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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Firm to be hired to draw plans for repairs to historic house

       Much-needed repairs to a historic house on Route 206 in the northern part of Hillsborough Township were kickstarted Tuesday by the Township Committee.    The governing body issued a $39,200 contract to Mills & Schnoering, LLC, to provide building updates and construction documents for the Van der veer Harris House, which is considered significant for…

  • Softball Players Share Skills with Next Generation at Jennie Finch Clinic

    Softball Players Share Skills with Next Generation at Jennie Finch Clinic

    MCCC softball players volunteered alongside Olympians at the Jennie Finch Clinic Dec. 8 and 9.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Online editor talks to Democratic group

        Charlie Kratovil, a 2003 Hillsborough High School graduate and current editor of the online news site New Brunswick Today, addressed the Hillsborough Democratic Alliance on Dec. 5 on the topics of investigative reporting and community organizing.     His talk followed re-election of Meryl Bisberg as the group’s president. Jim Bergstrom was voted vice president,…

  • On-Site Enrollment Services Available December 26 at MCCC

    By Jim Gardner To better accommodate students who have suffered hardships as the result of Hurricane Sandy, Mercer County Community College will offer on-site registration services on Wednesday, Dec. 26, at the West Windsor campus for those who have been unable to sign up for Spring 2013 classes. “As a community college, we share in…

  • MCCC’s Center for Simulated Business Services Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Network-Wide Conference

    MCCC’s Center for Simulated Business Services Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Network-Wide Conference

    By Candace Zafirellis The Center for Simulated Business Services (CSBS) at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) recently commemorated its 15th anniversary with a network-wide conference in November at the MCCC Conference Center.  Thirty student firms participated in the conference, including 14 via video conferencing from places around the globe such as Belgium and Lithuania.  CSBS,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar, issue of Dec. 13

    Township tree to be switched on     Fri., Dec. 14 — The lighting of the township’s official Christmas tree will take place at 7 p.m. at the municipal complex on South Branch Road.     Santa Claus will arrive to welcome everyone. The Hillsborough High School Chorale will perform outdoors, Norz Farms will set up a…

  • MANVILLE: Zarephath levee on agenda of flood commission

    To the editor:    The next Raritan-Millstone flood commission meeting is being held on Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. in Manville’s Borough Hall.    On the agenda is a readout of the Zarephath flood levee project from N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and how it impacts Manville. Nothing can be more self-evident than Manville having a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teenage artist Kathleen Fritz honors her former dance teacher

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teenage artist Kathleen Fritz honors her former dance teacher

    Kathleen Fritz, 17, of Hillsborough, poses with her portrait of her former dance teacher, Fedelmia Mullan Davis.    Teenage artist Fritz honors her former dance teacher Kathleen Fritz, a 17-year-old resident of Hillsborough, unveiled her commissioned portrait of her former dance teacher, Fedelmia Mullan Davis, at an Oct. 27 luncheon in her honor at Manville Fire…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter, issue of Dec. 13

       Two daytime burglaries were reported by Hillsborough Township police.    A Township Line Road resident called in one on Nov. 26. Electronics valued at $2,000 were reported stolen.    On Dec. 1 an East Mountain Road resident said the home was burgled the previous day. An estimated $223 worth of jewelry was reported taken.    In both cases,…