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  • Manville’s TIGER group appeals for public’s financial support

    By:Alec Moore    A local group of ‘watchdogs’ citizens are seeking financial support from the public in order to carry on their mission of promoting full disclosure from local government officials.    According to Sally Saharko, founder of the Manville-based group T.I.G.E.R. (Truth in Government Expected by Residents) the mission of the grassroots organization is aimed at…

  • Departments talk about safety

    Celebrating fire safety week By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Local fire departments will hold open houses at their stations to celebrate Fire Safety Week.    The events will include literature on fire prevention, equipment displays, demonstrations and children’s fire safety presentations by Squirt, a miniature robotic firetruck. Squirt will appear at all three stations.    The Kendall Park…

  • Allentown ready to host Harvest Festival

    Musicians, crafters highlight annual two-day street fair. Also see: Coffeehouse to host artistic preview Adding spice to life Festival Schedule By: Ken Weingartner    ALLENTOWN — For someone who is retired, Fred Lehotay has quite an active work schedule.    Mr. Lehotay and his band, the Ragtimers, are completing a stretch in which they have played 31…

  • Doris Tryon

       BOISE, Idaho — Doris (McWilliams) Tryon, died Aug. 1 in Boise, Idaho. She was 82.    Born in Glen Ridge, she lived in Metuchen for 25 years and Hillsborough for 21 years before moving to Boise in 2000.    She served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War II.    Mrs. Tryon worked…

  • New Egypt seniors establishing traditions

    High school celebrates homecoming despite never having had a graduating class. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — The idea of a high school celebrating its homecoming doesn’t normally seem so far out. But this is the first year New Egypt High School has ever had a senior class. No one has ever graduated.    So who’s coming…

  • Hillsborough parents signpromise to vote

    Students collecting pledges at area events and schools By:John Patten    The Nov. 5 election may have a higher-than-usual number of voters participating, if some of the students at Hillsborough High School have anything to say about it.    According to HHS teacher Bob Fenster, his students have collected pledges from 800 to 1,000 voters promising to…

  • Klueber takes second at the Shore

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        Mike Klueber got a little revenge last weekend, not against any particular team or individual, but against a cross country race course.    The Hillsborough High senior, who had been frustrated after falling in last year’s State Group 4 Championships at Holmdel Park, returned to the state championship course his…

  • Cards lay big hits on winless Little Tigers

    Football By: Steve Feitl    The Lawrence High School football team took advantage of key defensive hits and several Princeton turnovers to push its record to 2-2.    The Cardinals ended up on the positive side of a fairly dominant 43-13 decision.    It didn’t look like it would be that easy early on though.    Princeton took advantage…

  • Second varsity coach leaving MHS basketball

    Paul Lenihan steps down as girls basketball coach By:Sally Goldenberg    Manville High School’s girls basketball team now finds itself in the same predicament as the boys team — it doesn’t have a coach.    The Board of Education announced girls head coach Paul Lenihan’s resignation during Tuesday night’s meeting in the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School on…