Category: archives

  • Letter: Squad fundraiser was a big success

    To the editor:     The Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad has successfully run a fund-raiser in the form of a buffet dinner at Theo’s Restaurant.    The money earned from the dinner was enough to purchase a new Stair Chair for the squad. A Stair Chair is used to transport people from the second or third…

  • Rider is next challenge for Valley administrator

    Sopko to become grad school professor By: Brooke Olster    Hopewell Valley Regional School District Superintendent Robert Sopko’s long career in public education is drawing to a close, but his passion for teaching will continue to influence students in another setting.    On Friday, Dr. Sopko steps down from his post as superintendent of Hopewell Valley Regional…

  • Theresa Komoroski

    By:    MANVILLE — Theresa D. Komoroski died Wednesday, July 23, at home. She was 67.    Born and raised in Newark she was a resident of Manville since 1966.    Mrs. Komoroski worked for the AT&T Corporation for 26 years before retiring in 1999.    She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    Her…

  • Montgomery to hold ‘Night Out’

       MONTGOMERY — The township Police Department will be supporting crime and drug prevention awareness by celebrating "National Night Out" on Tuesday.    The event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Montgomery Park on Harlingen Road, will allow residents to meet and socialize with neighbors, emergency service volunteers, members of neighborhood watches…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Michael P. Kloepping, 18, of South 8th Street was charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct at 4:37 p.m. July 22.    Police received a call from the manager of Reading Cinema that Mr. Kloepping had broken a projection booth window, valued at $175, and was causing a disturbance.    When police arrived, Mr. Kloepping had left…

  • As Good Luck Would Have It

    Princeton Rep sets ‘Merry Wives’ in contemporary Princeton and West Windsor. By: Ilene Dube Matthew Morgan plays the host of the Garter Room at the Nassau Inn in Princeton Rep’s The Merry Wives of (West) Windsor. WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane has recorded voice-over narration for the production opening Aug. 1.     "Hello, I’m Marty Moss-Coane, and…

  • It’s all about the food

    Sacred Heart’s annual festival in Manville to dish out 20,000 pierogi. By:Alec Moore    There’s always plenty to see and do at the Sacred Heart Church summer festival, but as any longtime festival-goer will attest, the festival’s main draw, above all else, is the food.    "The food is definitely the main attraction," said Estelle Kaminski, Sacred…

  • Youth drowns while escaping sinking boat

    Jamesburg teenager drowns Saturday night in pond off Meirs Road in Upper Freehold. By: Sarah Winkelman    UPPER FREEHOLD — What began as a fishing trip with five friends ended in death when a Jamesburg teenager drowned Saturday night after a canoe he was in began taking on water.    According to state police, Pascual Vilchis, 17,…

  • BOARD BRIEFS

    By:Beth Kressel Asbestos projects OK’d by board    The Board of Education approved two asbestos-removal projects at its meeting July 15.    The removal of floor tiles in three Weston School classrooms and the total demolishing of an asbestos-infested concession stand located on the high school baseball field — is expected to be completed by the end…