• Infection control and important health issue

    Larry Trenk,NJ Assocation of Ambulatory Surgery Centers     It’s easy for our attention to be diverted by serious world events — like the terrible oil leak down in the Gulf — but we can’t afford to forget about healthcare topics because they involve absolutely everyone.    Of particular concern these days is infection control. Whether a…

  • Spill a sign of need to end oil dependency

    Olivia Krzeminski, Hillsborough The recent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is quickly ranking up as one of the worst oil spills our country has had to face. Many are predicting it could prove to be worse than the Exxon Valdez spill that occurred in 1989, in which over 10 million gallons of…

  • ’Beyond the pale’

    Toby Rich, Ringoes     Until March of last year, I lived in West Amwell for 22 years. I would like to clear up the record for all of you who received a flyer last week from John Marshall saying that I was suing the township of West Amwell. Nothing could be further from the truth.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Volunteer says firefighting is ‘rewarding’

    By Brian Roach, Staff Writer    For Rollin Rathbun, being part of a volunteer fire company has always been about brotherhood – both in the firehouse and in the emergency services community.    So, when a group of Hillsborough Township Police Officers were planning a benefit motorcycle ride to honor the memory of Officer David Wilson, Mr.…

  • Taste of Crete in Hillsborough, NJ presents a New Class Offering Healthy Mediterranean Eating Tips

    By Brenda Sotolongo   The Heart-Healthy Magic of Eating the Mediterranean Way: Taste of Crete in Hillsborough, NJ presents a New Class Offering Healthy Mediterranean Eating Tips How to Lower Cholesterol and Improve Heart Health without Drugs or Drastic Dieting People with high cholesterol or other risk factors for heart disease or those  afraid of…

  • School cuts won’t be devastating to district

    Jason Feng, Rivendell Road    With everyone protesting the cuts in the school budget, I may be one of the few who believe that the Hillsborough education system is moving in the right direction.    There are many people who are fretting about the loss of opportunities for their children educationally, but the cuts in the system…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Robbinsville, UF, Allentown getting solar panels

       NEWARK — Later this month, PSE&G contractors will install about 90 pole-attached solar energy units in Robbinsville, about 40 panels in Upper Freehold and about 15 in Allentown.    The units will be placed on utility poles and street lights along main streets near area businesses and in residential neighborhoods. When the project is complete, the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Mixing messages

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Library event to launch summer, food drive programs    With a combination of music and charity, the library is hoping to bring in donations for the local food bank, while providing an afternoon of bluegrass music.    To help build up the local food bank’s supplies, and to kick of the library’s…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Gateway developer asks for delay in decision

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Although all testimony has been completed, the developer for the Gateway at Sunnymead project requested yet another adjournment of the decision at the June 10 Planning Board meeting to convert age-restricted residences to nonage-restricted ones because a settlement agreement between the township and the developer has not yet been completed.…

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