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  • Mustangs enjoyed success despite tough ending

    Team missed state playoffs but won first county game By: John E. Powers        There are several reasons why the recently passed soccer season was a success for the Manville High School boys’ team.    The Mustangs won their first Somerset County Tournament game — a dramatic shootout victory over Rutgers Prep. They also improved on…

  • Helping others part of Thanksgiving holiday

    By:Sally Goldenberg    Newark Avenue resident Rich Mazewski wants his 10-year-old son Max to learn a little bit about how the other half in Somerset County lives.    In an effort to teach him, Mr. Mazewski will bring Max to the United Reform Church in Somerville Thursday afternoon so they can volunteer their Thanksgiving Day afternoon to…

  • Hopewell runners earn team medal

    GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY By Mike Molaro    For most girls cross country squads, a sixth-place finish in the prestigious NJSIAA Meet of Champions would be cause for celebration.    Hopewell Valley Central High School, though, isn’t like most squads.    Ranked in the top five by the Dorf Feature Service for most of the season, the Lady Bulldogs…

  • HHS field hockey record very misleading

    Raiders were much better than 10-10 By: Rudy Brandl        To call Hillsborough High’s 10-10 field hockey record deceptive is a huge understatement.    Most teams that finish at .500 stumble through the season with a series of ups and downs that include many lopsided games. The Raiders, dominant at times, were anything but ordinary in…

  • Thanksgiving is about thanks, not about Pilgrims

    EDITORIAL The Packet Group     There’s been a lot of revisionist history associated with Thanksgiving in recent years.    We are now told, for example, that most of the Pilgrims (not renowned for their tolerance or generosity of spirit) were extremely reluctant to break bread with their neighboring Native Americans, whom they considered instruments of Satan.…

  • Police offer holiday safety tips

    Shoppers need to have extra care during season By: Lea Kahn    Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, marks the first day of the Christmas shopping season — but township police do not want it to become a "bleak" Friday for shoppers who could potentially become victims of crime.    At this time of year, there is…

  • Township considers funding three open space acquisitions

    Ordinances scheduled for hearings,adoption on Dec. 5 By John Tredrea    Three tracts of Hopewell Township land comprising 104 acres would be preserved as open space under a trio of proposed ordinances introduced by a unanimous vote of the full Township Committee Nov. 21.    The ordinances are scheduled for public hearings and adoption votes at the…

  • Honor Society ceremony adds new members

    Chapter increases by 22 By:Mary Ellen Zangara    Manville High School National Honor Society held their induction ceremony Nov. 21 at the high school, adding 22 juniors and seniors to the 26 current members of the Manville chapter.    During the ceremony, the new inductees entered as their parents, families and friends witnessed the event. Each of…

  • Harold Rehm

       HILLSBOROUGH — Harold Julian Rehm died Thursday, Nov. 21, in Harborside Care Center, Bridgewater. He was 84.    Born in Secaucus, he lived in Franklin Lakes from 1950-75 and Machinpongo, Va., from 1975-2000, before moving to Hillsborough in 2000.    Mr. Rehm was a sheet metal worker for Local 25 in Carlstadt.    He was a member of…