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  • Judah L. Jacobowitz

       Judah Leon Jacobowitz, 81, of South Brunswick, and engineer and poet, died Friday, Dec. 23, of pneumonia and other complications.    He was born in New York City, June 15, 1924. He grew up in the Bronx, N.Y., and attended Townsend Harris High School, and later, City College of New York where he received a bachelor’s…

  • Auto accident kills Branchburg resident

    Monday morning accident claims life of Andrew Colditz By:Melissa Edmond    An 18-year-old man from Branchburg died Monday morning after his car hit a guide rail and slid sideways into a tree, according to authorities.    Hillsborough police said that Andrew Colditz was traveling southbound in a red Chrysler Sebring on River Road between Beekman Lane and…

  • Grbelja, Dancer to be named mayors in Millstone, Plumsted

    Local governing bodies set to reorganize next week By: Lauren Burgoon and Marisa Maldonado    Town governments have the chance for a fresh start with reorganization meetings next week. Just how fresh a start it will be varies with each municipality.    Among the three municipalities choosing new mayors, Millstone and Upper Freehold township committees likely will…

  • Hopewell Elementary students donate Giving Baskets

    Baskets given to area agencies Dec.16 By Ruth Luse    On Dec. 16, the students and staff of Hopewell Elementary School donated over 30 Giving Baskets to local agencies.    The students purchased items such as slipper socks, books, puzzles, games, slippers, gloves, personal hygiene products, cookies, candy, snack foods, crayons and coloring books throughout the first…

  • Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec. 29

    Columbus streetscape project looking good To the editor:    The other night I was driving into Columbus and seen our beautiful addition to the Streetscape Project. The clock tower was lit up in the dark sky and it looked outstanding. I would personality like to thank Marion Reeves and Ray Stupienski for all their hard work…

  • Middle school Santas

    Students give to help DYFS, SHIP families By:Donna Lukiw    Fourteen Hillsborough Middle School students played Santa on Dec. 22, loading a yellow school bus with toys and clothes for underprivileged families in the local area.    The students delivered 100 contractor bags filled with toys, clothes and shoes to the Samaritan Homeless Interim Program (SHIP) center…

  • Rock Me Amadeus

    The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra celebrates Mozart’s 250th birthday with a series of performances and related events throughout the state. By: Susan Van Dongen    There’s so much to discuss about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — especially since 2006 is the 250th anniversary of his birth — that it’ll take almost a month to properly pay tribute…

  • Union denounces consolidation plan

    Says layoffs could harm public safety (Dec. 29) By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — The township’s firefighters are criticizing a possible takeover of the fire district and its operations by the town, saying the proposal and expected accompanying layoffs "are a major safety concern."    "The bottom line is that we are talking about one engine and…

  • Township, school officials to begin Timberlane-area parking talks soon

    Proposed ordinance prohibiting parking along sections of Pennington-Titusville, Pennington-Harbourton and Scotch roads near Back Timberlane was sent back to drawing board during the Dec. 12 Hopewell Township Committee meeting By John Tredrea    Talks between Hopewell Township and school district officials on how to best regulate parking on three roads near the Back Timberlane athletic fields…