• HILLSBOROUGH: Democrats won’t field candidate for local office

    Party hasn’t acted to remove Kole’s name; party in disarray By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Democrats apparently won’t field a candidate to challenge Mayor Frank DelCore for a Township Committee seat this fall.    Not only that, but the rift between two factions within the party appears to have grown wider, with no imminent conciliation.    A…

  • MANVILLE: Libertarian candidate makes his case

    Patrick McKnight is running for Assembly To the editor:    I am proud to announce I have accepted the Libertarian Party nomination for Assembly in the 16th District. It is my honor and privilege to represent the cause of freedom here in the Crossroads of the American Revolution.    I am a fourth-generation Skillman farmer and president…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Route 579 speed-limit clash leads to Nov. 5 vote

    Future ownership of a section of Bear Tavern Road is at stake By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A referendum on whether Hopewell Township should take over ownership of a portion of Bear Tavern Road (Route 579) — with an eye toward lowering the speed limit in front of Bear Tavern Elementary School — will be…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students take stage at Edinburgh festival

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students take stage at Edinburgh festival

    Four thespians experience city full of non-stop theater By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Four Hillsborough High School students absorbed a nearly ‘round-the-clock experience in Scotland at the largest international theater festival in the world in early August.    The students presented four of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s more than 20,000 productions put on in church basements,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: High school teachers’ resignations accepted

    Replacement data analyst hired     Resignations of three Hillsborough High School teachers were accepted at the Aug. 19 Board of Education meeting.     Christopher Maslonka, an English teacher, left July 24. He had been with the district since September 2004.     Erika Schulz, also an English teacher, has resigned effective Oct. 12, or sooner, if…

  • STOCKTON: Borough school begins classes on Sept. 4

    STOCKTON: Borough school begins classes on Sept. 4

    Katie Losch with her surprise “25-year cake.”

  • HILLSBOROUGH: On Syria, Lance and Holt may vote the same

    Two Congressmen take in the debate on Capitol Hill By Charles Kim and Gene Robbins, Packet Media Group    Congressmen Leonard Lance and Rush Holt may be on the same side in this one.    The two members of Congress will be asked next week to vote to authorize whether to authorize President Barack Obama to strike…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students take stage at Edinburgh festival

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students take stage at Edinburgh festival

    Hillsborough students, from left, Jess Roman, Kate Mochnacz, Lauren Wohlmacher and Henry Toke pause during their short window of promotional exposure on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh during the international Fringe Festival.

  • Mercer County Holocaust Center to Host Panel Discussion on 150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation

    Mercer County Holocaust Center to Host Panel Discussion on 150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation

    By Jim Gardner WEST WINDSOR – The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) will host a panel discussion offering diverse views and perspectives in recognition of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The discussion, held in cooperation with MCCC, the African/American Student Organization (AASO), and the New Jersey Commission…

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