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  • West Nile virus case reported in Burlington County

    The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services this week reported this season’s first human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in a 65-year-old Middlesex County man and 73-year-old Burlington County man.  Both men experienced fever, headache and altered mental status and were hospitalized in August, according to a department press release. The…

  • Florence M. Burtis

       CONCORD, Calif. – Florence M. Burtis, 93, died of heart failure Sept. 2 in the care of Hospice of the East Bay, Alamo, Calif.    She lived most of her life in the Hightstown area.    She is survived by daughter Mary E. Tilkin of Concord, Calif; son John A. Burtis of Pawleys Island, S.C.    Interment will…

  • Laura B. Alnader

       EWING TOWNSHIP – Laura B. Alnader, 42, died Monday at Capital Health System at Fuld.    Born in Somerville, she was a graduate of Hunterdon Central High School and Mercer County Community College with anassociate’s degree in radiography. She was lead technician for the mammography department at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Daughter of the…

  • ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’

    ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’

    ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’

  • Raiders blank Warren Hills in football opener

    Jenkins scores, defense rules for home team by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    The Hillsborough High offense did just enough to pull out a 6-0 victory over Warren Hills in Friday night’s football season opener.    Hillsborough scored the game’s only touchdown late in the first quarter and the defense controlled the rest of the game. The…

  • ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’

    ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’

    ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’

  • Borough gets more funding for façade improvements

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Borough officials were awarded $75,000 Monday from the county’s Economic Development Incentive Program for façade improvements on town businesses.    According to Gary Garwacke, borough administrator, those businesses that are approved to receive funds from the grant will be awarded up to 50 percent of the money spent on the actual…

  • Ronald L. Pawson

       HIGHTSTOWN – Ronald L. Pawson, 61, died Aug. 31 after a lengthy struggle with multiple sclerosis.    Born in Adrian, Mich., he was a resident of the East Brunswick and Hightstown areas most of his life.    He was a graduate of Rider University and was an accountant with the IBM Corp. of Dayton and Washington, D.C.…

  • Rug mill ordinance returns to agenda

    Language same but votes may not be By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN – The Borough Council plans to reintroduce an ordinance Monday in what has become a long and winding effort to try to redevelop the former rug mill property on Bank Street.    The redevelopment ordinance is exactly the same one that drew much…