Category: archives

  • Soul Sister

    Eliza Gilkyson isn’t afraid to express her passion, poetry and politics. By: Susan Van Dongen    Although she’s based in Austin, Texas, and grew up on the West Coast, singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson has a connection to Pennsylvania and New Jersey that goes back to the Revolutionary War.    Generations ago, her "great-times-eight" grandfather, Gen. Jedidiah Hunter, fought…

  • EDITORIAL

    Put an end to tax reform shenanigans.    Voters will be asked to weigh in on three statewide issues on Nov. 7. Two deserve voter support; the other does not.    One public questions seeks to set the amount of sales tax collected to be used for property-tax reform; another would use excess business tax to fund…

  • Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11

    Sevy Di Cocco: "We encourage all veterans and residents to attend" By John Tredrea    Hopewell Valley’s new Veterans Park will be the site of a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Nov. 11.    An area veteran from each branch of the armed services will speak at the event.    "It will be a ceremony to remember…

  • Mike A. Miller

       HILLSBOROUGH — Mike A. Miller died Oct. 16 in Clark. He was 18.    Born in Somerville and a lifelong resident of Hillsborough, he was a senior at Hillsborough High School.    Surviving are his parents, Wayne and Kathleen Miller of Hillsborough; two brothers, Daniel of Arlington, Va., and Brian of Hillsborough; his paternal grandparents, Josephine and…

  • Hopewell knight

    Medieval Day Charlie Potter smiles while charging in a joust during Medieval Day at Hopewell Elementary School Friday. This event is a longtime tradition for kindergarten children at the school.

  • Pennington candidates look at borough’s key issues

    Candidates answered HVN’s question: In your opinion, what is the most pressing issue facing Pennington Borough? By Ruth Luse    On Nov. 7, Pennington voters will pick a mayor to complete the unexpired term of James Loper. That term runs to Dec. 31, 2007. When Mr. Loper resigned, Republican James E. Benton was appointed to fill…

  • Letters to the Editor

    By: UFREF thanks volunteers To the editor:     On Oct. 16, the Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation (UFREF) held its first major fundraising event by participating in a joint venture partnership with the Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) — the "Fore the Kids" Fifth Annual Golf Outing & Dinner, which was held at…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Just call me a cranky curmudgeon

    In time, we all end up on the other side of the generation gap By: Hank Kalet    My dad and I used to have a running argument when I was a teen over my hair.    I used to wear my hair long — not Allman Brothers long, but approaching my shoulders. He used to say,…

  • Yock, Miller come through as South advances in GMCT

    By: Rich Fisher    There’s something to be said about presence.    Susie Miller had it on Tuesday.    There’s something to be said about persistence.    Sam Yock had it the same day.    Between the P&P girls, South Brunswick High’s girls soccer team escaped with a shootout victory over 12th-seeded Bishop Ahr in a chilly, windy Greater Middlesex…