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  • Blaze displaces borough family

    By:Sally Goldenberg    A single-family home on North Eighth Avenue went ablaze at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, causing no injuries to the occupants who have temporarily relocated.    The fire started as homeowner Rodney Weikel was repairing a pipefitting in second floor master bedroom with a propane torch, Manville Fire Official Barry Van Horn said. Mr. Weikel then…

  • Committee gives nod to road repairs

    Would realign intersection of Prodelin Way and Perrineville Road. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee last week voted to pave the way for road realignment at the intersection of Prodelin Way and Perrineville Road.    In conjunction with Monmouth County, the township plans to undertake a realignment project for the intersection, reassign the right…

  • T-shirts, stickers join war on drugs

    Red Ribbon Week fights drug use By:Sally Goldenberg    Students at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School on Brooks Boulevard have their clothes on backward today. It isn’t because they dressed in the dark, but rather they are celebrating a national, weeklong event aimed at educating students about drugs and preventing drug use. Lessons from ex-addicts at…

  • Township OKs law regulating park use

    Measure prohibits littering, hunting,throwing refuse in streams or ponds, and more By John Tredrea    A highly detailed 13-page ordinance regulating the public use of parks and lands preserved as open space in Hopewell Township was adopted unanimously by the Hopewell Township Committee Oct. 17.    In response to comments from residents that the ordinance appears too…

  • Tale of two halves for triumphant Cards

    Football By: Steve Feitl    Homecoming Day ceremonies typically make for the largest football crowds of the season at Lawrence High School.    But often times, that crowd begins to dissipate immediately after the king and queen assume their throne at halftime. That was not the case this past Saturday.    After a whirlwind first half that saw…

  • Manville girls enjoy breakout day

    Cortina loves the view of eight goals in one game By: Rudy Brandl        Nestor Cortina was having a blast watching his Manville High girls score eight goals in last week’s shutout victory over Hillside.    Cortina entered the 2002 soccer season emphasizing scoring, the team’s primary weakness last fall when it fell just short of…

  • Raiders lose grip on football playoff fate

    Lopsided loss at B-R leaves team needing some help By: Rudy Brandl        BRIDGEWATER — Hillsborough High football coach Rick Mantz gave his team two choices after Friday night’s 31-6 loss at Bridgewater-Raritan: throw in the towel on the 2002 season or regroup and fight for two more wins and a possible trip to the…

  • All aboard!

    Loyal customers lend a hand for model train shop move By:John Patten    When Jan Kucsma learned she had to move her model railroading business that had been on Somerville’s Main Street for nearly 10 years, she discovered her biggest asset may not be the hundreds of model railroad cars and tracks she had in inventory.…

  • Bulldogs look for momentum

    Hopewell Valley Boys Soccer By: Steve Feitl    There’s plenty more question marks surrounding the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys soccer team than there was a year ago.    But regardless of how much the Bulldogs’ 7-4-2 record pales in comparison to the lone loss the boys had suffered up to this point in 2001, the…