Category: archives

  • SBAA 9’s win Cal Ripken regional title

    Two-year record now stands at an indescribable 80-3 By: Rich Fisher    Eighty wins.    Three losses.    The proper spelling of that record in sports lingo is "80-3." Take your pick of adjectives to precede it — astounding, remarkable, unthinkable, unbelievable — and they would all fit. Don’t ask us to do it, because there’s too many…

  • Jeanne Reardon-Lewis

       HILLSBOROUGH — Jeanne Reardon-Lewis died Aug. 10, at home. She was 75.    Born in New Brunswick, she lived in the Somerset section of Franklin Township for 15 years before moving to Hillsborough 31 years ago.    Mrs. Lewis was employed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and later for Douglass College mathematics department as an administrative assistant. She retired…

  • Web site improved with full committee

    To the editor By:    Following a discussion of the long-standing township Web site saga at the last Township Committee meeting, (The Web site had reflected only the three Republican Township Committee members since the early part of the year), I just logged on to see if the powers that be have indeed finally rectified this…

  • Elizabeth Fetzko

       MANVILLE — Elizabeth (Wisniewski) Fetzko died on Friday, Aug. 15. She was 88.    Born in Newark, she was a resident of Manville for most of her life. Mrs. Fetzo was a homemaker and avid bingo player. she was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville; a member of the V.F.W. Post No.…

  • For the Aug. 21 issue

    Constance M. Borow, Rosaria Schmidt, Theresa C. McIntyre Constance M. Borow    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Constance M. Borow, 72, died Aug. 10 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Jersey City, she had been an area resident since 1968.    She was employed with Dow Jones Company Inc. for nine years as a personnel…

  • EPA pressured to restore funds

    Officials assemble to urge Environmental Protection Agency to continue funding for Roebling Steel Mill cleanup. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — Officials gathered last week at the Roebling Steel Mill to demand continued funding for cleanup at the toxic site and to blast the federal government for its lack of support there.    On Aug. 13, a…

  • Edward Borawski

       MANVILLE — Edward Borawski died on Friday, Aug. 15. He was 82.    Mr. Borawski was a Manville resident for the past 54 years.    He retired from American Cyanamid Corp. after 37 years of service. Mr. Borawski served his country in the US Army, during WWII. He was a lifetime member of the Manville American Legion,…

  • Bridge Academy hopes to unlock student potential

    School opens for youngsters with learning disabilities. By: Lea Kahn    Hannah Jakubowski has vivid memories of her elementary school career — and they are not good ones.    In the classroom, Hannah had difficulty reading books and keeping up with math assignments. On the playground, she was taunted by her classmates, who called her stupid and…

  • Residents take tax protests to school board

    Dressed in mourning clothes because property tax hikes are ‘killing them’ By: Beth Kressel    Claire Mandeville can no longer afford small luxuries. She used to enjoy an occasional glass of red wine at dinner, but with a 78 percent increase in her third-quarter taxes, she feels lucky to cover her expenses and have money left…