• HILLSBOROUGH: Staff cuts mark start of school year

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Hillsborough Schools are prepared to open Tuesday, though with 66 fewer staff members than last year after aid reductions and a failed school budget forced the district to cut positions.    The reductions included six intermediate school teachers, 16 elementary school teachers, 14 middle school teachers and eight high school teachers.…

  • Senior Corner

    Chapter A     Hillsborough Senior Citizens Chapter A meets the first Thursday of each month at 12:30 p.m. in the municipal building. We are open to new members. At our last meeting, we welcomed eight new members, six of whom are guys and our president cheered since most of our members are ladies. Doors open…

  • Catholic Bible Series Offered by Diocese of Metuchen

    By Joanne Ward The Diocese of Metuchen will offer a seven-session faith formation series entitled, “The Bible: Root of our Catholic Faith.” Sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Catechesis, the program is designed to help Catholics better understand their biblical foundations and to explore Catholic beliefs, as found in – or as “rooted in” –…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local girl victim of fatal one-car crash

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    An 11-year-old Hillsborough girl was pronounced dead at the scene of a Montgomery Road car accident from injuries sustained during the Sunday crash, according to Hillsborough Township police.    In addition, her 17-year-old sister, who was driving the car, needed to be transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in…

  • Miele launches the pet lover’s dream cleaning tool

    Miele launches the pet lover’s dream cleaning tool

    Miele debuts new vacuum cleaner making pet clean-ups easier.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Church group connects with children in Haiti

    HILLSBOROUGH: Church group connects with children in Haiti

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Monfort Road resident Alena D’Auria knew the images of post-earthquake Haiti from seeing them on television and on the Internet following the Jan. 20 quake. But spending a week rebuilding houses and parts of an orphanage in Calabasse, a town outside Port-Au-Prince, brought the disaster home, she said.    ”One thing…

  • LAWRENCE: Detox center plan draws neighborhood opposition

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer        LAWRENCE — A proposed detoxification center on Federal City Road has pitted neighbors against the property owner, amid fears of crime and the spector of drug- and alcohol-addicted clients roaming the Federal Hill and the Traditions at Federal Point neighborhoods.    But John Simone, a principal in the Simone Investment Group…

  • LAWRENCE: Local teens have an ‘American Idol Experience’

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, The Packet Group    A trip to Disney World is a dream come true for many young persons. For Avery Epstein of Princeton and her friend Taylor Blanton of Lawrenceville, the dream came true, along with an unexpected role in the park’s “American Idol Experience” and a chance to audition for the hit…

  • PBSN Singles Dance and Social, Brookside Manor, Feasterville, PA – Friday, September 24

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