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  • Entertaining program sneaks in science lessons

    By:Sally Goldenberg    Hillsborough Elementary School’s students watched intently as entertainer Garry Krinsky balanced a ladder on his chin, juggled fruit and scarves and tossed a feather repeatedly — always managing to catch it in an upright position.    Mr. Krinsky, who has a long history with miming and theater, came from his Massachusetts home Monday to…

  • Gerald Cowen

       MANVILLE – Gerald N. "Jerry" Cowen died Monday, Dec. 2, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 72.    Born in Orange, he was raised in Newark, and resided in Hillsborough before moving to Manville 47 years ago.    He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was decorated with the Korean Service…

  • Take more money to reform state’s DMV? I don’t think so!

    EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse     I want to thank the State of New Jersey for a miserable beginning to an early December morning.    On Tuesday, I got up at 4 a.m. so I would be sure to be in Hamilton Township by 6:45 a.m. I had to help a friend whose life — only…

  • Families help family celebrate Christmas

    Local families help others in need By: Rebecca Tokarz    Three local mothers braved the malls for three hours of shopping recently in an effort to make a needy family’s Christmas a happy one.    The three — Mary Dannis, Debbie Frey and Karen Miller — were among dozens of local volunteers who are participating in the…

  • Making ready for winter in the borough

    FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster By:    I was in the post office parking lot the other day and snagged a yellowed piece of lined paper tumbling around near the mailbox out front. It was obviously a list of some sort. You could tell by the numbers running down the left side of the page.    I…

  • Councilman told townmust pay for court interpreters

    But most of $9,000 cost paid by fines By:Alec Moore    Councilman Martin Wierzba says defendants in Manville’s Municipal Court who can’t speak English should not be given an interpreter at the borough’s expense, but under federal law that’s exactly what non-English-speaking defendants are entitled to receive.    Mr. Wierzba raised the issue of the court-appointed interpreters…

  • Local author offers tips for busy parents

    Natalie Gahrmann’s "Succeeding as a Super Busy Parent" offers collection of tips garnered from parents By:Sally Goldenberg    For parents trying to multi-task — and feeling overwhelmed in the process — Natalie Gahrmann may have a solution.    Though not a quick fix, Hillsborough resident Ms. Gahrmann recently published a book, slated to hit stores in January,…

  • Editorial: Habitat makes great effort in community

      By: Mae Rhine    It’s a pleasure to see the effort Habitat for Humanity is putting into our area.    And the timing couldn’t be more perfect.    Just as the city — with some future help from West Amwell Township — is working on cleaning up Connaught Hill, Habitat has come in and built two houses…

  • All Singing, All Dancing

    With show tunes by Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, and George and Ira Gershwin, ‘Let Me Sing’ takes off at the George Street Playhouse. By: Susan Van Dongen    Right now may not seem like an ideal time to be optimistic, but Broadway veteran André De Shields is upbeat about this old world — Americans in…