Category: archives

  • ON POINT

    A career gone to the dogs By: Linda McCarthy    I’ve said it before, but I really do have the best job on the planet.    I often wonder what makes people choose their occupations. There are certain jobs I just would not do.    For example, my brother is a corrections officer in a federal prison. He’s…

  • Allentown 10’s improve to 5-0

    Alessi’s boys still perfect By: Kyle Moylan    The Allentown 10-year-olds have come up with a great way of avoiding overworking pitchers and the problems associated with the 85-pitch limit.    Allentown scores enough that it rarely ever has to finish a game.    Through five games in the District 12 Little League Tournament so far, Allentown has…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the July 19 edition Rotary Club: area’s best-kept secret To the editor: I would like to let everyone in on the best-kept secret in the area—the Wrightstown Area Rotary Club (WARC). This community service club serves the towns of Springfield, Mansfield, Chesterfield, North Hanover, New Hanover and New Egypt.    We give scholarships to graduating…

  • Music is his medicine

    Bordentown doctor releases his third self-produced CD By: Michelle McGuinness    You may not suspect it from the long white coat, magazine-strewn waiting room or medicine-stocked offices, but Dr. Nick Rossos is a musician with three CDs under his belt.    The Bordentown resident’s third CD, "Bohemian Fusion," was completed this year. Dr. Rossos has been distributing…

  • MCALL is unforgiving

    AMERICAN LEGION By: John E. Powers    Hopewell Post 339 American Legion coach Bruce Devlin knows very well how unforgiving the Mercer County American Legion League is.    His team also knows. Last week was a good example and a lesson for a team that is one of the league’s youngest clubs.    Hopewell fell to 8-12 during…

  • District 12 champs open Section 3 with 3-0 win

    Harden tosses a shutout By: Sean Moylan    No one ever appointed Marshall Harden the leader of the talented Bordentown 12-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team.    It’s just that every time he takes the field, he leads by example. When it comes time to make the biggest plays, hit in the toughest situations and pitch against…

  • Laverne R. George Sr.

       HILLSBOROUGH— Laverne R. George Sr. died July 13 in Philadelphia. He was 65.    He was born and raised in Rock Hill, S.C., and moved to Hillsborough in 1979.    Mr. George worked as a computer consultant for AT&T in Bedminster.    He served in the U.S. Air Force.    His wife, Sarah George, died in 2002.    Surviving are…

  • Ruth Spataro went above and beyond

    Highlighting the life of Ms. Spataro By: Paul Koepp    Friends and acquaintances remember Ruth Spataro as a woman who went beyond her profession as an educator to explore issues that affected everyone in South Brunswick.    "I’ve talked to a few people in the last couple days, and we all felt the same way. She was…

  • Gerard Reddington

       HILLSBOROUGH — Gerard John Reddington died July 9 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 59.    He was born and raised in Hoboken and Flemington and moved to Hillsborough 31 years ago.    Mr. Reddington worked for Ortho Diagnostics in Raritan for more than 16 years and most recently was working for ShopRite in Hillsborough.…