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  • Crossing Borders

    Many stories about life in Spain, Brazil and Mexico will be told this year at Princeton University’s Latin American and Spanish documentary film festival. By: Elise Nakhnikian    The military coup that displaced Chile’s leader in 1973, the gentrification of a Barcelona neighborhood that can’t escape its past and a musician’s joyful journey to explore his…

  • Thaddeus Gluch Sr.

       MANVILLE — Thaddeus S. "Teddy" Gluch Sr. died Friday, Sept. 20, at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 75.    Born in Bayonne, he came to Manville as a young boy in 1934 and had resided there all of his life.    He served in the US Army during World War II.    He was a…

  • ‘Show-n-tell’ benefits fire company

    Oct. 5 event brings appraiser to Elks Lodge for fund-raiser By:Sally Goldenberg    Local residents will soon have a chance to learn the value of that ancient lantern collecting dust in the attic or the family pendant that has been passed down for generations.    A fund-raising group that supports the Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company No. 1…

  • Defense propels Mustangs to football triumph

    Home opener results in 13-6 victory over Newark Central By: Shawn Tyrrell        The second game for the Manville High School football team had a much better outcome than the first.    After losing handily at Cardinal McCarrick in the season-opener, the Mustangs, behind a strong defensive effort, put together four solid quarters of football and…

  • Aboard the Peace Train

    South African singer-songwriter Sharon Katz and her internationally renowned group, the Peace Train, will make a stop at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Titusville Sept. 28. By: Susan Van Dongen South African singer-songwriter Sharon Katz    Don’t let South African singer-songwriter Sharon Katz’s down-to-earth demeanor fool you. This is a very special woman whose life is…

  • Swim couple files claim against township

    Charges Washington officials with harassment as a result of zoning dispute. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — The couple whose backyard swim lessons in the summer led to a not-so-neighborly dispute have filed a claim against the township in order to reserve their right to pursue litigation in the case.    Sent to the Washington Township Zoning…

  • Plumsted looks to save more farmland

    Hopes to add 403 acres in largest single purchase in township history. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — There are 26,000 acres in Plumsted, and 2,000 already have been set aside for farmland preservation alone.    That’s enough land to encompass the following six Ocean County municipalities: Seaside Heights, Island Heights, Harvey Cedars, Ocean Gate, Pine Beach,…

  • Warriors field hockey starts strong

    New Egypt gets off to 4-0 beginning. By: Kyle Moylan    Patti Nicholson is very tired. It is a good kind of tired, though.    Nicholson, the coach of the New Egypt High School field hockey team, is doing the things she loves and is spending a lot of time with the people she loves. And, in…

  • Thefts boost crime statistics

    Millstone sees 39 percent increase in reported incidents; most other area towns see little change. By: Scott Morgan and Cynthia Koons    A wave of burglaries caused a 39-percent increase in reported crime in Millstone Township during 2001, while most municipalities in The Messenger-Press coverage area saw little change.    The numbers can be found in the…