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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Two mentor teachers receive awards

       Two teachers at the Middle School received Outstanding Cooperating Teacher Awards for their work with their college students fulfilling their practicuum work in the classroom this year.    Debra Porowski, algebra teacher and math content specialist, received the Outstanding Cooperating Teacher Award from the Education Honor Society (Kappa Delta Pi) at The College of New Jersey…

  • LAWRENCE: Hearing on Mrs. G site postponed

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A public hearing on a plan to redevelop a 16-acre site on Route 1 at Bakers Basin Road, which is anchored by the Mrs. G TV and Appliance store has been postponed until next month.    The Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting scheduled for Wednesday was cancelled because the required public…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Time capsule unearths memories at Amsterdam School

    HILLSBOROUGH: Time capsule unearths memories at Amsterdam School

    Eager to retrieve their time capsule buried eight years ago at Amsterdam School are, from left, David Demchik, Justin Luckenbaugh and Courtney Johnson. (Photo by Peter Sclafani)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students earn spot on college dean’s lists

    Campus Corner news    Megan Daly, of Hillsborough, completed her freshman year at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, on the dean’s list. Megan is enrolled in the University Honors Program, majoring in experimental psychology. * * *    Kaitlin Kwiecinski of Hillsborough was named to the dean’s list in the spring semester at Penn State University…

  • TAKING THE PAIN OUT OF YARDWORK:

    By Irene Maslowski KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION OFFERS TIPS TO AVOID INJURY  Gardening and yard work are usually considered either a dreaded chore or a labor of love, but they are also a potential source of aches, pain and injuries.          “Digging, raking, shoveling, bending, lifting and carrying are strenuous activities,” said David Cummings,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Principal prepares departure
  • MANVILLE: 8th-graders given their wings

    MANVILLE: 8th-graders given their wings

    Joey Conti and Emily Caswell sing the class song during the graduation ceremony at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School on Tuesday night. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner column for week of June 21

    CHAPTER A    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.    At our July 5th meeting historian Linda Barth will speak on the Delaware…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Three Eagle Scouts get ‘well done’ plaudits

    HILLSBOROUGH: Three Eagle Scouts get ‘well done’ plaudits

    Congressman Lance attends Court of Honor    Three Hillsborough boys from Boy Scout Troop 489 were honored together at a Hillsborough Township Committee meeting on June 12, for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest in Scouting.    Mayor Carl Suraci read and presented proclamations to Eagle Scouts David Deppen, Erik Koehr and Joe Welches. The…