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  • Hope Hose Humane Co. #1 Presented Toughbook

    Hope Hose Humane Co. #1 Presented Toughbook

    J.L.Quick Hope Hose Humane Co. #1 in Bordentown, NJ was recently presented with a refurbished Panasonic Toughbook CF-19. The receipt of this Toughbook was through a need-based program offered on a quarterly basis by Bob Johnson’s Computer Stuff in Smyrna, DE. Chief Pete Sedor submitted a short essay expressing the need of a Toughbook for his…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ice cream clash earns $1,544 for students

    HILLSBOROUGH: Ice cream clash earns $1,544 for students

       Super Sundaes at 435 Amwell Road will donate $1,544 as a result of its “Survivor Sundae Fundraiser Game” fund raiser for the four classes at Hillsborough High School.    Each class created a sundae with a flavor of ice cream and toppings. The more the class sundae sold at $5 apiece, the more money that class…

  • Letters: Thank you to Foxmoor residents et al.

    From: Jayme Race, Robbinsville To the editor:    On October 11, 2011, I filed a pro se lawsuit in Mercer County Superior Court to prevent the Township of Robbinsville from going forward with its plans for an office building on Washington Boulevard. Six months later, an amicable agreement was reached and on March 30, 2012 a Stipulation…

  • Tax increase needed to keep services

    Dan Linke, Lawrenceville To the editor: I was disappointed to read the recent story about so many of my neighbors and their knee-jerk reaction to the financial problems our town is facing.    The reason we need a tax increase is not because of wasteful government spending, but the impact of the Great Bush Recession that…

  • Michael Horan for school board

    Doris Moran Weisberg, Lawrenceville To the editor: Unfortunately Lawrence Township residents will not have the opportunity to hear or meet the candidates for the Board of Education in an open forum this year. Voters will have to content themselves with written answers to questions chosen by others published on line.    To compensate for this in…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of April 1-8

       At 8:52 a.m. April 1 a caller said that in the overnight hours someone damaged the building behind Dunkin’ Donuts on South Main Street. Patrolman Ryan Steier found two damaged plants and the area to be messy. * * *    Sometime between March 21 and the morning of April 2, a blue bicycle was stolen…

  • HILLSBOROUGH:Murphy cited at dance festival

       Students from Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School’s gifted and talented honors dance program were among 1,500 high school students from around the world who attended the 22nd annual National High School Dance Festival in Philadelphia from March 8-11.    Three of the 25 SCVTHS dancers who attended the four days of sharing, learning, performing…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School board candidates react to 25 statements on school issues

    Five candidates agree on big issues, but disagree on smaller ones By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Five candidates seeking election to the Board of Education agree on the major issues, like support for the 2012-13 budget and use of technology in schools.    But there are minor differences on topics like the school calendar, high school…

  • Local Hamilton Couple Wins Hit TV Show ‘Four Weddings’