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HILLSBOROUGH: State Green Acres coming to township
By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer Hillsborough Township has been approved to receive $675,000 in state Green Acres grant funds to be used for preserving open space and improving parks. ”Every time we can find other sources for land preservation, it means that the township’s fund can go that much further and be available for other…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of May 12
Mothers’ group to sell kids’ clothing Thursday through Saturday, May 12-14 — The Neshanic MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers) group will have a kids’ clothing and toy sale on May 12 and 13 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and May 14 from 9-11 a.m. at the Neshanic Reformed Church, 715 Amwell Road. All toys and clothes will…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: Ocean Spray plant to close in two years
By Amber Cox BORDENTOWN CITY — Ocean Spray, which has had a manufacturing plant in the city on East Park Street for more than 60 years, has decided to leave town in two years. City and state officials began negotiations with the company last fall in an effort to keep it from moving to Pennsylvania.…
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MANVILLE: Recreation Department plans summer camps
The Manville Recreation Department is now sending out its program notices and registrations via e-mail. The department will no longer be sending home flyers through the schools due to the rising costs of producing the copies. Director of Manville Recreation Rich Armstrong urged all residents to sign up on the website manvillerec.org to…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Incumbents Ciaccio and Levesque, and newcomer Witt win Township Council seats
Updated By Michael Boonin, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE — Voters on Tuesday re-elected Christine Ciaccio and Rich Levesque to the Township Council and put Planning Board member Ron Witt on the governing body for the first time. With 13.6 percent of the township’s registered voters going to the polls, Ms. Ciaccio was the top vote-getter with…
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LAWRENCE: Relay for Life steps off at igh school on May 20
By Lea Kahn For several hours May 20, the Lawrence High School track will be filled not with track stars, but with cancer survivors, their caregivers and their supporters at the Relay for Life of Lawrence Township cancer research fundraiser. The Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event, and the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: ‘Choice schools’ give education option to parents
It would come at a cost to local school district Parents have another school option for their children _ but it would cost the township school system for each pupil who leaves the system. In addition to charter schools (see related story), township students may apply to some area schools under the state’s School Choice…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Charter school expands its reach
By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer A charter school trying to start in Flemington has expanded its potential coverage area to include Hillsborough. Trillium Charter School, which will open in the fall of 2012, will teach kindergarten through fourth grades in its first year, and then add one grade each year until it gets to eight,…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Senior citizens’ column for week of May 12
CHAPTER A Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. We are open to new members. Doors open at 11:30, allowing you time to review the activities, sign up for our many trips and visit with friends. We have coffee and doughnuts at the end of the meeting. The meeting…
