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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Committee accepts audit recommendations

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    With only one recommendation for change in its corrective plan for the second year in a row, the Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution Aug. 11 to acknowledge the annual audit for the year 2008, performed by Suplee Clooney & Company, of Westfield.    ”The audit has been done and we…

  • FIELDSBORO: Close-knit community plans family fun day to help ’92 classmate

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FIELDSBORO — Seventeen years after graduating from Bordentown Regional High School, a class is coming together to aid one of its own.    Colleen Jones-Anderson, a mother and a member of the Class of 1992, is battling stage four of liver and colon cancer. In an effort to help her with…

  • More Than Meets the Ear

    More Than Meets the Ear

    Singing is an accessible musical form that can benefit children educationally and socially By Anthony Stoeckert    JUST about everyone sings, though a number of us limit our performances to when we’re alone, perhaps in the shower or while driving to work.    And while you may see it simply as a talent or form of entertainment,…

  • MILLSTONE: Miller time filled with success

    by Ken Weingartner, Special Writer    MILLSTONE — Julie Miller says the family that works together, stays together.    Winning doesn’t hurt, either.    Miller and her husband, Andy, have found successful careers in harness racing; Julie as a trainer and Andy as a driver. On Saturday, the couple will send overwhelming favorite Lucky Jim into the $600,000…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Late, quiet four-cent hike spurs criticism

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council has introduced an $18.3 million budget that carries a 4.2-cent tax rate increase, a hike of 3 cents more than what Mayor Dave Fried proposed in April.    The council took its unanimous action Aug. 13 while making no mention of the new increase until…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: School superintendent has clear-cut goals

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Steven Mayer has been duct-taped to the wall, had pies thrown at him and recently was victim to the dunk tank at National Night Out, all in the name of education.    Mr. Mayer, a township resident since 1993, was hired this summer as superintendent for the Robbinsville…

  • No More Bull

    Tolerance and anti-bullying programs can be effective when implemented correctly By John Saccenti    IN April, 11-year-old Joseph Walker- Hoover of Massachusetts hanged himself after enduring bullying and taunts that he was gay. His mother had tried to have the school address the problem and was on her way to try again before she found her…

  • Leaps and Bounds

    Leaps and Bounds

    Aaron Hoats uses the Kindle to read a novel.

  • Hillsborough Hurricanes “Black” Swim Team Wins ‘A-League Championships’ in

    By Donna Dass Somerset Valley YMCA’s Hillsborough Hurricanes “black” summer swim team placed 1st in the “A-League Championships” held on August 1st at the championship meet hosted by the South Plainfield Tiger Sharks in South Plainfield.   This is the third consecutive year that the Hillsborough Hurricanes have been the “A-League Champions.”  A few days later,…