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  • Fred Metzner

    By:    MANVILLE — Fred A. Metzner died May 11 in Lake Mary, Fla., at his son’s home with whom he had been residing for six months. He was 76.    He resided in Manville for 48 years before settling in Lake Mary, Fla.    Mr. Metzner was employed with Union Carbide in Piscataway where he worked for…

  • Principal named curriculumn chief

    Long-time district educator to be assistant superintendent. By:Sharlee Joy Dimenichi    Schools Superintendent Gary McCartney has tapped a familiar face to oversee curriculum throughout the district.    Crossroads North Principal Joanne Kerekes will become assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction starting July 1, Dr. McCartney announced at a school board meeting Monday.    "She’s got all the right…

  • NBC’s Leake clears BC Open high jump field

    By: Sean Moylan    This past Saturday, Latasha Leake, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity track and field’s most exciting star, blew away the competition in the high jump at the Burlington County Open with a leap of 5-4.    The next closest competitor, Cherokee’s Pisciotta, finished with a 4-10 jump, a full ½…

  • NEHS softball repeats as Freedom Division champs

    By: Kyle Moylan    Returning almost all of the players from a team that made the playoffs and won the Freedom Division championship last year, the New Egypt High School softball squad set the goals high for itself this season.    Thus far, it has met them.    Monday’s 8-1 win over Florence earned New Egypt its second…

  • Principal to attend seminar in Europe

    Rodney Logan to meet other educators in Bulgaria and Romania By:Marnie Kunz    Manville High principal Rodney Logan will become a student this July as he jets off to Bulgaria and Romania to attend an international gathering of principals, thanks to a $2,100 grant he just received from Global Connections and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.…

  • Labor of love produces songs of hope

    Parkinson’s benefit CD continues family tribute. By: Steve Feitl    There’s a new collection featuring singer-songwriters showing up in record stores across the country and online music outlets. And while a double-CD set featuring well-known artists like Bonnie Raitt, David Crosby and Graham Nash will surely have national appeal, the genesis of the album can be…

  • TANGENTS: A painful admission: an addiction to political pundits

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti: There is nothing worse than listening to a bunch of yammering fools. By: John Saccenti    Last week I admitted to an addiction, that of watching "Survivor."     Well, I’d like to come clean again. My name is John Saccenti and I’m addicted to talking heads, not the band, but to the…

  • MHS prom casts off from Perth Amboy

    Students climb about cruise ship for floating prom By:Paul Szaniawski    At 7:04 p.m., Friday, 155 Manville High School students and chaperones shipped off from a Perth Amboy pier for the 2004 MHS Prom to reminisce about lifetime memories — as well as create new ones.    This year’s prom was held on a boat — appropriately…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 20, 2004

    Spring social a success! To the editor:     The Hopewell Valley Historical Society would like to thank everyone who came out for our first annual Spring Social at Hopewell Valley Vineyards.    Our intent was to bring the community together and your patronage made it a success. Even the storm did not put a damper on…