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HILLSBOROUGH: Student-athletes signal college intentions
Several Hillsborough High School athletes have put their signature to paper signifying their intent to compete at the college level. In exchange they’ll receive at least some scholarship aid. Making their decision were: – Celia Terreri to play girls’ lacrosse at Winthrop University; — Gianna Napoletano for girls lacrosse at the University of Cincinnati; …
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HILLSBOROUGH: Don’t overuse road salt and protect water quality
To the editor: Winter is approaching. And the citizens of Hillsborough know what that means — snow, and possibly lots of it. Each year, when Mother Nature blankets the streets with snow, the township authorities blanket the snow with salt. The United States dumps 20 million tons of salt on snow-covered roadways annually. And…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Boy Scouts toast work of Horner, Simon tonight
Boy Scouts of America, Patriots’ Path Council were to honor Hillsborough Rotarian Joe Horner and Assemblywoman at the “Toast to Scouting” awards dinner scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Bridgewater Manor. Other honorees are Freeholder Mark Caliguire, Caesar DePaço and the husband-and-wife team of Arthur Graham and Kathy Ohleth. The six will be recognized…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Fire trucks will bring Santa to kids
Santa is coming to Hillsborough neighborhoods. He’ll make a special pre-holiday visit to neighborhoods, escorted by township fire fighters, on upcoming weekends. The fire fighters will give Rudolph and the other reindeer who pull the sleigh the weekend to rest, and the volunteers will transport Santa on one of their fire trucks. Have your cameras…
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HOPEWELL: Robots teach more than technology
Editor’s note: This piece was written by Infinity team’s coach, Sharon Kiefer. ‘Twas the night before the First Lego League competition and all through the Levines’ garage not a creature was stirring — except the Infinity robotics team from Hopewell. Dominic Guarino, Jimmy Kiefer, Henry Stanton, Jack Spagnoletti and Andrew Levine, a group of 7th…
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MERCER COUNTY: Culinary arts academy planned to open next fall
The Mercer County Technical School District intends to launch a full-time, four-year Academy of Culinary Arts in September 2016. The Academy of Culinary Arts, located at the Arthur R. Sypek Center on Bull Run Road in Hopewell Township, will provide Mercer County high school students with an academically challenging and rigorous curriculum. Students will work…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Mock ‘birthday party’ Sunday for Doris Duke
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Objectors to the demolition of the Doris Duke’s residence on the 2,500-acre estate in northern Hillsborough will hold a symbolic birthday party on Sunday, Dec. 6, rain or shine, at 1 p.m. members for Doris Duke’s 103rd birthday at Duke Island Park, Oak Grove Pavilion, Bridgewater Township. Ms. Duke was…
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PRINCETON: Consultant recommends historic status for Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The homes in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood are not as grand or as quaint as those in the Mercer Hill or Bank Street local historic districts, but a consultant who has studied the neighborhood believes it deserves local historic district status. Monday night, consultant Wise Preservation Planning LLC made a case…
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PRINCETON: Bainbridge House will be renovated into office and event space (Updated)
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Historic Bainbridge House on Nassau Street will be turned into office and event space and an information center for cultural goings on, said Princeton University, the owner of the 18th-century building. The school said Wednesday that it planned to renovate what used to be a private residence and later…
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