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  • Stella Koharki

       MANVILLE — Stella C.(Lichota)Koharki died Sunday, Jan. 26, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 80.    Born in Manville, she was a lifelong Manville resident.    Mrs. Koharki was a homemaker.    She attended Sacred Heart Catholic School in Manville.    She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church of Manville.    Her husband, Charles Koharki, died in 1981.…

  • Millstone man says he won’t seek Senate seat

    John Millett may consider a future bid. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — Sometimes, the course of inaction is the best way to achieve one’s political goals.    Take the case of John Millett, a Millstone resident, businessman and grass-roots Republican activist, who last summer considered a bid for a state Senate seat. Mr. Millett, a member…

  • Police charge four with marijuana possession at Hopewell high school

    Police said a teacher saw the boys in the softball dugout around 5 p.m. Jan 23. By John Tredrea    Four boys, three from Hopewell Township and one from Ewing, have been charged with possession of marijuana after a teacher caught them allegedly smoking the drug in the dugout of Hopewell Valley Central High School’s softball…

  • Ride may get rough for committee’s GOP

    To the editor    Many of the letters to the editor regarding the Township Committee reorganization meeting were sharply critical of the new Republican majority.    I believe that much of this criticism is unwarranted, however, since it is obvious from their appointments – especially their selection of the new township attorneys from the law firm of…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Charles Brandon Norway, 21 of Haran Avenue was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and drug paraphernalia.    Police took Mr. Norway into custody at his residence at 2:08 p.m. Jan. 25 after his grandmother reported his alleged drug use.    He was transferred to Somerset County Jail in Somerville in default of $2,500 cash…

  • Calling All Yodelers

    The hills are alive at McCarter Theatre Feb. 1-2, where audience members can dress up and sing along with ‘The Sound of Music.’ By: Susan Van Dongen    Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes. Boys done up like the aforementioned girls in white dresses. Not to mention folks in matching floral lederhosen and more…

  • HoVal takes two from Hightstown

    Ice hockey By: Jim Green    Hopewell Valley Central High School ice hockey coach Mark Kowal knew his team faced a difficult challenge Monday.    The Bulldogs were taking on Colonial Valley Conference Valley Division rival Hightstown in a meaningful regular season tilt just three days after defeating the Rams in the Titans Cup final at Sovereign…

  • One man applies for Pennington school board vacancy

    Kevin Doran will be interviewed and probably appointed at a meeting on either Feb. 3 or 10. By Ruth Luse    The call for candidates for Pennington’s vacant seat on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education has yielded just one interested individual.    He is Kevin Doran of Fitzcharles Drive.    John Nemeth, board secretary/business administrator, said…

  • Hopewell school officials want residents to attend funding ‘summit’

    The conference, set for the auditorium of East Brunswick High School at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12, is being sponsored by the Garden State Coalition of Schools (GSCS). By John Tredrea    Superintendent Robert Sopko and other officials of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District hope the district sends a good-size contingent of residents and officials to…