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HILLSBOROUGH: High school will use book to discuss 9-11
Summer reading assignment told story of Gander’s unselfishness in crisis By Gene Robbins, Managing Eidtor On Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Hillsborough High School students might walk into class and face an unexpected challenge: A neighboring community expects major flooding and all of its…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Fire companies will mark 9-11 with observances
Route 206 squad completes its steel-beam monument By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Two Hillsborough fire companies will hold 9-11 remembrance ceremonies Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the air terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Fire Company No. 2 will unveil its memorial topped with a three-foot-long twisted piece of steel from one of the collapsed…
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MANVILLE: Lifeguard says, ‘Pools sure do have rules’
To the editor: The pools have rules. There was quite a discussion about the town pools after a recent letter the editor was seen in the Aug. 9 edition of the Manville News. Issues were brought up such as badge checks, babies in the adult pool, and a lifeguard was quoted as saying that “There…
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Thank you for your support of me and my RTR campaign for the National Hospice Foundation
BY Dolores Harbison To the Neighbors of Kendall Park, I want to thank you so much for your support of me and my RTR campaign for the National Hospice Foundation, it is truly heartfelt. Words cannot express how amazed and humbled I am by your support of me as I take on the Chicago Marathon. …
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Generous Green Thumbs Call Lawrenceville Their Garden
The Lawrenceville Community Garden donates fresh produce to TASK. Anne Ryder (pictured) coordinates the fresh produce drive.
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HILLSBOROUGH: Local woman charged with insurance fraud
Maria Demeter, also known as Maria Schebece, 42, of East Brookside Lane, Hillsborough, was charged Aug. 27 with insurance fraud in the third degree. She allegedly bought two insurance policies — one for her spouse, who couldn’t get insurance because of his driving record. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said that in April, his office’s…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Fire Division gets new commander; two new hires
Capt. Daniel Schaffener will be sworn in as deputy chief of the Robbinsville Division of Fire at the Sept. 13 Township Council meeting.
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LAWRENCE: Council to consider second public comment section
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Since time immemorial, public participation at Township Council’s meetings has been held within the first few minutes of the session but the council is considering whether to add a second public comment section toward the end of the meeting. Township residents Amy Davis and Allen Cohen have repeatedly called…
