• HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Lee Owens, 29, of Hamilton Road, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance after police pulled him over for talking on his cell phone while driving on Hamilton Road at 1:40 p.m. Feb. 4.    Mr. Owens was taken into custody after police found an empty pill box in the center console and three…

  • MANVILLE: MHS boys hoops showing improvement

    By John Beisser, Special Writer    The Manville high boys basketball team has shown steady improvement throughout the season and are playing a much more competitive brand of basketball than they did at the outset of the season.    The improved play has not been reflected in the Mustangs’ overall record, which, entering the week stood at…

  • Conceived in Liberty

    Conceived in Liberty

    As Abraham Lincoln interpreter, Christian Johnson succeeds by thinking like the 16th president By Adam Grybowski ABRAHAM Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on the first day of 1863. More than 100 years later, when the National Archives put the famous document on display, Lincoln again appeared alongside it, in a sense.    A Lincoln interpreter named…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township briefs

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Township OKs land parcel    In keeping with the terms of a 2003 Planning Board approval for the Toll Brother’s Hillsborough Chase non-contiguous cluster development, the Township Committee unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance Tuesday to accept a 42-acre property on New Centre Road.    Committeeman Bob Wagner did not attend…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Storm aftermath

    LAMBERTVILLE: Storm aftermath

    Phil McAuliffe Mechanic Kyle Robinson and Arounkone Sananikone, owner of Pure Energy Cycling & Java in Lambertville, puts bike tires around the neck of Kwashi the Cycling snowman on Saturday.

  • Senior corner

       The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. every second Thursday of the month at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 located on Washington Avenue. The club is open to new members who are residents of Manville, age 60 and older, and age 55 if disabled.    Canned goods or non-perishable food items will continue…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Fire district elections slated for Saturday

    From 2-9 p.m. in all three towns By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Saturday is fire district election day throughout New Jersey.    Each of Hopewell Valley’s three towns — Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington — is also a fire district so elections will be held in all three from 2 to 9 p.m.    In Hopewell…

  • LETTERS: The myth of Canada’s health-cre supremacy

    Harold V. Kane, Monroe    On Feb. 11, former President Bill Clinton was admitted to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City with chest pains. His cardiac surgeon inserted two stents to prop open a clogged artery. Mr. Clinton stayed overnight for observation and was released. Mr. Clinton will not be alone, as up to a half…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: RoboRaiders set to launch 15th season

       The Hillsborough High School RoboRaiders will begin the 2010 competitive season March 5 at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, beginning their 15th season at the New Jersey Regional Robotics Competition.    The competition is organized by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), which was founded by inventor Dean Kamen to promote…

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