Category: archives

  • Police Beat

    Week of March 3 BORDENTOWN CITY    Police said Nelson Newton, 53, of Hamilton, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 9:05 p.m. Saturday after police approached his car, which was parked in the right lane of Route 130/206, and he told police he was lost. Police said they smelled alcohol on his breath. He also…

  • Ginger Ann Kruze

       HILLSBOROUGH — Ginger Ann Kruze died Feb. 21 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 36.    Born in Plainfield she was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough.    Ms. Kruze worked as a dental assistant for Dr. Mancino and Dr. Foder.    She graduated from Hillsborough High School in 1988 and was a member of the band…

  • Powdered wigs and leeches make for a unique job fair

    By: Stephanie Prokop    MANSFIELD — Candle-making, wig-making and learning to polish a silversmith’s bowl — these were just some of the things that the fifth-grade class of Mansfield Elementary School demonstrated during their Colonial Fair on Feb 22.    The fair, which is put on every year around this time, is part of the social studies…

  • EDITORIAL

    Politicians — and their words — can confuse.    Words are important, and not wanting to be too snippy about it, we wish some of our fellow journalists would be more careful about the words they use.    Much of the time, reporters will use words because officials and politicians use those words.    But too often that…

  • Sun may power Hopewell Township facility

    Rex Parker:"A solar system properly installed is very low-maintenance, and it’s a money-maker in the long run" By John Tredrea    Here comes the sun.    Hopewell Township is filing an application with a state rebate program that could pay half the cost of installing solar panels on the township Public Works Building.    The energy collected by…

  • Group OK’d to examine publicly paid elections

    Township Council expects to appoint an exploratory committee that would study the feasibility of publicly funded municipal elections. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council expects to appoint an exploratory committee later this month that would study the feasibility of publicly funded municipal elections.    In a 4-1 vote split along party lines, Mayor Gregory Puliti and council…

  • ABIS students and teachers to face-off on court

    Annual game benefits the Carol Caliguari Memorial Scholarship Fund. By: Donna Lukiw    It’s shaping up to be one of the classic hoops grudge matches: Knicks vs. Celtics, Magic vs. Bird, faculty vs. Alexander Batcho Intermediate School students.    The fifth annual student vs. faculty charity basketball game will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Manville…

  • NJDOT to resurface I-95 in Mercer County

    Project set to start March 5    Commissioner Kris Kolluri has announced that the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will begin resurfacing I-95 northbound and southbound in the townships of Ewing, Hopewell and Lawrence in Mercer County on March 5.    "This resurfacing project will improve I-95 by eliminating existing potholes and cracks and providing a…

  • EDITORIAL

    School board’s ban on rentals is an empty option.    The Board of Education plans to fix a problem that doesn’t exist.    The district is considering a change to its policy on the use of school facilities that would ban groups identified as terrorist organizations by the federal Department of State or the federal Department of…