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  • Trash sticker fees may double in 2005

    North Hanover Township Committee approved the introduction of an ordinance that would increase the annual sticker fee that residents must pay to bring trash to the facility from $25 to $50 each year. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — The cost residents pay to take their trash to the township-owned waste facility at Meany Road…

  • Manville High Fall Sports Awards

    Highlights from the fall season at MHS By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High’s winter varsity athletic teams will have the challenge of producing the first winning record of the school year. The MHS football, soccer and cross country teams all finished with sub-.500 marks this fall.    The jayvee football team went 6-3, but this seasonal column…

  • Robbinsville shoots off a new Rec basketball season

       The Robbinsville Basketball Association (RBA), formally known as Washington Township Basketball Association (WTBA) opened its eighth season this past weekend.    The league has grown from 180 kids eight years ago, to 640 last year, and now has 665 kids, for grades 1st through 8th.    GIRLS 1-2 Martinez Remaxers played a great game against Foxmoor Friendly’s…

  • Skip the mall

    Shoppers find variety, novelty in Main Street businesses By:Emily Craighead    Malls may offer variety and online stores convenience, but the stores on Manville’s Main Street are offering up their unique charm this holiday season, a bit like the jewelry in Tom McDonald’s store.    "It makes it special to have pieces you can scour all the…

  • Principal eyes move to Hopewell district

    The principal of Peter Muschal Elementary School in Bordentown Township may move to the Stony Brook Elementary School in Pennington. By: William Wichert    The principal of Peter Muschal Elementary School in Bordentown Township may soon be heading out of town to a new job with the Hopewell Valley Regional School District in Mercer County.    At…

  • Obituaries-Dec. 9, 2004

    Margaret Schmutz    LAMBERTVILLE — Margaret T. Schmutz, 82, of Lambertville died Monday, Nov. 29, at home.    Born in New Hope, Mrs. Schmutz was a Lambertville resident since childhood.    She was a bookkeeper at the Chocolate Shoppe Restaurant in Lambertville, a business owned by her brother-in-law and his wife, Harry and Frieda Schmutz.    She also worked…

  • Longtime West Amwell clerk to retire

    Betty Jane Hunt has been serving the township for 32 years. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Municipal Clerk Betty Jane Hunt will retire Dec. 31 after serving the township for 32 years.    Mrs. Hunt will continue as secretary of the Board of Adjustment. Her replacement as municipal clerk has not been announced yet. An…

  • A Star and a Legend

    A memoir recounts the final days of movie star Sylvia Sidney’s life and the refurbishing of an old house in Ringoes. By: Ilene Dube Sylvia Sidney (above) – "the saddest eyes in Hollywood" – and the "hot tub" (below left) in her Ringoes home.   Born to Russian immigrants in 1910, screen star Sylvia Sidney is…

  • Hart named to Delaware bridge panel

    Donald Hart of Stockton was sworn Nov. 29 to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. By: Linda Seida    Former Lambertville resident Donald Hart has been sworn in as a member of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.    Mr. Hart was sworn in Nov. 29 along with Mayor Roger Hines of Hackettstown. Each appointee…