• A Princeton bridge too celebrated?

    Tim Pitts of Princeton    The news is good. The Rosedale bridge project is complete, and months of commuter anguish have come to an end. Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes and Township Mayor Bernie Miller attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday. According to reports, the leaders were delighted with the outcome of the project as…

  • ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’

    ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’

    This lighthearted comedy comes with a few dark edges and a deadpan irreverence Elise Nakhnikian THERE are already a lot of documentaries and a handful of fiction films about the American occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, ranging from the artful angst of Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure to the labored metaphors of John Cusack’s War…

  • Seniors corner

    Chapter A    Hillsborough Senior Citizens Chapter “A” meets the first Thursday of each month in the municipal building. We are open to new members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. allowing time to peruse the activities we have to offer and sign-up for those that appeal to you. The regular meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. After…

  • On Campus

       Matthew Leon, son of Gary and Lisa Leon of Hillsborough, has been accepted into Phi Eta Sigma, the national freshman honor society, at Salisbury University.    Mr. Leon, a 2006 graduate of Hillsborough High School, is a sophomore majoring in accounting. He is also a member of the school’s varsity football team.    Sheila Dave, of Hillsborough,…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: CHS girls cross country: All-weather winners

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    I was very glad, but not at all surprised, to see Hopewell Valley Central High School’s girls cross country team recaptured the Mercer County championship again this year.    They couldn’t have worked any harder to get it. I know that for sure.    My rounds take me to downtown Pennington every…

  • CRANBURY: Man does from swine flu

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, The Packet Group    The H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu, has claimed the life of a 42-year-old man, Middlesex County health officials said this week.    The man, who health officials said was from Cranbury, though they could not confirm his street address, was hospitalized for other medical conditions Oct. 19…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A night of taste

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A night of taste

    Cooper and Andrea Ford help themselves to the chicken made by Rolle’s American Bistro.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Event helps launch push for same-sex marriages

    HILLSBOROUGH: Event helps launch push for same-sex marriages

    Geoffrey Buchman (at right), of Flemington, and Mike Goldberg, of Hillsborough, draft letters while Karen Gaffney (in background), of Somerville, leaves a voicemail expressing her support of same-sex marriage. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • Start a second lacrosse team for HMS students

    Jack Boylan, Fairfield Lane    “What! I didn’t make the lacrosse team?” This is the start to a seventh-grader’s emotional break down because he didn’t make the middle school lacrosse team. He thought he did a good job. Now he feels like he did an erroneous job. He felt his passes were errant, his shots were…

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