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An open book: MHS library clerk recognized
County award goes to Carolyn Rogus By:Sally Goldenberg Based on her local union involvement, Manville High School Library Clerk Carolyn Rogus recently received a county award, making her a candidate for the statewide honor of Education Support Professional Person of the Year Award. "I appreciate the recognition. Support staff usually isn’t recognized," said the 14-year…
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Family Matters
Every relation is a piece of the puzzle in a mathematical ‘Proof’ at George Street Playhouse. By: Susan Van Dongen Math is easy compared to life in a dysfunctional family. When certain buttons are being pushed, not even the ivory tower of pure intellect can protect you from your relatives. With the hit Broadway drama…
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Manville Scouts celebrate achievements at VFW
SCOUTING AROUND By:Mary Ellen Zangara Manville Cub Scouts Pack 193 and Boy Scouts Troop 193 celebrated with their annual Blue and Gold dinner, Sunday, at the Manville VFW Post. Scouting has been around for 93 years and the boys helped celebrate their accomplishments with their families. The dinner began with a flag ceremony by Troop…
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Stockton ponders budget needs
By: Linda Seida STOCKTON Officials will try to prioritize the borough’s needs as they hammer out the budget in coming weeks. Decisions will be based on what the borough can comfortably afford on its relatively small budget, according to Mayor Gregg Rackin. The mayor could not quote dollar figures for the new budget yet.…
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‘Spinning Into Butter’
Alliance Rep offers Rebecca Gilman’s provocative drama about racial hatred, set on a Vermont college campus. By: Stuart Duncan Alliance Repertory has been a theater company in search of a home base far too long. It has operated on second stages around the area, even in the basement of a hotel in New Brunswick condemned…
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Police Blotter
Lambertville Police were called to the Apple Inn at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 1 to take a theft report. The inn’s owner, Virginia Napurano, called when she discovered numerous pieces of Austrian china missing. The china, valued at more than $900, was stored in a locked room on the third floor of the establishment. Ms. Napurano…
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The Manville News Staff
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A sweet look at Valentine’s Day from a chocolate lover
Holiday provides a great sugar high. By:Vanessa S. Holt The sugar high that began with a bowl of leftover Halloween candy and ended when the last Christmas tree was placed by the curb is about to get a second wind this weekend when the contents of millions of heart-shaped boxes are devoured by lovers …
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A Blank Slate
Theatre-Intime opens the spring semester with its production of ‘Six Degrees of Separation.’ By: Matt Smith It’s just after 7 p.m. on a Tuesday night, and the cast and crew of Theatre-Intime’s production of Six Degrees of Separation are hard at work. Two dozen Princeton undergraduates move about the Hamilton-Murray Theater in fits of excitement,…
