• MANVILLE: Library show displays students’ best artwork

    MANVILLE: Library show displays students’ best artwork

    Ilene Gonzalez and Siobhan Flynn stand with their art work, and that of other Manville High School students. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Town’s finances given top rating

    By Gene Robbins, Managing     Outside experts put the township’s fiscal health as tiptop.     Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, an independent firm that evaluates agencies that borrow money, has raised its evaluation of Hillsborough Township ability to repay money as extremely high.     The rating means future township borrowing could likely see more bidders…

  • MANVILLE: Dividing East and West Jersey 350 years was our first subdivision

    The State We’re In column By Michele Byers, N.J. Conservation Foundation    Three hundred fifty years ago, a British royal decree created New Jersey’s first “subdivision,” the provinces of East Jersey and West Jersey.    But the Duke of York, who gave the land to two loyal friends, didn’t explain how to divide it.    That job fell…

  • HAMILTON: RWJ earns national recognition

    HAMILTON: RWJ earns national recognition

    The hospital’s intense focus on orthopedic care over the past five years mirrors the growing prevalence for joint replacement procedures in the U.S. and has led it to establish the Center for Orthopedic & Spine H HAMILTON — Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton has earned the Joint Commission’s certification for hip and knee replacement,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Paramount girl gymnasts compete in state meet

       Hillsborough Paramount athletes enjoyed a busy couple of weeks of USA Gymnastics competition.    The girls competed at the Twilight Knight Meet on March 8-9 at Rutgers.    In Level 7, Emma Thompson, competing in the 12-year-old age group, captured second place on bars (9.1), 5th on beam (8.925) and 4th place all around with a score…

  • Some very positive news about Bear Tavern School

    Deborah Zeller, Hopewell Township To the editor: As a longtime Hopewell Valley resident and longtime parent of children attending Bear Tavern Elementary School consecutively since 1999, I would like to share some very positive news about our beloved school.    What a special place our elementary school is, as especially demonstrated in the last month at…

  • Mark Parker, Author of the New Book Integrity, Examines Decline of Character and Ethics in Government and Society
  • MANVILLE: Borough must prepare for future of declining revenue

    To the editor:    I am running for a seat on town council so I can help my fellow Republicans make some well-needed changes, which will ensure Manville moves forward in a positive direction.    The points raised in Councilman (Richard) Onderko’s April 3 letter to the editor resonate with me. I live in the Lost Valley…

  • AREA: Leaders new new thinking on foreign policy approach

    To the editor:    Several weeks ago, I received an email from Congressman Lance. The email contained the results of a survey he had conducted regarding his constituents’ opinions regarding the provision of $1 billion in financial assistance to Ukraine. By more than a 2 to 1 margin, they opposed this assistance. However, immediately below the…

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