• HILLSBOROUGH: ‘Most active’ volunteers honored

    HILLSBOROUGH: ‘Most active’ volunteers honored

    The Board of Fire Commissioners presented 40 of Hillsborough’s most active volunteer fire fighters with sweatshirts to note their accomplishments for the year. Photo courtesy of Dave Raymond

  • River flood-control report is met with skepticism

    The document was released by the Delaware River Basin Commission By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    An advocacy organization has condemned a flood-control report recently released by the Delaware River Basin Commission, calling it “junk science.”    Aquatic Conservation Unlimited, which operates in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, is questioning the accuracy of…

  • MANVILLE: New grill features organic, fresh foods

    MANVILLE: New grill features organic, fresh foods

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    It’s a new restaurant in an old spot, and, for John and Alyse Prudente, owners of the Riverside Grill, the goal is to capture the feeling of the hometown luncheonette.    ”It (the Riverside Grill) was Bea’s luncheonette for 52 years,” Ms. Prudente said. “We’re just trying to bring that back.”…

  • Hog wash

    Richard Green, Lambertville     The difference between true social insurance and the individual mandate proposed by Congress in the new health care legislation is this: Social insurance is paid through your taxes. Similar to Social Security, it is a benefit. It is a protection our government provides.    But the individual mandate in the health care…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       A Wallace Boulevard resident reported someone stole five landscaping bushes from the west side of her swimming pool between Dec. 11 and Dec. 18.    The bushes were valued at $35 each.    A worker with Country Classics reported someone stole items from three different trailers used to store tools and supplies for contractors and subcontractors and…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: The Christmas crossing

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: The Christmas crossing

    Phil McAuliffe Revolutionary War troops use Durham boats to get from Pennsylvania to the Titusville area on Christmas Day.

  • MANVILLE: Board OKs stipends for teachers to tend students after classes

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Though parents picking up Weston School students late is not a common problem, the district approved two teachers to supervise any students not picked up for half-an-hour after school dismisses.    ”This is not something we are going to advertise,” District Superintendent Johanna Ruberto said during the board’s Dec. 15 meeting.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State to open first bypass bids Jan. 14

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Bids for the first 1.5-mile section of the Route 206 bypass project — between the Amwell and Hillsborough roads intersection — are expected to be opened on Jan. 14.    According to New Jersey Department of Transportation Press Officer Tim Greeley, this portion of the bypass will have one travel lane…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Play reconnects students with a favorite story

    HILLSBOROUGH: Play reconnects students with a favorite story

    Caroline Pappalardo, as the Velveteen Rabbit, gets inspected by “wild rabbits” Sarah Turck (behind Caroline) Jessica Conlon and Lizzie O’Gorman, and Shannon McCray (standing). Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

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