Category: archives

  • Solid six should keep Florence girls’ basketball in state mix

    By: Sean Moylan    This season, Vince Cipriano will look for his great senior leadership to lead the Florence Township Memorial High girls’ varsity basketball team back to the playoffs.    The Flashes are expecting Caitlin Fitzpatrick (a senior forward-guard), Lauren Jacobsen (a senior center), Carly Blanton (a senior guard), Kiara Boone (a junior forward), Jessica Foulks…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    By: Compiled by Mary Stulack    Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in the Hillsborough Beacon, drop a note to Mary Stulack, Calendar, 307 Omni Drive, Hillsborough, 08844.All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (359-3930) or e-mailed…

  • Timberlane could get temporary CO shortly

    Students may be in new addition by week of Jan. 8 By John Tredrea    Work on the $11.2 million addition to Timberlane Middle School is drawing to a close.    "Everything looks very promising," said Chris Leyerberger of the Yardley, Pa., firm of Centerline Associates during Monday night’s school board meeting.    Centerline is the construction management…

  • Private event may be linked to terror group

    Organization rented school By: Bill Greenwood    Members of a group designated by the federal Department of State as a foreign terrorist organization may have participated in a cultural event at Crossroads North Middle School organized by a group unaffiliated with the South Brunswick School District.    The district confirms renting the space out to a private…

  • Charter group to seek Rutgers expert’s input

    The commission will hear from one of the state’s leading experts on the subject of municipal charters next week. By: John Patten    The Hillsborough Charter Study Commission will hear from one of the state’s leading experts on the subject of municipal charters next week, gaining guidance on how to begin its eight-month study of the…

  • RHS addresses mold woes

    By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — One classroom at Robbinsville High School remains off limits since a substance suspected to be mold was found there two weeks ago.    Superintendent Jack Szabo said the suspected mold was found in room M103 and reported by a teacher Nov. 28 in the late afternoon, but has since been removed.…

  • Obituaries-Dec. 14, 2006

    Maria Holzherr    DELAWARE — Maria H. Holzherr, 66, died Monday, Dec. 4, at her home in Delaware Township.    Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Mrs. Holzherr moved to the United States in 1961 and had lived in Delaware Township since 1979.    She graduated from the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J.    Mrs. Holzherr was a member…

  • Pittore put on paid leave from UMDNJ

    City Councilman Ronald Pittore is managing director for legal management at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, which is undergoing a federal investigation. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — City Councilman Ron Pittore has been placed on paid administrative leave from his job at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey…

  • Dog Days

    Photographer and former New York City Police Officer John Baer captures the best of both worlds in ‘Cops & Dogs 2007.’ By: Megan Sullivan    Doberman to dachshunds, Pekingeses to pugs, beagles to bassets, schnauzers to Shetlands — there are oodles of dog calendars on the market, featuring almost every breed known to man.    Former New…