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  • Summer softball program expanding

    More girls involved in travel ball By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough summer softball program has kicked off what promises to be its busiest and most active season ever.    Teams from the 18-and-under Elites all the way down to the 10-and-unders will compete in traveling league play this summer. All of this is very good…

  • TANGENTS by John Saccenti: Remember to floss, and to wait

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti: Lectures and patience: requisites for the dental office experience By:John Saccenti    There is only one thing worse than the smell of ground teeth, and that’s the knowledge that it’s your tooth that you smell.    Actually, this is far from the worst thing that could happen to us, but let’s face it,…

  • Fourth of July festivities include fireworks, fishing

    Bordentown Township and Fort Dix will hold Independence Day celebrations this weekend and Florence Township will host celebrations on July 10. By: Melissa Kadish    Area Fourth of July celebrations will be held this weekend in Bordentown Township and at Fort Dix on July 4, while Florence will hold its annual "Patriotic Celebration" the following weekend…

  • Following the migration of monarchs

    Staff Development Officer Beverly Dezan takes butterfly lessons beyond metamorphosis By:Sharlee DiMenichi    A staple of elementary school science classes is learning how caterpillars transform into butterflies, but the staff development officer for South Brunswick schools is helping teachers take butterfly lessons beyond the miracle of metamorphosis.    Beverly Dezan followed migrating monarch butterflies to Michoacan, Mexico,…

  • Post 401 wins despite absences

    By: Rich Fisher    Although some old habits are beginning to creep into the works, the South Brunswick Post 401 baseball team continues to be one of the top teams in the Middlesex County American Legion League.    From Wednesday through this past Monday, Post 401 won three straight before losing two straight, leaving its overall record…

  • Festival mishap hurts 8

    Inflatable slide buckles, resulting in numerous injuries By:Matthew Kirdahy    Eight children from Plainsboro, Monmouth Junction, Dayton, Robbinsville and West Windsor fell 20 feet when an inflatable slide they were on deflated Sunday at a festival at the Islamic Society of Central New Jersey on Route 1.    Police said the children, ranging in age from 6…

  • Township uses surplus to keep local tax rate stable

    Split across party lines, the North Hanover Township Committee members approved the $2.8 million budget with the help of $425,000 from the surplus account. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — For the first time in five years, municipal taxes will not increase.    The Township Committee voted last week to use up most of the existing…

  • Proposal only seeks to end nuisances

    To the editor By:    Having read the letters in Thursday’s Manville News concerning the amendment to ordinance No. 465, I was surprised at the number of petty insults and the level of misinformation they contained.    To Ms. Nelson, who in her thought-provoking letter called me a "nut case" who will be targeting "kids or the…

  • Teachers, district at impasse (again)

    Mediators will be taking over negotiations By:Allison Busacca    Negotiations between the 175-member Manville Education Association (MEA) and the Manville Board of Education on a new contract for the 2004-2005 school year are at an impasse, as both sides have requested the assignment of a state mediator.    The impasse was declared after the eighth face-to-face bargaining…