Category: archives
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Cool off with some hot summer reads
"Cold Mountain," a long-running best-seller, is soon to be a major film starring Nicole Kidman. What is real news, however, is that Charles Frazier’s novel is required summer reading for a local high school. Most summer reading lists seem compelled to instruct, but rarely do they entertain. Katie, for example, is entering high school where…
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Legion season ends with lopsided loss
Manville guys play well in finale By: Rudy Brandl NORTH PLAINFIELD It was one of those nights where nothing went right for the Somerville-Manville American Legion baseball team. Needing a few breaks to hang in there against the league champs from North Plainfield, the Post 12 players saw everything work against them in…
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Future looks bright for Post 339 squad
Post 339 baseball By: Jim Green Bruce Nocar, the Hopewell American Legion Post 339 baseball manager, obviously was unhappy with his team’s season-ending four-game losing streak. But he wasn’t completely discouraged by it. "We would have liked to win a couple of them, but we didn’t," he said. "We had a few bright spots, though."…
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A summer job filled with sunshine and safety
An occasional series on local college students and their summer employment. By: Jamie Simpson Months filled with spectacular sunshine, skin-tanning warm weather and the sounds of children’s laughter are all just a part of a day in the life of a Willows Swim Club lifeguard. Fairleigh Dickinson University senior Kelly McWilliams, 21, began lifeguarding at…
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Open mats program begins at Manville High
Stibitz hopes to promote wrestling in summer By: Rudy Brandl The mats are open, so come on in and wrestle. Manville High head coach Brett Stibitz is hoping his new Open Mats program will generate more interest and excitement in a sport that has a great tradition in town. After the high school team…
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After Hunger, Art
Artists of the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen have their first big show at Prallsville Mills in Stockton. By: Susan Van Dongen Artwork by the A-TEAM: "Love Makes Our World Go ‘Round" by Annabelle Rose. The luminescent eyes of the woman in the mixed media work "9/11" seem to look into your very soul when you…
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Freeholder Mack slates town meeting in Hopewell Township
Session will be held July 31 at 7 p.m. in the municipal building, Route 546 and Scotch Road. As freeholder, Tony Mack said recently that "it’s his desire to have an interrelated relationship with Mercer County’s municipalities. Mercer County is faced with so many issues that affect each town differently. "The only way for elected…
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Charges filed after son drags father with car
By:Alec Moore A Valley Road man was severely injured after he was dragged 200 feet barefoot by a car driven by his 18-year old son, who is now facing criminal charges for his actions. A police report of the incident released last week said Scott Lipich of Valley Road was charged with assault by auto…
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District hires ‘speech correctionist’
Addition fills gap in special education staff By:Beth Kressel The Manville School District is now compliant with the state’s special education standards after the Board of Education unanimously approved the hiring of a third speech teacher July 13. Robert W. Fisher II, a "speech correctionist," will join two other staff members devoted to speech therapy…
