Category: archives

  • MOM line fate was governor’s responsibility

    EDITORIAL     The governor should have made the call herself.    Instead, state Senate President Donald DiFrancesco, acting as governor while Gov. Christie Whitman is in Pennsylvania at the National Governor’s Association Conference, put pen to paper, officially adding a central New Jersey rail line to the Circle of Mobility.    The bill essentially opens way for…

  • Carnival offers rollicking time of rides, food and fun

    Festivities continue through weekend By: Nick D’Amore    All the ingredients necessary to make the opening night of South Brunswick Family YMCA’s Annual Carnival at Crossroads School successful were there – the flashing colored lights, the high pitched screams of kids on rides, and the smell of pizza and funnel cake.    The pulsating beats of dance…

  • Samuel S. Manfredo, 77

       Samuel S. Manfredo, 77, of Lawreneville died July 6 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident. He worked 25 years with General Electric Co and retired after 10 years with Lawrence Township Board of Education. He also owned Villa Capri Restaurant    He was an army…

  • Hillsborough Promenade goes through

    Planning Board narrowly approves controversial shopping center By:Jack Baney and David Learn    Get ready, Hillsborough. A new shopping center is coming your way.    The Planning Board voted 4-3 to approve the Hillsborough Promenade at a meeting Thursday night that lasted nearly until midnight. The center, which will cover about 400,000 square feet on 95 acres…

  • Property rezoned for adult housing along Old Road

    Project targets 225 acres in Little Rocky Hill with up to 400 units By: David Weinstein    Putting an end to a contentious and sometimes raucous debate over the future of 225 acres in Little Rocky Hill, the South Brunswick Township Council has changed the zoning of the land from residential to allow for senior housing.…

  • Free ice cream for safe bicycling

    Cops distribute gift certificates to helmeted children By:Jack Baney    Safe bicycling can carry township children to ice cream sundaes through a Hillsborough Police Department program starting this week.    The department last week announced its bike patrol officers will distribute 400 gift certificates for local ice cream shops to children 17 and younger who wear helmets…

  • Post office opening set for October

    Construction delays cause project to miss July target date By:Jack Baney    Township residents will have to wait a little longer for their own post office – a wait that will be well worth it, according to postal officials.    The Hillsborough Post Office on Amwell Road, originally scheduled to open this month, now has the tentative…

  • VFW gives police $3,000 to buy new defibrillator

    Money comes from weekly bingo games By: Eric Schwarz    The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 will donate $3,000 to the borough to buy a third defibrillator for the Police Department.    Defibrillators are devices that restart the heart with an electric current. The borough is relying on donations and a possible grant to buy up…

  • Township would put a lid on fast food restaurants

    Public hearing Aug. 1 on bill to prohibit construction of new fast-food restaurants along the Route 1 corridor, except in strip malls and shopping centers that are set back from roadways and highways By: David Weinstein    Did somebody say restrictions?    The South Brunswick Township Council is considering an ordinance to prohibit construction of new fast-food…