• A taste of spring on a central New Jersey safari

    Guest Column • David Wheeler Just as wildlife awakens from their hibernations and dormant slumbers, many of us are ready to trade in our winter doldrums for a chance to get outside and enjoy nature this spring. In central New Jersey, the options are endless. From migrating hawks and nesting raptors to snakes and spring…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Voters choose Fried, Calcagno, McGowan

    Walter. Brown, Edwards easily defeated By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — Mayor Dave Fried and the two Planning Board members he supported for Township Council won easy election over his challenger, Councilwoman Sonja Walter, and two political newcomers seeking two council seats in Tuesday’s nonpartisan election. Mr. Fried won his second, four-year term with…

  • SAFE in Hunterdon Announces 2009 Golf Outing

    By SAFE in Hunterdon SAFE in Hunterdon will be holding its third golf outing on June 30th, 2009, this time at Copper Hill Country Club in Flemington, NJ. A Helping Hands, Healing Hearts event, SAFE in Hunterdon’s Golf Outing will raise funds for the agency’s critical programs and services while providing participants with an extraordinary…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Volleyball team stays hot

    Boys set for run in states by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    It was only a matter of time before the Hillsborough High boys’ volleyball team got rolling.    After some early season inconsistency, the Raiders have started to assert themselves by winning more 2-0 matches. They won most of their April matches but often had to…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Election ballots list wrong polling place

    By Mellisa F. Gaffney, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — The sample ballots for District 2 voters in today’s nonpartisan election for mayor and two seats on the Township Council listed the wrong polling place, according to the township Web site. District voters must go to the Senior Citizens Center on Route 130, adjacent to the library.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sloppy play costs baseball team

    Raiders eliminated from county tourney by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    The Hillsborough High baseball team is having trouble putting everything together this season. Now that the team is starting to hit the ball, the pitching and defense have fallen apart.    The Raiders lost two wild games last week at HealthQuest Park in Flemington. The bats…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Hustle teams win titles

    YOUTH SOFTBALL    The Hillsborough Hustle 10U girls’ softball team started its season by winning the first three games and Hustle’s annual Spring Thaw championship. Teams from New Jersey and New York competed in the April 25 tournament at the Singley Softball Complex.    The girls started the tournament with a big win against West Milford Extreme.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Family night planners ask who’s smarter than a seventh-grader

       Hillsborough families are invited to the 11th Annual Family Night entitled “Household Killers: Are You Smarter than a 7th Grader?” sponsored by Student Leadership Corps (SLC), 7:30 – 9 p.m. May 21 in the Hillsborough Middle School Cafeteria.    SLC is a group of seventh and eighth-grade students who serve as peer educators to promote a…

  • PRINCETON: EPA touts green jobs to university audience

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, laid out her plans to fight for environmental justice for low-income Americans and use so-called green jobs to help reinvigorate the economy during a Friday speech at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University.    Ms. Jackson, who holds a graduate…

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