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  • Anna Stepien

       HILLSBOROUGH — Anna (Moraczynski) Stepien died Feb. 18 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 87.    Born in Poland, she was a resident of Hillsborough since coming to the United States in 1950.    Mrs. Stepien was a homemaker.    While living in Europe, she was employed as a teacher.    She was a communicant of Sacred…

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    Tommy Lee Jones’ directorial debut focuses on the indignities and dangers faced by undocumented Mexicans in the U.S. By:Elise Nakhnikian    An old-fashioned man’s man with an improbably photogenic pock-marked face, Tommy Lee Jones has carved out a cozy niche for himself in Hollywood, but he just can’t seem to get comfortable. Maybe it’s just the…

  • Farewell to Annex like bidding a friend adieu

    "Family Business" column By: Diane Landis Hackett    When my husband and I first moved to Princeton as newlyweds, we had a tiny kitchen with almost no room for a table so we sometimes ate at the Annex Restaurant on Nassau Street. The Annex had a comfortable homey feel, which made the newness of marriage and…

  • O’Connor finishes third in state shot put

    HHS junior captures second M of C medal By: Rudy Brandl    A year ago, the shot put was still something new for Taryn O’Connor. Now, the Hillsborough High junior is regarded as one of the state’s best in the event.    O’Connor added another medal to her expanding track and field resume in Sunday’s Meet of…

  • Letters for the week of Feb. 23

    Respect Master Plan, reject Gulick plan To the editor:     For the past 35years, my wife and I have lived at the southeast corner of Province Line Road and Route 206, 50 yards or so diagonally across from the Gulick property on the northwest corner. The Gulick property, of course, is the site of a…

  • New review for rail study

    Agency to weigh impact of tunnel on MOM line By: Joseph Harvie    Local officials say NJ Transit’s plan to include the impact of a proposed tunnel between New Jersey and New York under the Hudson River in the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex high-speed rail line does not change their opposition to…

  • BRH’s ‘Fab Four’ fourth at Meet of Champions

    Millan, Steffen, Turgyan, Carter and Cook represent local schools with class By: Sean Moylan    In some respects Dan "Hollywood" Millan, Mike "Super Sonic" Steffen, Steve "Turbo" Turgyan and "Marvelous" Marvin Carter are like the Beatles of Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity track and field.    Like the Beatles, they seem to be better together than…

  • This Week

    Thursday    Blood drive: The Community Blood Council of New Jersey reminds residents that New Jersey chronically faces a blood shortage in the winter months. For those people able to give blood — consider taking an hour to make a donation that can help save up to three lives.    Stark and Stark, 993 Lenox Drive will…

  • Horowitz comes up big

    ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Eric Horowitz made sure the Hillsborough High boys’ swim team didn’t lose any momentum during the short break in Monday’s Central Public A championship meet at North Brunswick.    The Raiders had a 14-point lead at the midway mark but West Windsor Plainsboro South wasn’t out…