Category: archives

  • Letters

    Appreciation for haunted help To the editor:     I would like to say thanks to all those folks who volunteered their time with the 2006 Dardani Haunted Trail & Hayride.    We have been haunting the woods for the past 10 years, and never in the history of this event did we have to deal with…

  • Florence football posts shutout in playoff opener

    Bihlear scores 3 touchdowns in 21-0 win By: Sean Moylan    Shore Regional went into Saturday’s opening Central Jersey Group I playoff game at "The Pit" with the idea it could throw against the Florence Township Memorial High varsity football team.    That was a bad idea.    Shore Regional quarterback Gary Knoeppel attempted 14 passes and the…

  • Pantry needs trimmings

    Short of turkeys and other Thanksgiving food By: Joseph Harvie    The township-run Food Pantry saw an increase in food donations over the past week, but could still use more, including turkeys and other Thanksgiving-type foods.    The pantry is low on boxed potatoes, stuffing, rice, macaroni and cheese, broth and Parmalat, said Jeanne Wert of the…

  • Immigration issue affects local farms

    By: Cara Latham    As debate has been brewing over efforts to reform immigration policies throughout the nation, farmers in New Jersey, such as Jim Durr of North Hanover Township and Chet Halka of Millstone Township, could be among those who hurt.    Members of the New Jersey Farm Bureau, as well as local farmers, said that…

  • HHS girls completed special tennis season

    County team title higlighted campaign By: Rudy Brandl    While the Hillsborough High girls’ tennis team and head coach Larry Johnson take great pride in their fine 2006 season, they’re still not completely satisfied.    The HHS girls captured the school’s first Somerset County team tennis title since 1996 but came so close to winning much, much…

  • The Band Plays On

    Jerry Nowak will conduct the new Delaware Valley Wind Symphony. By: Jessica Loughery    A year ago, the Bucks County Community College Band was contentedly performing semiannual shows under the direction of well-known conductor Jerry Nowak. Mr. Nowak had been a faculty member of the college’s arts department for 36 years and had been with the…

  • Police search for woman in Roebling Bank robbery

    By: Vanessa Holt    FLORENCE — Police are looking for a woman who robbed the Roebling Savings Bank at Route 130 and Delaware Avenue just after 4 p.m. Nov. 8.    Police said a woman with light brown, kinky hair worn in a bun and blue eyes, between 5 feet, 5 inches and 5 feet, 7 inches…

  • Geraldine Dylo

       HILLSBOROUGH — Geraldine "Geri" Dylo died Nov. 9 at Raritan Health and Extended Care Facility in Raritan. She was 80.    Born in Islen, Pa., she lived in Bridgewater for 31 years before moving to Hillsborough 14 years ago.    Mrs. Dylo was a communicant of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Bridgewater.    She was an avid…

  • City stresses recycling

    Bordentown City Environmental Commission brings in county speaker By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN CITY—"All that garbage is a misplaced asset," said Wayne DeFeo, a county recycling representative who addressed the Bordentown City Environmental Commission on Tuesday morning.    Mr. DeFeo spoke at the Carlslake Community Center, stressing the importance of small business recycling and addressing concerned owners’…