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  • Oct. 2, 4:45 p.m.: And the winner is…

    Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded. By: Hank Kalet    A well deserved award for a remarkable writer. J.M. Coetzee, author of "Foe" and "Waiting for the Barbarians," among other novels, has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.

  • Red Cross encourages preparation training

    To the editor    We at the Greater Somerset County Chapter of the American Red Cross want to thank the Red Cross trained disaster services volunteers in Somerset County who offered their support as Hurricane Isabel approached.    Due to their generosity our Chapter was prepared and ready to open shelters and provide meals for residents affected…

  • Pennington football team improves to 2-1

    Football By: Mike Molaro    Pennington School football coach Jerry Eure wasn’t buying any of that sentimental talk about this being a down year for Hackley Academy.    He’s had his share of rebuilding seasons, and he knows what it’s like for a team to have growing pains and learn on the fly.    With his young squad…

  • HoVal boys off and running

    Cross country By: Jim Green    Even Mother Nature is going to have difficulty slowing down the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys cross country team this season.    The Bulldogs were scheduled to open their season on Tuesday, Sept. 23 against Hightstown, but the area tornado forced the meet to be pushed back to that Wednesday.…

  • St. Paul’s to hold ribbon-cutting for lab, parking area

       St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and blessing of the parish’s newly landscaped grounds and parking lot and the new St. Paul’s School science lab Sunday afternoon.    Monsignor Walter E. Nolan will be joined by St. Paul’s School Principal Elizabeth Barrella, church members, children and representatives from the Diocese of Trenton…

  • POLICE BEAT

       Police charged two township girls with a curfew violation at 2:25 a.m. Tuesday.    According to police, a 16-year-old Alden Avenue girl and a 17-year-old West Third Street girl were verbally abusing passers-by outside the Route 130 Wawa.    Both were released to their parents, pending a court appearance, police said. * * *    Freddy Colon, of…

  • High school business club ready for more success

    FBLA launches new year By:Paul Szaniawski    Manville High School’s Back-to-School Night had something extra — a candy sale run by the students in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) that helped raise $170 for the March of Dimes Foundation.    FBLA is a nonprofit national association of students preparing for careers in business-related fields. Manville’s…

  • Harriers off to fast start

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Manville High cross country team has already won more meets this year than in the past two seasons combined.    After splitting a tri-meet with Bound Brook and host North Plainfield, the Mustangs (2-1) rolled past South River on the road Thursday afternoon. Manville defeated North Plainfield (18-37) and…

  • $4.9M slated for mill work

    Environmental Protection Agency allocates funds to restart clean-up of former Roebling Steel Mill site. By: Scott Morgan    ROEBLING — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it will provide $4.9 million in diverted funds to restart cleanup work at the former Roebling Steel Mill plant — news that gives local officials mixed emotions.    Earlier this…