• MANVILLE: Claremont area focus of borough’s upcoming road overlay projects

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The Department of Public Works (DPW) Committee has laid out plans for a 2009 Street Overlay Project with particular emphasis on those roads that were not repaired earlier because of the cleanup work being done by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Rustic Mall.    According to DPW Director Phil…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School district earns money though use of solar energy

    New solar energy systems at Timberlane and Bear Tavern garnered money for the district. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District recently collected $28,571 in revenue under the state’s Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) program, which rewards businesses, homeowners and others for producing clean energy.    New solar energy systems at Timberlane…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Jim Rigel: A man who can do almost anything

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Jim Rigel: A man who can do almost anything

    Jim Rigel, left, and Jeff Griesemer harmonize during "Friends of Jim Rigel" at Pennington Presbyterian Church Aug. 12. Well over 100 people were on hand to hear Mr. Rigel perform with three bands with which he’s played bass for many years. Mr. Griesemer is a member of one of those bands, Mountain View. Members of…

  • New Snowboard/Ski Academy Launches – 365 days of Skiing per year

    By John Heitkemper John Heitkemper (503) 294-3010 ext 222 [email protected] WINDELLS ACCREDITED, NOW OFFERING YEAR-ROUND RIDING AND EDUCATION Windells Academy offers educational instruction, personalized tutoring, action sports coaching and unparalled facilities. MT HOOD, OR – July 2009 – The funnest place on earth, just became the smartest place on earth. Windells camp is now offering…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: New survey shows drop in drug use

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Drug use by Hillsborough High School students is down, according to the results of an anonymous survey on drug and alcohol use presented at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. The results prompted board members to ask whether the district’s Random Drug Test policy impacted drug and alcohol use.    The…

  • MANVILLE: Keeping it fresh

    MANVILLE: Keeping it fresh

    Yostina and Eman Fawzy, and Amthal Mankarious (left to right), present some of the fresh produce available at The Manville Farm. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • PENNINGTON: Farmers’ market moments

    PENNINGTON: Farmers’ market moments

    Regular Saturday event in Pennington Shopping Center lot Staff photos by Phil McAuliffe Pennington Farmers Market, which is set up on Saturdays in the Pennington Shopping Center, is open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Budget OK’d; no cap waiver needed

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — It seems the borough will not need a budget waiver after all, because officials said this week that they were able to cut the $50,000 they needed to be within the state-imposed tax-levy cap after a closer examination of the cost of employee health benefits.    That was the…

  • MANVILLE: And to think it all started with a sea nymph

    MANVILLE: And to think it all started with a sea nymph

    By Bob Kaminski, Special Writer One man’s misadventures in tuna fishing    How did I get to this point?    This past weekend after a failed bait run at 3:30 a.m., 12 hours trolling with no hook ups or even knock downs, broken gear, frazzled nerves and a crew of people not speaking to each other on…

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