Category: archives
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Watts piles up points on track, in field
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl BETHLEHEM, Pa. Lauren Watts was the busiest and most productive athlete at the start of Friday night’s Skyland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at Lehigh University. The Hillsborough High senior accumulated 18 points all within the first 90 minutes of the meet scoring in…
