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  • Puma insists Raiders not rebuilding

    HHS boys expect to win with new cast By: Rudy Brandl        Most coaches would call for a rebuilding season after losing nine starters to graduation. Hillsborough High boys’ soccer coach Eric Puma isn’t one of them.    Puma acknowledges that his almost all-new varsity squad will have to come together and grow into a unit,…

  • Programs, curriculum eyed for waysto raise students’ test scores

    Math programs under scrutiny for improvements By:Donna Lukiw    In an effort to raise test scores in the Manville School District, Board of Education members and Barbara Popp, curriculum specialist, are considering restructuring the math curriculum, as well as evaluating the curriculum in each grade level.    But in the meantime, there are three after-school programs available…

  • Leaves of Grass

    Artists celebrate Walt Whitman in media from metal, photography, textiles and woodwork to dirt and grass. By: Susan Van Dongen    Like Charles Dickens, whose Hard Times captured the darker side of the Industrial Revolution, Walt Whitman deplored the fact that the spirit of idealistic America was being overshadowed by industrialization and the focus on commerce.…

  • Democrats announce second candidate

    Millstone Democrats select Frank Cotter to run alongside current Committeman Bill Nurko in the Nov. 8 election. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — Only two months before the November election, Millstone Democrats have selected their second candidate to round out the party ticket.    Frank Cotter will run alongside current Committeeman Bill Nurko in the election. The…

  • Township to dedicate memorial to 9-11 victims

    Victims will be honored at dedication of township’s Remembrance Fountain. By: Joseph Harvie    Three residents who lost their lives on Sept. 11 will be honored Sunday during a dedication ceremony for the township’s Remembrance Fountain, located to the left of the main entrance of the municipal building.    Township and county officials will speak at the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A Capricorn Drive resident reported to police that the rims and tires on his 2005 black Honda Civic had been stolen at 9:33 a.m. Aug. 31.    Police noticed that his car was parked on the south side of Capricorn Drive in a parking lot in a low visibility area. The car had two cinder…

  • Americans will respond in time of need

    EDITORIAL    Whenever and wherever disaster strikes, Americans are always quick to respond. Whether it’s a terrorist attack on our nation’s largest city or a devastating tsunami halfway around the world, our natural inclination is to pitch in and help in any way we can — with donations of money, food, clothing or, if we can…

  • Cold drinks turn to cash for American Red Cross

    By day’s end, Pennington girls had collected $121.02, which was donated online to the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina victims. By John Tredrea    It was Labor Day. It also was just two days before the first day of school. And the weather was perfect.    What you would naturally expect from five grade-school girls at such…

  • Angelo Crisci II

    By:    MANVILLE — Angelo L. Crisci II died Sept. 2 at Somerset Medical Center. He was 55.    Born in New Brunswick, he lived in Raritan before moving to Manville five years ago.    Surviving are his wife, Susan (Hamernick) Crisco of Manville; four sons, Dominick, Angelo L. III, Vincent and Anthony of Manville; one daughter, Brenda…