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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sale of evening gowns satisfies girls’ style, parents’ economics

    HILLSBOROUGH: Sale of evening gowns satisfies girls’ style, parents’ economics

    Looking for something special to wear to the prom? A group of parents is organizing a sale of evening wear clothing on March 5. Here, organizer Gina Christiana and high school 11th-grader Kristen Forti size up one of the selections being collected in the jokingly named “Basement Boutique” at the Fortis’ home. (Staff photo by…

  • CHETERFIELD: Valley park faces cost overruns

    By Amber Cox    CHESTERFIELD — Village Square Park, centrally located in Old York Village, which has been an ongoing community park project in the township for eight years, is facing a problem.    Township Engineer Nancy Jamanow explained that in 2003 a cost estimate was done on the park revealing a $630,000 budget, but the new…

  • Next Level Youth Pageant

    Next Level Youth Pageant

    Pageant for Everyone!

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Aid boosts project for Hamilton Road

       Resurfacing of Hamilton Road in Hillsborough Township will be boosted by a $200,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation.    Seventeen Somerset County municipalities will share $2.9 million in grants under the fiscal year 2011 state budget. The grants are among 370 statewide totaling $78.75 million to help municipalities advance street improvement, safety and other…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Bordentown unity Paul J. Peterla, Bordentown Reional High School, Class of 2011 I, myself, did not get a chance to go to the funeral of PFC Benjamin Moore, but read about it in several papers, including the Register-News. I knew that a group of protesters was planning to show up and protest at the funeral.…

  • Jessica Griswold

    By: centraljersey.com Megan Goldschmidt, a 2009 graduate of Hillsborough High School, earned fall dean’s list honors at Ithaca (N.Y.) College, where she is a sophomore majoring in journalism with minors in history and legal studies. She is studying in London for the spring semester. Two Hillsborough residents were named to the dean’s list for academic…

  • Sharbell should reconsider plans

    Joseph Mollica, Robbinsville    It is both sad and unfortunate that 439 acres of pristine open space and productive farmland in Robbinsville will now become another massive Sharbell development, including 150 residential units.    Robbinsville is quickly losing its rural identity and becoming another classic example of surburban sprawl, which will only lead to more traffic congestion,…

  • Goddard School graduates eligible for $10K scholarship

    By: centraljersey.com Goddard Schools located in the Hillsborough area are calling out to all Goddard School alumni to apply for the $10,000 Anthony A. Martino Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is given to one Goddard School alumnus each year to finance the tuition of the college of the student’s choice. The scholarship goes to a graduate…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Freezing rain adds to woes left by snow

    HILLSBOROUGH: Freezing rain adds to woes left by snow

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    What seemed like never-ending snow was bad enough. On Tuesday, icy rain slickened streets, flooded streets and snapped tree branches stressed by snow.    Hillsborough, like all of New Jersey, braced for the latest slap by Mother Nature. People in police and road departments said they were too busy to detail…