• NOVEMBER ELECTION UPDATE

    Lieutenant governor is topic League of Women Voters of Hopewell Valley  SINCE WILLIAM LIVINGSTON won election in a vote by lawmakers in 1776, those running for New Jersey governor have run alone.    If the governor died, resigned or left the state for vacation, the Senate president stepped in to run the state.    But all this…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Islamic celebrations find temporary home

    HILLSBOROUGH: Islamic celebrations find temporary home

    Dilshad Khawaja (at left), board member of the Muslim Center of Somerset County, and center member Masoud Tehami (second right) greet Township Committee members Gloria McCauley and Anthony Ferrera at the Ramadan festivities last week. Photo courtesy of Dilshad Khawaja

  • HILLSBOROUG: Soccer teams excited about season

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    The Hillsborough High boys and girls soccer teams enter their 2009 seasons with a mix of youth and optimism.    The Raider girls open the season by hosting Immaculata 3:45 p.m. Friday. The boys kick off their season at the same time on the road at Immaculata.    ”We had some…

  • CRANBURY: DEP approves Viridian cleanup of munitions site

    Redevelopment of Unexcelled tract to go to Planning Board By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The state Department of Environmental Protection approved a remediation plan for a former munitions site, removing one barrier to redeveloping the nearly 400-acre property.    Viridian Partners, a Colorado-based company that specializes in redeveloping contaminated industrial sites, announced Thursday that…

  • MANVILLE: Classmates mark 50th birthdays at Gatto’s

    MANVILLE: Classmates mark 50th birthdays at Gatto’s

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Members of Manville High School’s Class of 1977 didn’t exactly party like it’s 1977, but about 50 members of the class and their spouses did get together to mark the 50th birthdays for many in the class.    The 50th birthday party was held on Aug. 15 at Gatto’s Sports…

  • MANVILLE: VFW post named ‘All American’

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Fred Gorbatuk, former commander for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290, walked hesitantly to the podium at the annual VFW State Convention in Wildwood, in June, under the assumption that he would receive a new jacket to commemorate the post being recommended as an “All American Post.”    But when…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Gary Prato II, 18, of Foster Street, was charged with obstructing justice after he yelled at police after a friend was stopped for a motor vehicle violation on Route 206 at 12:20 a.m. Aug. 28.    According to police, Christopher Martin, 19, of Somerville, was stopped as he drove down Route 206 on his motorcycle because…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Islamic celebrations find temporary home

    HILLSBOROUGH: Islamic celebrations find temporary home

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Hillsborough sites hosting Ramadan prayers and feasts    It may not yet have a permanent place, but for a little more than two weeks, the Muslim Center of Somerset County (MCSC) found a temporary home in the municipal building for its celebration of the month of Ramadan.    ”Over the past years,…

  • MANVILLE: School emergency system alerts parents

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Manville parents can opt to have early dismissal, emergency closing and other messages from the public schools sent to their e-mail in-boxes, cell phones or home phones, once they register for the instant alert system the district purchased this year.    ”It’s fast, it’s convenient, you can do alerts by different…

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