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  • John Gacek

       MANVILLE — John Gacek died Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 44.    Born in Taylor, Pa., he was raised in Bound Brook and had been a resident of Manville for the past 15 years.    Mr. Gacek had been employed as a technician at William’s Harley-Davidsonin Bound Brook for 27…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Douglas Padla, 42, of Valley Road was charged with driving while intoxicated and possession of a controlled dangerous substance (marijuana) in a vehicle on Feb. 19.    According to police, Mr. Padla was given a sobriety test at approximately 10 p.m., just outside the Wawa convenience store on Triangle Road, as he was preparing to start…

  • Zoning deal advancing

    Town would get land in exchange for change By: Sharlee DiMenichi    The township is closing in on a deal that could net it more than 200 acres of open space in exchange for a change in zoning that would allow the construction of office buildings near Kingston.    The Township Council agreed Tuesday to introduce two…

  • Girls team now 16-6

    Girls basketball By: Matt Nalbone    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team had another successful week, winning two out of three games.    The Lady Bulldogs’ one loss was to Hamilton, the team that clinched the Colonial Valley Conference Valley Division and kept Hopewell Valley in second place this year.    A very slow start…

  • Marie Doyle

       HILLSBOROUGH — Marie Doyle died Thursday, Feb. 20, in Foothill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough. She was 93.    Born in Haverstraw, N.Y., she lived in Flemington and Somerville before moving to Hillsborough in 1996.    Mrs. Doyle was employed as a social worker in New York City for 20 years.    Her husband, Harold Doyle; and a…

  • ‘We’re all in this together and only together will we succeed’

    GUEST OPINION By Fran Bartlett, Arlene Kemp, Vanessa Sandom    Over the past few months, those of us in Hopewell Valley and beyond have been faced with sobering news on the home and international fronts — the imminent war with Iraq, the Columbia shuttle tragedy, the drastic cut in New Jersey’s public services and the precipitous…

  • Short-handed Mustangs drop quad-meet at Pingry

    Six active wrestlers post 9-9 record By: Rudy Brandl        The Manville High wrestling team wasn’t expecting any miracles at last Saturday’s season-ending quad-meet at The Pingry School in Martinsville.    Entering the building with six healthy wrestlers, the Mustangs expected to lose all three matches since it was mathematically impossible to win with fewer than…

  • Students learn to be all heart

    Grant used to reach out to seniors By:Sally Goldenberg    Angela Gall had 18 valentines this year.    The 84-year-old resident of the Raritan Health and Extended Care Center on Route 28 was surprised to find 18 kindergarten students from the Weston Elementary School in her room last Thursday morning, armed with handmade, heart-shaped cards.    "That was…

  • School taxes may inch up

    Bigger budget, bigger taxes By: Sharlee DiMenichi    School taxes could rise 6.4 percent if a proposed $104.34 million budget is approved by voters in April.    The district unveiled its proposed 2003-2004 spending plan Monday night. It would raise taxes 11.8 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to $1.972 and calls for 16 new teaching positions…