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  • Mayoral candidates cite redevelopment as concern

    Florence Township mayoral candidates concerned with commercial tax base, community relations and former Roebling Steel Mill site. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — The growth of the township’s commercial tax base, improvement of community relations and the fate of the former Roebling Steel Mill site are among the list of issues in this November’s mayoral campaign.…

  • Defibrillators now in place in both Mansfield schools

    Mansfield Township schools installed with defibrillators, used to revive people who have suffered from cardiac arrest. By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD – Parents who have children in Mansfield schools can rest easier now that the school board has purchased one defibrillator and received the donation of another from a Pennsylvania charity.    Officials the Mansfield Township School…

  • For the Oct. 30 issue

    Maria Benyeda, Nancy L. Bacsik, Anna Shevchenko, Pasquale J. Rago. Maria Benyeda    Maria Carmela Benyeda, 89, of Manchester, Conn., died Oct. 21 in Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack.Mrs. Benyeda was born in New York City.    She was the daughter of the late Francesco and Rosalia Scalfani Salerno.    She resided in Roebling from 1949 to 2000.…

  • Republicans heard voters’ concerns

    Campaign Corner By:    We are writing to thank the people of Hillsborough for taking the time to speak with us during our walking campaign this fall. We enjoyed meeting you, hearing your concerns, and learning about the diverse community we live in, raise our children in, and love.    We have heard your frustrations about taxes…

  • George Smutko

       MANVILLE — George Smutko died Oct. 24 in Raritan Health & Extended Care Center in Raritan. He was 74.    Born in South River, he resided in Manville most of his life.    He served in the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.    Mr. Smutko was a retired lab technician after 31 years…

  • HHS teams suffered tough luck in SCT

    Three 1-0 losses eliminated Raiders By: Rudy Brandl    Covering Hillsborough High sports usually keeps me extremely busy on Saturdays in October. While the Raiders have played most of their football games on Friday nights in the last decade, Saturday afternoons have been filled with Somerset County Tournament soccer and field hockey action.    In fact, I’m…

  • Vote for people who get job done

    To the editor    Manville has become a well-respected and represented part of Somerset County.    That is a direct result of the leadership we have with Mayor Angelo Corradino. He’s not afraid of the tough decisions, and he truly cares for Manville and its residents.    Vote for the people who will get the job done! Vote…

  • Making Halloween special ‘for the kids’

    Families work — and play — hard for a few hours of fun By:Roger Alvarado    Barbara and Frank Santoro of Bound Brook Avenue will be very busy Friday, preparing their home for as many as 200 visitors.    For the last 22 years, the Santoros have been decorating their home, spending months and hundreds of dollars…

  • Firetrucks to get GIS program

    GIS installed in four Florence Township Fire Department trucks to aid in navigation. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — Right now, directions to a fire come down to a cumbersome set of map books and collective knowledge of the town. But thanks to a recent federal grant, all the knowledge the township Fire Department needs to…