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  • Positive approach a wise choice

    FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster    So how are ya feelin’? Did you survive the holiday blast? Some people prefer to expunge every clue of December from their residence before the stroke of midnight on the first of the year.    I’m still cleaning up, myself. The tree’s de-trimmed but still in the house. There area few…

  • NBC boys’ basketball clinches a playoff spot

    By: Kyle Moylan    It might have lacked the same level of drama, but the Northern Burlington boys’ basketball team is heading back to the state playoffs.    Last season Northern Burlington had to reschedule a game in order to qualify for the playoffs on the last possible day. This past Tuesday, Northern Burlington clinched a spot…

  • Sophie Onka

       HILLSBOROUGH — Sophie M. (Kowalski) Onka died Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Robert Wood University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 90.    Born in Bayonne, she was raised in Bayonne and resided in Manville before settling in Hillsborough 51 years ago.    Mrs. Onka was an active member of the Hillsborough and Manville Senior Citizens.    She…

  • Manville volunteer called to duty in Iraq

    David Yusiewicz attending training at Fort Dix    Just weeks before the holidays, David Yusiewicz, a 4-year member of the Manville First Aid Squad, as the New Jersey National Guard division he also belongs to was called to active duty.    His division will be sent to serve in Iraq after a six week period of training…

  • Businesses supporting deer reflector project

    By:    Drivers on Amwell Road may have fewer encounters with deer, thanks to a project to place reflectors along the road sponsored by local businesses and the Coalition for Animals (CFA).    The reflectors are specially designed to light from moving vehicles into the surrounding area to help frighten deer and other wildlife from entering the…

  • Malloy submits resignation

    Former Mayor Patrick G. Malloy will resign his New Hanover Township Committee seat two weeks before being sentenced in connection with witness tampering. By: Eve Collins    NEW HANOVER — Former Mayor Patrick G. Malloy will resign his Township Committee seat Feb. 1, two weeks before he’s sentenced in federal court for tampering with a witness…

  • The Other Goodman Band

    As producer for the jazz-oriented The Other Goodman Group, Warren Goodman is doing his best to bring back the days when the clarinet ruled the bandstand. By: Susan Van Dongen The Other Goodman Band, from left: Eddie Bigham (piano), Ace Tesone (bass), Pat Kennedy (clarinet) and Mike DeMonte (drums).    Thanks to musicians like Warren Goodman…

  • Step on it! Speed limit raised on improved road

    Township accepts state recommendation on limit By:Roger Alvarado    With completion of the new lanes on Route 206 from Brown Avenue to the Somerville Circle, many drivers have been enjoying the new, wide highway by hitting the gas pedal.    Now, they won’t have to worry about getting a speeding ticket for doing so — the Township…

  • Cards get big win over Somerville

    Wrestling By: John E. Powers    The way Lawrence High School wrestling coach Chris Lynne looked at it, the key to last Saturday’s quad meet with Ewing, Somerville and Voorhees was Somerville. The Cardinals had to find a way to beat the defending Central Jersey Group II champions.    The Cardinals did.    Lawrence, now 4-1, opened with…