedly came up to him and called him "Mr. Croce" or "Sir," but each time he responded with a simple phrase, "Call me Pat." By: Steve Feitl    The Pat Croce book signing Monday in Lawrence continued this way as each new fan, shopper or interested bystander approached…