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  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS’ Liang surveys (and wins) math contest

    HILLSBOROUGH: HHS’ Liang surveys (and wins) math contest

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    A perfect score on a trigonometry test and completing the problems in 20 minutes added up to good news for Hillsborough High School senior Bufang Liang.    Bufang’s math skills won him the title of school and state champion in a competition hosted by the Society of Professional Surveyors, with the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS’ Liang surveys (and wins) math contest

    HILLSBOROUGH: HHS’ Liang surveys (and wins) math contest

    Alex Rosales, Catalina Mejia and Matthew McLaughlin practice using a surveyor’s transit as part of the math competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Surveyors. Photo by Faith Wight

  • ’Beyond the pale’

    Toby Rich, Ringoes     Until March of last year, I lived in West Amwell for 22 years. I would like to clear up the record for all of you who received a flyer last week from John Marshall saying that I was suing the township of West Amwell. Nothing could be further from the truth.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Graduates look toward bright futures

    SBHS graduation, Monday, 3 p.m., at Sun National Bank Arena, Trenton By Chelsea Radler, Staff Writer    Four years of hard work will pay off at next week’s graduation when South Brunswick High School recognizes the Class of 2010’s valedictorian, Rohan Katipally, and salutatorian, Nabgha Farhat.    Rohan will enroll in an eight-year program at Brown University…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Write-in Dems secure spots in Allentown, UF

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    There were few surprises on primary night in Allentown, Upper Freehold, Millstone and Plumsted where all the Republican municipal candidates were running in uncontested races for their party’s nomination.    In the Democratic primary on June 8 there were no official candidates who filed to run for municipal office, but write-in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Man faces second DUI charge after accident outside court

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    John Dematteo, 40, of South Brunswick, was charged with driving while intoxicated following a car accident Tuesday outside South Brunswick Municipal Court, where he was headed for a hearing on a prior DUI summons he received in March, police said.    On Tuesday, Mr. Dematteo was headed to court for a…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    June 17-24    All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance.    The value of each meal is $5.10. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS alum leads Coast Guard ship in oil cleanup work

    HILLSBOROUGH: HHS alum leads Coast Guard ship in oil cleanup work

    By Nick Ameen, Special Writer    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s moments before dawn Monday, and a voice over the speaker system announces the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Alligator is heading home.    They’ve spent two weeks patrolling the Gulf of Mexico in support of the federal government’s BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. Alligator’s…

  • MANVILLE: Meetings, events missed as mayor recuperates

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    She is hoping to return to work as soon as possible, but as Mayor Lillian Zuza remains on medical leave for a back injury, she regrets that she has been forced to miss out on Memorial Day ceremonies and other duties that have had to take a backseat to her…