• Coping with Caregiver Stress

    Coping with Caregiver Stress

    The Elms of Cranbury rehabilitation and nursing home hosts family functions throughout the year, which can help alleviate the anxiety caregivers fell after placing a loved one into a full-time facility.

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Report cards tell school officials how students are doing

    Assessment reports recently released by the New Jersey Department of Education By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    School “report cards” and statewide assessment reports of schools recently were released by the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE).    The report cards contain detailed statistical profiles of all public schools in the state in the areas of school…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Matthew Johnson, 23, of Hampton, was charged with driving while intoxicated, failure to maintain his lane and driving on a suspended license after he was pulled over for drifting into the shoulder on Route 206 at 12:57 a.m. Feb. 7.    Mr. Johnson was taken into custody after he failed several field sobriety tests. At police…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: It’s ‘J’ without the ‘PB’ after recall

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Nut cones and peanut butter crackers, affected by possible salmonella contamination, were pulled distribution before reaching cafeterias at Hillsborough High School and Hillsborough Middle School, a representative from the district’s food service provider said.    Sodexo, the district’s food service provider, separated all foods containing peanuts or peanut parts following the…

  • Candidate launches school board bid on Facebook

    David Wald, Bywater Court    My name is David Wald, I am a resident of Hillsborough and announcing my candidacy for the Board of Education.    Born and raised in Union County, my wife Carolyn and I moved to Hillsborough in early 2002 to enjoy the “Good Life.” When deciding where in Somerset County to move to,…

  • LAWRENCE: O’Rourke: payback and district title

    LAWRENCE: O’Rourke: payback and district title

    Mike Schwartz Lawrence High’s Tommy O’Rourke defeated Notre Dame’s John Merritt, 4-0, to win the District 17 title at 130 pounds. Photo by mssphoto.com

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Driver in crash facing trial

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A Somerset woman charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Kylie Pinheiro, of Dayton, in a two-car crash in December 2007 will head to trial after a plea deal was unable to be reached with the Middlesex County prosecutor’s office.    Kimberly Green, 33, was indicted in April 2008…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts help put soldiers at ease

    HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts help put soldiers at ease

    Hillsborough Scouts helped greet troops at Ft. Dix returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of Tom Columbia

  • MANVILLE: Three charged after undercover officer hit by vehicle

    MANVILLE: Three charged after undercover officer hit by vehicle

    An undercover officer was seriously injured when he was struck by a vehicle on South Main Street. Staff photo by John Patten

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