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  • Mercury to go to Nevada

    But there is opposition to the plan from Nevada officials and a New Jersey environmental group, which is concerned about the dangers of transporting the mercury. By: Melissa Edmond and Donna Lukiw    Federal officials announced Friday that the 2,883 tons of mercury in Hillsborough would be moved to Nevada — if safety concerns and objections…

  • Muzzling measure meant to prevent future dog attacks

    Area has experienced several recent "menacing" dog incidents By: Vanessa S. Holt    FIELDSBORO — A new ordinance in the borough could put the muzzle on dogs deemed to be "menacing," said Mayor Ed "Buddy" Tyler.    Wednesday night, the Borough Council was expected to vote on adopting the measure, which was created in response to several…

  • Dennis double not enough for Raider boys

    Team takes second in Skyland for first time By: Rudy Brandl        BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The Hillsborough High boys knew it wouldn’t be easy to maintain their almost decade-long hold on the Skyland Conference Indoor Track and Field title in Friday night’s meet at Lehigh University.    Franklin, which dethroned the Raiders at the Somerset County…

  • HHS boys fight back to .500 mark

    Raiders advance to SCT quarterfinals By: Rudy Brandl        GLADSTONE — The Hillsborough High boys play their best basketball with their backs to the wall.    Two weeks ago, this was a 4-9 team going nowhere after losing nine of its previous 11 games. It looked like the Raiders were going to finish their season with…

  • Seminary Avenue plan talks will continue at March session

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH PLANNING UPDATE By Aleen Crispino    Hopewell Borough Planning Board re-elected Bob Donaldson as chairman and Paul Buda as vice chairman at its annual reorganization meeting Feb. 1, and began formal public hearings on a site plan and request for variances by Last Exit LLC.    The company sought approval to demolish an unoccupied one-story…

  • Har Sinai gets approvals from township zoning board

    Approval will allow existing two-story office building to be converted and expanded to house a sanctuary, Hebrew school, social hall, and administrative offices By Marianne Hooker    At its Feb. 1 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment granted preliminary and final site plan approval to the Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation.    The approval will allow…

  • EDITORIAL

    End is near for Hillsborough’s mercury depot.    Last week’s announcement of the decision to consolidate the federal supply of mercury in an Army supply depot near Hawthorne, Nev., gave local politicians something to really crow about.    After all, Hillsborough Mayor Carl Suraci and U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-7th District, have been vowing to get the…

  • Mary DeBellas

       MANVILLE — Mary Theresa (Me-Ma) DeBellas died Feb. 5 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 79.    She was born in McAdoo, Pa., and was a lifetime resident of Manville.    Mrs. DeBellas was employed at Zells Clothing Store in Manville, and then later at Daniels in Somerville. Most recently she had worked at the…

  • Old Bridge can’t support SBHS win streak

    By: Lance Manion    Chris Balent saw it in the way his South Brunswick High School boys basketball team stepped on the practice floor the past five weeks. It wasn’t difficult for the Vikings first-year coach to notice that his team was playing with more enthusiasm, a "bounce in their step," as he put it.    "We…