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  • Fatal fire at South Brunswick mobile home park

    BREAKING NEWS: A longtime resident was killed today (Thursday) during a blaze that destroyed his Oakdale Village mobile home. By: Joseph Harvie    A disabled 68-year-old Korean War Veteran was killed Thursday when a fire roared through his Oakdale Village mobile home.    Police said Wallace Whiting, a longtime resident of Oakdale, was found dead at the…

  • Lesson plan includes lugging giant teddy bear

    Kindergartners wait for turns to care for ‘Sparky’ By:Emily Craighead    Brown and furry and about 2 feet tall, with four paws and a little black nose, Sparky is a very special class pet.    Sparky is a giant teddy bear.    Joe Kassick’s Weston School kindergartners have taken Sparky to the hardware store, to the library and…

  • Veterans Day observances honor those who served

    Veterans Day observances will be held at the Veterans Memorial Monument in Bordentown Township and Veterans Park in Florence. By: Scott Morgan    On April 29, almost 60 years after the guns fell quiet, veterans of the second World War got their national monument. A month later, in the shadow of the Washington Monument, the World…

  • Kids raise money with math prowess

    Peter Muschal School students raise more than $3,000 for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by participating in a Math-A-Thon. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Fifty fourth-graders at Peter Muschal School hit the books last month to raise more than $3,000 for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.    From Oct. 13…

  • Veterans Day events slated in Princeton

       The Spirit of Princeton Committee will conduct a Veterans Day ceremony 11 a.m. Thursday in front of the All Wars Monument at the corner of Mercer and Nassau streets in Princeton. The public is invited to attend.    Princeton Borough Mayor Joseph O’Neill and Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand will join area military veterans, the general…

  • Lady Mustangs click on offense

    Ortman hat trick highlights 7-0 rout By: John Beisser        The perseverance shown by the banged up and bruised Manville High girls’ soccer team paid huge dividends last week as the Mustangs put together two high-scoring wins last week.    On Tuesday, the Lady Mustangs ran past David Brearley of Kenilworth, posting a convincing 5-1 victory.…

  • Gymnasts repeat as Skyland champs

    Balanced attack prevails again By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High junior Lauren Watts wasn’t worried about her team, even after the standout gymnast fell off the balance beam during Saturday’s Skyland Conference Championships. She remained confident and poised, just like the rest of the team.    In most other seasons, a mistake by the team’s top…

  • Josephine Knapp

    By:    MANVILLE — Josephine M. Knapp died Saturday, Oct. 30, in Raritan Health and Extended Care Center. She was 67.    Born in Somerville, she lived in Manville most of her life.    Miss Knapp retired as a production worker for the RCA Corporation in Bridgewater after working more than 45 years.    She was a communicant of…

  • Cross country squad makes strides

    Lawrence cross country By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School boys cross country team’s steady improvement continued at the Central Jersey Group IV sectional meet Saturday at Holmdel Park.    The Cardinals, in their first year at the tougher Group IV level, finished 17th out of 19 teams in the meet. But Lawrence coach Dave O’Neal…