• MONTGOMERY: Administrator says no pesticide risk to schools

    By Geena Molinaro, Special Writer MONTGOMERY — A publication naming Orchard Hill Elementary School students at potential risk to pesticide exposure is incorrect, Business Administrator Tom Venanzi said on Thursday morning. The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit environmental research group based in Washington, D.C., published an article on Aug. 14 claiming students at 487 elementary…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local woman gives baby gift of life

    HILLSBOROUGH: Local woman gives baby gift of life

    By Chuck O’Donnell, Special Writer Jackie Makowicz turns away, not wanting to see the needle go into her arm. That nervous anticipation, that pinch when the skin is punctured and the sight of the collection bag as it runs red — it’s all but a small sacrifice for the Hillsborough homemaker. The Hillsborough resident isn’t…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Two jet skis in trailer reported taken

    A Hamilton Road resident reported Aug. 4 that a trailer containing two Jet Skis and accessories was reported stolen some time in the previous two weeks. The value of the stolen items was put at $17,764. In other reports: Two residents of Johanson Avenue and one on Taylor Avenue reported July 29 that their vehicles…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Pulling out all the stops
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Brush wins Wilkes-Barre Triathlon

    HILLSBOROUGH: Brush wins Wilkes-Barre Triathlon

    Hillsborough High graduate Steve Brush has developed into a top triathlete, winning the Wilkes-Barre Triathlon last Sunday.

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Greening New Jersey

    By Michele Byers    Much of the Garden State is green and leafy, thanks in large part to land preservation.    Check out a new interactive map to see the green in your community! You can find out if your town has been building new parks, protecting natural areas, preserving farms or saving historic sites.    For…

  • Regardless of color, aren’t we all related to each other?

    Amadeo F. D’Adamo Jr., Hillsborough  A relative of mine was recently shot to death with six bullets. Michael Brown was not my first cousin or my first cousin once removed or even my second cousin. He may have been my cousin 1,000 times removed, but he still was my cousin, and I mourn his…

  • HAMILTON: Remembering the fallen

    HAMILTON: Remembering the fallen

       Township war veterans traveled with the mayor to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Friday for a special ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.    Hamilton World War II Veteran Col. (Ret) Frank Caprario, who is also the president of the Hamilton Township Patriotic Committee, helped Mayor Kelly Yaede place a memorial wreath…

  • MONROE: Gorman leaving with Hamilton

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