Category: archives
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police to watch pushy drivers
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer A new police traffic enforcement program seeks to reduce accidents on six roads considered secondary routes for drivers looking to avoid the highway traffic on Route 206. The Hillsborough Township Police Department has received a grant from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety to participate in “Obey the…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Mixed local reaction on governor’s budget cuts
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie has proposed cutting state aid to municipalities by a total of $446 million and imposing a property tax cap, which has elicited mixed responses from elected officials in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe. Jamesburg Mayor Tony LaMantia, a Democrat, called the changes unfair to towns because it asks…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Middle schoolers win at science Olympiad
Hillsborough students from the middle school and high school competed in Tuesday’s New Jersey Science Olympiad finals, at Middlesex County Community College. The competition is designed to stimulate interest in science and technology in students, and drew competitors from across the state. Hillsborough Middle School received third place honors in the competition.
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Rising expectations
Photo courtesy of Sherri LynnBorough Councilwoman Sherri Lynn, shown after the 2009 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Houston, hopes to raise $10,000 for breast cancer research with this year’s event. Photo courtesy of Sherri Lynn
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HILLSBOROUGH: Middle schoolers win at science Olympiad
Hillsborough Middle School students (left and right) Harsh Agarwal and Anshu Murdeshwar fly their plane in the finals of the New Jersey Science Olympiad, held on Tuesday. Photo by Terry Geerdts/A Pretty Pixel
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Fab & Fave
Fab & Fave is a space for you, the TIMEOFF reader, to talk about your favorites in central New Jersey: Favorite movie, play, musicians; favorite pizza, ethnic restaurant, takeout, or local brew. What’s your favorite flavor? What interesting conversations have you overheard recently during intermission at McCarter Theatre? Here’s the chance to bring out the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Hewitt calling it quits after year on combined school board
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer It’s the end of an era for Margaret Hewitt. After spending almost 35 years of the Millstone Board of Education and a year on the Hillsborough Board of Education when the two districts were combined last year, Ms. Hewitt will not for one of the three open board seats in…
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MANVILLE: Magician’s show for seniors not just another illusion
Mary and Joe Polak keep a close eye on magician David Moneypenny during his March 4 presentation at the senior center. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara
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HILLSBOROUGH: Aid cuts beyond district’s ‘doomsday’ expectations
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Though the district had prepared for what Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer called a “doomsday scenario,” it was not prepared for the massive 20 percent cut in state aid after Gov. Chris Christie announced his proposed state budget that includes a cut of more than $800 million in aid to all schools.…
