• HILLSBOROUGH: Kretz succeeds Dreves as library board’s leader

       The Hillsborough Public Library Advisory Board has elected Hillsborough resident Christine Kretz as its president for 2011. Ms. Kretz succeeds Carter Dreves, who served as president since 2007.    Since joining the board in 2003, Mr. Dreves has chaired the membership and publicity committees, served as its vice-president for two years and completed four consecutive terms…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rt. 206 bypass work requires road detours

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    Hillsborough Road, between Route 206 and Willow Road, is closed for several months beginning in late April/early May through October 2011 as part of the Route 206 bypass project.    The state Department of Transportation said a series of traffic pattern changes in the township were necessary because of the construction…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Open to interpretation: Steel sculpture puzzles passers-by

    ROBBINSVILLE: Open to interpretation: Steel sculpture puzzles passers-by

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Is it a bird? Is it a flame?    That’s what township residents were asking one another last week after Sharbell installed a 22-foot-tall steel sculpture by artist Littleton Alston on a Town Center parcel at the corner of Route 33 and Robbinsville-Edinburg Road.    ”I think it looks like…

  • PRINCETON: Gallagher helps Raiders slip past Stuart

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The youngest of four children in her family and the only girl, Kelsey Gallagher learned early to be tough.    ”It helped me with my competitive edge,” said the Hun School junior. “They’re actually pretty nice to me. Not always, but as big brothers go, they were certainly great influences…

  • LAWRENCE: Byrne reflects on politics

    By Lea Kahn    Former Gov. Brendan Byrne is the first to admit that he would have been satisfied to have spent his professional career as a state Superior Court judge — but then politics intervened.    He spoke candidly, and sometimes humorously, about his two terms as governor last week at Rider University. He was invited…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Le asks vote for fellow board member Haas

    We’ve all been guilty of voting for school board members with little knowledge of who they are and what they stand for so I feel compelled to take the liberty of sharing my knowledge of Judy Haas’ depth of experience and her untiring, unfailing efforts to apply that experience for the benefit of our school…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library programs for early May

    Library to show ‘The King’s Speech’ twice    Hillsborough’s public library will show the Oscar-winning film, “The Kings Speech,” twice in a week    This year’s “best movie” tells the story of King George VI as he struggles to overcome his speech stammer disability prior to a radio address to the British nation at the beginning of…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP:Nazi contingent at hotel brings out police

    By Amber Cox    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Patrol cars surrounded the Comfort Inn hotel on Route 206 over the weekend as a safety precaution as members of the largest neo-Nazi organization in the United States registered there from April 14 to 17 in anticipation of their Statehouse rally on April 16.    ”Township police learned that numerous…

  • MANVILLE: Two tried to steal metal, say Hillsborough police

       Kevin Burke and Robert Radcliffe, both from Manville, and Jerome Carr of Princeton were charged with theft and trespassing on April 4 for allegedly stealing scrap metal from a property on Old Camplain Road, Hillsborough.    The value of the theft was reported at $447. All three, all age 32, were released after processing.    Also, Hillsborough…

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