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  • A hard first day

    The first day of kindergarten can be scary. The new kindergarten classes arrived at Slackwood Elementary School on Tuesday. Some tearfully parted with parents and family members while others couldn’t wait to start school. Cecilia Palmisano, 5, shed a few unhappy tears while her grandmother Dorothy Glew gave her a pep talk. Later, her new…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    ‘Megabase’ could impact school district To the editor:    Ater reading the article, "Jersey megabase would be unique," appearing in the Burlington County Times on Friday, Aug. 26, I am quite concerned about the future impact there will be on the Northern Burlington County Regional School District student enrollment.    The military dependents from the McGuire Air…

  • Stephanie Zabawa

    By:    MANVILLE — Stephanie Zabawa died Sept. 3 in the Raritan Health & Extended Care Center in Raritan. She was 97.    Born in Bayonne, she lived in Manville for more than 70 years.    Mrs. Zabawa was a homemaker.    Her son, Edmund Zabawa, died in 2003.    Surviving are a daughter, Jean Knoblock of Mesico; a sister,…

  • MHS boys expect to contend

    Brozyna leads soccer team By: John E. Powers        The challenge last year for the Manville High School boys’ soccer team was to adjust to the graduation of their top scorer Erick Jimenez. This year, the team will open at defending Mountain Valley Conference Sky Division champion Jonathan Dayton in Springfield Friday with another, expected…

  • Township to remove contaminated soil from Municipal Building

    The contaiminated soil was found near an old fuel pump and underneath the former township Police Department headquarters. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Lawrence Township Council introduced a $21,000 bond ordinance to pay for the excavation and removal of contaminated soil discovered during the demolition phase of the Municipal Building expansion and renovation project.    The council…

  • Everyone feeling pinch at the pumps

    As gas prices soar, motorists, merchants, local officials consider how they’ll cope. By: LInda Seida    New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey and Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett are joining forces with their counterparts in more than 30 other states to investigate the cause of rising gas prices and the possibility of price gouging in…

  • Meeting to follow principal’s reception

    Tuesday’s school board agenda includes discussion of class sizes, staff assignments By:Donna Lukiw    Before the Sept. 13 Board of Education meeting, board members, parents and the public will gather a half hour earlier at Roosevelt School to welcome Roosevelt’s new principal, Michael Magliacano.    Mr. Magliacano, is a resident of Mountainside, and earned his master’s degree…

  • Hunt ends for Janicki

    Body found on grounds of psychiatric hospital. By: Melissa Hayes    The body of the 22-year-old Dayton man who had been missing since last week from a state psychiatric hospital, where he was being held for stabbing his father to death, was found on the facility’s grounds Tuesday.    Two Trenton Psychiatric Hospital employees found the body…

  • Millstone Day to benefit town youth

    Millstone Day promises fun, games, pony rides and former New York Giant Joe Klecko on Sept. 18. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — Millstone Day, the community’s annual gathering of games, food and fun, is on tap for Sept. 18.    This year the offerings will be familiar to regular attendees. Families can enjoy pony rides, arts…