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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sewer project could cost $24,200 per lot

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Nearly 200 property owners in the Claremont area of the township face paying about $24,200, plus interest, each for the extension of a sewer line.    The township Municipal Utilities Authority built the line into the area after years of petitioning by residents who were plagued with failing septic systems on…

  • MANVILLE: ABIS names academic honor roll for quarter

       Alexander Batcho Intermediate School has released the academic honor roll for the fourth marking period of the recently concluded school year.    8th Grade High Honors: Nataly Brito and Aleksandra Kaczor.    8th Grade Honors: Natalie Barnes, Paul Basta, Robert Camacho, Keilor Chaves, Nicolle Dzuba, Conor Faleski, Haylee Furka, Graciela Gonzalez, Jason Guevara, Giorgi Gvaramadze, Katherine Hernandez,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library offers book talks, movies

       Summer reading club registration continues throughout the summer.    Readers of all ages will “explore the night” this summer, with club activities ending Sept. 8.    Participants will take part in raffles, trivia questions and activities throughout the summer. Stop by the Youth or Adult Services Desk to join.    Reading clubs offered are:    • ”Read with Me” preschool…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner column, week of July 5

       As we celebrate the 4th of July, Happy Birthday, America!    Chapter A meetings are the first Thursday of each month at the Municipal Building. We welcome all Hillsborough seniors!    Meetings start at 12:30 with doors open at 11:30, allowing time to review upcoming events. Refreshments are served after the meeting.    Members are looking forward to…

  • MANVILLE: Four are honored at high school graduation

    MANVILLE: Four are honored at high school graduation

    Honored teacher Steve Kane, center, listens to Manville High School Principal James Brunn, right, as Assistant Principal Steve Venuto stands by at the commencement ceremonies June 20. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • MANVILLE: Declaration had to embody compromise

       Summer’s celebratory high point is the Fourth of July week, when we celebrate the breaking of ties with our English administrators more than 235 years ago.    Our Founding Fathers agreed to a Declaration of Independence, which was read publicly in town squares for the first time this week in 1776, as a broad statement of…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Burchette takes Wagner’s place on GOP ticket

    HILLSBOROUGH: Burchette takes Wagner’s place on GOP ticket

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Greg Burchette Burchette takes Wagner’s place on GOP ticket Burchette – 8BURCHETTE – Gene RobbinsManaging Editor Greg Burchette is the choice of local Republicans to run for Township Committee in the fall. Thirty-seven members of the elected county committee unanimously chose Mr. Burchette at a special meeting last Thursday night…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Farmers’ market vouchers available for eligible senior citizens

       Eligible seniors can obtain $20 worth of vouchers to buy New Jersey fresh produce — such as fruits, vegetables and herbs — at participating farmer’s markets in Somerset County until Nov. 30.    To apply, visit the Somerset County Office on Aging & Disability Services, located in the Human Services Building at 27 Warren St., Somerville,…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter for week of June 25-July 1

       A Lincoln Avenue woman came to headquarters at 2:28 p.m. on June 25 and said a $160 check, which she did not authorize, had been cashed from her bank account. Police found the check had been endorsed by her 25-year-old son. The incident was logged.     * * *    Randall Opie Jr., 27, of Bridgewater…