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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Genevieve Rausch among first to receive new medal

    HILLSBOROUGH: Genevieve Rausch among first to receive new medal

    Genevieve Rausch, of Auten Road, shows the county proclamation and U.S. flag she received as a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. Photo courtesy of Caroline Hicks-Ellwood

  • SOLEBURY: Township police laud crime-stoppers

    SOLEBURY: Township police laud crime-stoppers

    Six officers and two civilians were honored recently By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    SOLEBURY — Six officers and two civilians were honored recently by the Solebury Township Police Department for the part each of them played in stopping crime.    One of the civilians, James D. Cannon, suspected something was amiss when he drove home from…

  • MANVILLE: Scout’s court of honor recounts efforts for achieving Eagle rank

    MANVILLE: Scout’s court of honor recounts efforts for achieving Eagle rank

    Eagle Scout Timothy Santoro completed project at Manville High School to earn his Eagle Scout rank. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • MANVILLE: Church mixes fun with faith at this year’s summer camp

    MANVILLE: Church mixes fun with faith at this year’s summer camp

    Camp organizer Carol Cigler and the Rev. Lukasz Drozak present bikes to drawing winners Nicholas Mattei, Anna Miga, Kinga Niewiadomski and Michael DaRocha. Photos by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Ordinance would set salary for new joint post

    By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council has introduced an ordinance that formally sets the new joint business administrator and director of community development position at a salary of $155,000 a year.    Mayor Dave Fried announced the job consolidation in early June and named former Councilman Tim McGough to the position.…

  • Two Lambertville grads get Haver scholarships

    They are Hannah Brady and Julia Burd    A diverse and talented group of Hunterdon County high school seniors has been awarded college scholarships by the Jennie M. Haver Memorial Scholarship Fund.    The Haver fund will give $68,000 to these teens, pushing the total amount awarded by the private fund to $1,278,950 given to 447 county…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Firehouse restored to former glory

    HIGHTSTOWN: Firehouse restored to former glory

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Since it was erected in 1927, the borough’s firehouse has existed, in part, to protect the rest of the community’s buildings from being damaged or destroyed by a blaze.    However, in the more than 80 years it has stood in downtown Hightstown, the firehouse itself has not been…

  • CRANBURY: Town targets idling trucks

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Township Committee introduced two ordinances Monday that would limit where vehicles can stop and idle within the municipality.    If passed, those ordinances would set these limitations on portions of Liberty Way and Half Acre Road and sections of Prospect Plains, South River and Station roads.    The ordinances…

  • MANVILLE: Scout’s court of honor recounts efforts for achieving Eagle rank

    MANVILLE: Scout’s court of honor recounts efforts for achieving Eagle rank

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville Boy Scout Timothy Santoro from Troop 186 recently earned the honor of achieving the Eagle Scout rank, the highest honor in Scouting.    An Eagle Court of Honor was held at the Manville-Hillsborough Elks with Tim’s fellow Scouts, leaders, family and friends attending.    Barry Bird, Scoutmaster of Troop 186…