Category: archives

  • The start of something new

    Hillsborough Class of 2000 turns the tassels By:Jack Baney Jack Baney?Staff Writer?    As principal Anthony Radano addressed his final graduating class of Hillsborough High School students last week, he dwelled on their future instead of his 30-year career at the school.    "Tonight is not about a white-haired old man who has been there and done…

  • More than fireworks

    Song and dance round off Fourth of July By:Jack Baney    Before watching actual fireworks this Saturday, Hillsborough residents will have the chance to watch what the Cultural and Arts Commission calls "fireworks in music and dance."    The commission will present its third annual Showcase of Performers on the grounds of Auten Road School at 7:30…

  • Homers come quickly for Notre Dame slugger

    Legion baseball By: Mike Molaro    If you want to see a natural graceful swing, attend a Mercer County American Legion League baseball game involving Lawrence Post 414 and check out Rich Canuso.    The Monroe Township resident completed his fourth year of Notre Dame High School varsity baseball with a .431 batting average, fifth best in…

  • BOE, superintendent split on issues

    Issues include the hiring of a new transportation director By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – The Board of Education and superintendent agree there should be six sections in the second grade in the upcoming school year, but remain divided on several other issues affecting the district, including the hiring of a new transportation director.    Last…

  • MCCC head to take Rhode Island post

    Sepe and family are township residents    Dr. Thomas D. Sepe, president of Mercer County Community College since 1992, announced this week that he has accepted the presidency of the Community College of Rhode Island, effective in August. The move will represent a return to his roots for Dr. Sepe, who was born in Newport and…

  • Science Guy kicks off summer workshop

    Bill Nye visits science teachers from area districts at Lawrence Intermediate School By: T.J. Furman ‘As near as anybody can tell, when you discover something in the world of science, that’s true for everybody.’ Bill Nye    Bill Nye, noted science guy, kicked off a day of collaboration among science teachers from three area school districts…

  • Saying goodbye to a treasure in preservation

    By:Michele S. Byers    New Jersey lost a rare treasure last week, with the passing of Langdon Palmer, one of New Jersey’s land preservation giants.    Since I became executive director of New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJCF) last year, I’ve worked almost every day with Don (as he was known by all). He served as president of…

  • New to Jersey?

    Make sure you visit these 10 hot spots By:Jack Cherry    There are always, within the readership of a place like Hillsborough, a fair number of people who are not Jersey Kids.    Perhaps you are one of them.    Maybe you moved here from the urban madness on the other side of the Hudson; perhaps you have…

  • Who would you like to be?

    VALEDICTORY ADDRESS by Payal Garg    The following is the valedictory address from last week’s commencement at Lawrence High School.    It has been called both our scarcest resource and the inexplicable raw material of everything; the surest poison and the most valuable and perishable of all our possessions; the greatest innovator and the devourer of all…