• HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: DiCocco viewing, services scheduled

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer Standing for decades now all over the Hopewell Valley area and beyond is the legacy of the working life of builder Anthony DiCocco Sr., who passed away at age 89 at his Hopewell Township home Saturday. Among countless other projects, Mr. DiCocco built the Penningon Firehouse on Broemel Place in…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: CHS student among winners of Guardians of Good Contest

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: CHS student among winners of Guardians of Good Contest

    On July 18, Disney announced the five winners of the Marvel’s "Guardians Of The Galaxy"— Guardians of Good nationwide contest, which accepted applications from teens, ages 14-18, from June 11-29. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Marvel Studios, Dolby Laboratories and Visa Signature joined forces to support the contest in conjunction with the Aug. 1 release…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Walkathon to support ovarian cancer research

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    In the summer of 2007, Terry Veiga was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.    ”By the grace of God, I was one of only 10 percent of women that found the cancer while it was Stage I,” Ms. Veiga said. “After surgery and six rounds of chemotherapy I am now cancer…

  • Scientific Revolution or Freaky Science? Genetic Cross-Species Experiment Results in Human Shark-like Teeth

    By 1888PressRelease 1888PressRelease – Filmmaker Kit Farrell seeks interview subjects for documentary film profiling revolutionary discoveries in interspecies genetic research. Filmmaker Kit Farrell has begun production on "Who Am I?", a feature documentary to explore transgenic experimentation currently underway in labs around the world. Fascinated by the potential for cures as well as the possibility…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Postman plans to run ‘100 Laps of Healing’

    HILLSBOROUGH: Postman plans to run ‘100 Laps of Healing’

    Round and round he’ll go By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Hillsborough postman Bill Mather plans to run a 26.2-mile marathon on Aug. 17 without ever being more than 400 meters from where he started. That’s because he’ll go around and around the Hillsborough High School track for 100 laps, racking up the miles and toting…

  • LAWRENCE: Town to auction surplus

    By Lea Kahn, Special Writer Looking for a Ford pickup truck? How about a Caterpillar backhoe? Maybe a portable tree stand for the deer hunter? Why not a Motorola portable radio or a semi-automatic heart defibrillator — without batteries? Or perhaps a fax machine or a camcorder? Those are among the items that will be…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Three administrators hired by schools

    Board of Education members on July 22 approved the administrative appointments of three individuals with ties to Hillsborough Township Public Schools. Peggy Valenti was named the district supervisor of visual and performing arts/family and consumer science, Michael Davis as the district’s assistant athletic director, and Jennifer Battista as the new vice principal at Auten Road…

  • LAWRENCE: Community enjoys its night out

    LAWRENCE: Community enjoys its night out

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Sitting on a jump seat in the cab of the big red fire engine, Chadd Dillid looked around as volunteer firefighter Kyle Collins explained "how things work." After a few minutes, Mr. Collins asked the 6-year-old boy if he wanted to get down from the fire engine. Shaking his head,…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: St. John’s church renovation is on schedule

    LAMBERTVILLE: St. John’s church renovation is on schedule

    Victoria Christiana, originally from Romania and now from Pittsburgh, applies a faux marble finish on one of the columns in the St. John the Evangelist Church sanctuary.

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