• HILLSBOROUGH: GOP incumbent withdraws from Assembly race

    Hillsborough’s Ciattarelli will run as write-in for nomination By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    A funny thing happened to Assemblywoman Denise Coyle on her way to her re-election bid.    She found it would be very difficult to sell her house and relocate her family.    So she has withdrawn from the race, forcing Republicans in the redrawn…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Alleged robber used baseball bat to threaten store employee, police say

    Man also charged in theft less than a week earlier    Police have charged a Hillsborough 20-year-old man with robbery for allegedly wielding an aluminum baseball bat to take cash from the Philly Pretzel Factory at about 7:30 a.m. Monday.    In fact, when police charged Julian Moreno, 20, of Regents Court, they filed a second complaint.…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Nonprofit to purchase mobile home park

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — A Hamilton-based nonprofit, Allies Inc., has signed a contract to purchase Mercer Mobile Homes park, effectively ending a protracted legal battle between the residents and landlord over rent control and sewer repairs.    Allies Inc. will pay the mobile home park’s owner, Larry Kaufman, $5.5 million, with $2.1 million…

  • MANVILLE: Candidates offer final thoughts

    MANVILLE: Candidates offer final thoughts

    Voters to select three for board of ed By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    With only six days left until the school board election and the budget vote on April 27, the candidates are doing their last-minute campaigning for their chance for a seat on the school board. Six candidates are vying for the three…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Take the time to vote Wednesday

       Once again, a reminder: Next Wednesday, residents will decide the fate of the school budget and choose who will represent them on the Board of Education.    School leaders have an abiding faith that the tax levy would be approved if only a decent percentage of voters participated. At every budget presentation, Hillsborough Superintendent Jorden Schiff…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: David Wald asks for support in school board election

    My name is David Wald and I am a candidate for the Hillsborough Board of Education.    I was born and raised in Union County and moved to Hillsborough in early 2002.    My wife Carolyn and I chose Hillsborough in 2002 due to the excellent school system and its curriculum. We have two boys; they attend…

  • MANVILLE: Ballplayers begin newest season

    MANVILLE: Ballplayers begin newest season

    Although the weather did not cooperate and allow a full slate of games, it did not stop John Shabaugh of the Angels from having an Opening Day hot dog. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Auten Road School to host Holocaust program

       From 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Auten Road Intermediate School is hosting two guest speakers in a program about the Holocaust and World War II.    Hedy Brasch, a Hungarian survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and Harry Ettlinger, an “About Facer,” who escaped from Nazi Germany and then returned to Germany to fight with…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jerry Liu chosen as National Merit Scholar

       Hillsborough High School senior Jerry Liu has been selected as a National Merit scholar.    His probable career field is listed as engineering.    He won the scholarship sponsored by the health care company Bristol-Myers Squibb, which annually awards scholarships to children of full-time employees.    This is the first announcement of National Merit Scholars for this year.…

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