• Hopewell’s Playground Project fetes first birthday

       The Hopewell Park (Gazebo Park) playground was alive with the sounds of summer Friday evening.    Approximately 250 people, children of all ages, gathered to celebrate the completion of the community-built project that started more than two years ago.    ”It was (an) incredible (moment) to walk through the crowd and hear the sounds of children playing,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS alum leads Coast Guard ship in oil cleanup work

    HILLSBOROUGH: HHS alum leads Coast Guard ship in oil cleanup work

    By Nick Ameen, Special Writer    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s moments before dawn Monday, and a voice over the speaker system announces the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Alligator is heading home.    They’ve spent two weeks patrolling the Gulf of Mexico in support of the federal government’s BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. Alligator’s…

  • Accountability, enforcement needed in Gulf oil spill

    Robert Renner, Hillsborough I watch the oil slicks get larger and larger over the Gulf of Mexico. I see picture after picture of oil covered birds and the dead sea life washed ashore. I become angrier as each image passes before my eyes. How did this happen? How did it come to be that British…

  • CHS freshmen raise $1K for Haiti

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    In 15 days, Hopewell Valley Central High School’s freshman class reached its intial goal of raising $1,000 for Haiti, which sustained a devastating earthquake in January.    Buoyed by what class member Shoban Sabnis calls “the generosity of the community,” the freshman have decided to press ahead with raising money.    ”It…

  • Smoking tied to skin cancer

    Stephanie Simmons, LSW, EmPoWER Somerset On May 6, local educators, advocates, public leaders and community members gathered outside the Somerset County Historic Courthouse to attend “Safe Fun in the Sun.” This press conference was coordinated by the Somerset County Cancer Coalition, The Wellness Community of Central New Jersey, and The Somerset County Board of Chosen…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Man faces second DUI charge after accident outside court

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    John Dematteo, 40, of South Brunswick, was charged with driving while intoxicated following a car accident Tuesday outside South Brunswick Municipal Court, where he was headed for a hearing on a prior DUI summons he received in March, police said.    On Tuesday, Mr. Dematteo was headed to court for a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Graduates look toward bright futures

    SBHS graduation, Monday, 3 p.m., at Sun National Bank Arena, Trenton By Chelsea Radler, Staff Writer    Four years of hard work will pay off at next week’s graduation when South Brunswick High School recognizes the Class of 2010’s valedictorian, Rohan Katipally, and salutatorian, Nabgha Farhat.    Rohan will enroll in an eight-year program at Brown University…

  • GUEST COLUMN: What we should know about deer

    By Nora Sirbaugh    In seeking to better understand the problems related to our deer population, the best place to begin is by understanding the deer. Our Whitetail Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, is one of 30 known subspecies of whitetail deer. Current herds of whitetail were initially purchased and imported in the early 20th century to bolster…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS’ Liang surveys (and wins) math contest

    HILLSBOROUGH: HHS’ Liang surveys (and wins) math contest

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    A perfect score on a trigonometry test and completing the problems in 20 minutes added up to good news for Hillsborough High School senior Bufang Liang.    Bufang’s math skills won him the title of school and state champion in a competition hosted by the Society of Professional Surveyors, with the…

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