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  • District adopting resuscitation policy

    Parents would be able to file DNR orders with schools By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Hillsborough parents of children with life-threatening medical conditions will be able to request school employees do not attempt life-saving procedures in an emergency, if a new policy is approved for schools.    The Board of Education approved a “Do Not Resuscitate”…

  • Matrix parcels on table

    Township Council ponders change in zoning. By: Paul Koepp    Township officials are looking at possible options for rezoning land along Friendship Road near Route 130, including the site of a proposed warehouse that was rejected by the Planning Board in August.    The Township Council on Tuesday asked the Planning Department to come up with recommendations…

  • Editor’s Notebook

    A word on election letters By: Scott Morgan    The date of this edition is exactly two months before Election Day, making it time to acknowledge letters and communications aimed at finding their way into print in The Messenger-Press.    We get a lot of letters during election season. Most are well-intentioned, if occasionally (though understandably) self-serving.…

  • State issues report on school violence

    By: Stephanie Prokop    Some schools in northern Burlington County have seen a slight rise in reported incidents for the 2005-2006 school year, according to a state Department of Education report on violence, vandalism, weapon and substance abuse released last week.    Bordentown Regional School District reported a total of 32 incidents for the 2005-06 school year…

  • Packing material for pellet gun found at CHS

    Search there and at Sypek Center yields nothing By John Tredrea    Area police searched Hopewell Valley Central High School (CHS) and Sypek Center today (Thursday) after a CHS custodian found packing material for a spring-loaded rifle and handgun.    Shortly after 11 a.m., Hopewell Township police were called by school officials, who reported they had discovered…

  • Florence football to open new field Friday

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer The Florence Township Memorial High varsity football team has been so good for so long, it’s almost reached the point in which anything less than a Group I Central Jersey title would be considered a down year. However, longtime head coach Joe Frappolli has a magical way of putting things…

  • Teen lifeguard saves toddler from drowning

    Cara Latham Staff Writer    WASHINGTON – Evan Moshinsky was just doing his job.    That’s how the 16-year-old Tanager Lane resident responds when he hears people calling him a hero and commending him for saving a young girl’s life – three months into his first stint as a lifeguard.    Even though Evan said he expected he…

  • Police expand youth basketball competition

    Wednesday event expected to draw more than 100 competitors By:Audrey Levine    Although kids are usually the ones playing the games while the adults are stuck watching, it is finally time for the parents to get in on the fun.    The Hillsborough Township Police Department will host its third annual 2-Ball Basketball Tournament at the Mary…

  • Returning letterwinners to play for new head coach

    HHS FIELD HOCKEY PREVIEW By: Rudy Brandl    Many of the key players will be the same but they’ll be playing for a new head coach when the Hillsborough High field hockey season begins Friday against arch rival Bridgewater-Raritan.    Peach Draper, who spent the last five of her seven years in the program as the varsity…