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  • SOUTH HUNTERDON: South to face North on Saturday

    By James Evans, Special Writer    South Hunterdon’s boys’ basketball team advanced to this Saturday’s second round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament with second-half blowout of the Vernon Vikings, 73-39, on Friday.    The second-seeded Eagles will host North Hunterdon in the next tournament game at 7 p.m. Saturday.    Due to the expected crowd, blue regular season passes…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Three charged with DUI, police say

    Three arrests for driving under the influence were reported by Hillsborough police in the last two weeks.    Three arrests for driving under the influence were reported by Hillsborough police in the last two weeks.    Stanislaw Toporowski, 62, of Manville was charged after his vehicle was involved in an accident on Millstone River Road on Jan.…

  • ALLENTOWN: Redbirds turn around hoop season

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Dave Palmieri’s final season with the Allentown High School boys basketball team did not start the way he envisioned it, but lately it’s been a lot of fun.    The Redbirds lost the first eight games of the year to prompt a players-only meeting.    ”At that point, we all understood…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Happy trails no more?

    by Michele Byers You wouldn’t know it from the weather, but spring is only six weeks away.    Almost time to lace up our hiking boots, jump on our mountain bikes or saddle up horses and enjoy New Jersey’s trails!    This time of year, staff and volunteers at parks, nature preserves and recreation areas are busy…

  • LETTER: Watershed group promotes petition for stronger requirements

    To the editor:     In just the second month of 2014, dirty water reports are an all too common occurrence with a major chemical spill in West Virginia last month and a major coal ash laden with mercury, lead, and arsenic spilling just upstream of drinking water intake pipes last week in North Carolina.    Here,…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Solar farm approved

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Solar farm approved

    A 9 megawatt Public Service Energy & Gas solar farm on the former Parklands Landfill was unanimously approved by the Bordentown Planning Board at a special meeting Feb. 5. by David Kilby, Special Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A 9 megawatt Public Service Energy & Gas solar farm on the former Parklands Landfill was unanimously approved…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: February 13

    February    ”Winter Gala 2014,”group exhibit celebrating the beauty of winter at The Artful Deposit Gallery, Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown City. 609 298 6970. www.artfuldeposit.com. Exhibit runs through February. Open house Sat., Feb. 8 from 12 to 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15    Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 280 Crosswicks Road, Bordentown will be holding a winter Mini Vacation…

  • REGION: Class builds snow shelter

    Armed with shovels of all sizes and colors, a mixed group of kids and adults tackled a small, square plot of snow in the Plainsboro Preserve. by, Charley Falkenburg Special Writer PLAINSBORO — Armed with shovels of all sizes and colors, a mixed group of kids and adults tackled a small, square plot of snow…

  • MANVILLE: Hallmark store will close Feb. 24

    The Hallmark Gold Crown store in the Marketplace at Manville is closing its doors for good. By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    Manville is losing another business in a few weeks. The Hallmark Gold Crown store in the Marketplace at Manville is closing its doors for good on Feb. 24. The store has been in…