Category: archives

  • Lady Mustangs made modest progress

    Girls overcame early adversity, finished 12-11 By: John E. Powers    Manville High School girls basketball coach Paul Lenihan is an eternal optimist.    The Mustang girls recently completed its season with a 12-11 record, a record that was one-half game better than last year. Lenihan could have been disappointed with his team, a team that returned…

  • Solebury declares drought emergency

    The Board of Supervisors followed the state’s lead and is drafting an ordinance to give the township the authority to monitor water use. By: Carl Reader    SOLEBURY — The Board of Supervisors followed in the footsteps of state government at its meeting March 6 and adopted a resolution declaring the township is in a drought…

  • Mary Czuprewicz

       MANVILLE — Mary (Hromoho) Czuprewicz died Friday, March 8, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 86.    Born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, she had been a Manville resident for the past 85 years.    Mrs. Czuprewicz was a homemaker.    She was an active, lifelong member of Holy Ghost Russian Orthodox Church of Manville. Her husband, John Czuprewicz,…

  • Random thoughts: baseball on the brain

    Dispatches By: Hank Kalet    Finally, 18 days and counting.    April 1. Al Leiter takes the mound, the season begins and a winter of threat, war, economic uncertainty and bad basketball can be pushed aside.    Baseball is coming, baseball is coming, baseball is coming.    (I know, the Cleveland Indians will be traveling to Anaheim to open…

  • Water restrictionsshould be taken seriously by all!

    EDITORIAL By: Ruth Luse    Back in early December, after consulting The Old Farmer’s 2002 Almanac, we commented on the worsening drought conditions — ones we hoped would see some improvement by spring.    Unfortunately, conditions did not improve and today we are under state-mandated water emergency restrictions — ones each and every one of us must…

  • Relay teams fueled Viking boys track team

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    When a high school track program has been around for a long time, it becomes pretty difficult to crack the record board. So when runners for South Brunswick High School reset not one, but two marks this season just passed, it represented a significant achievement.    Both records were for indoor relays.…

  • HHS projectendorsed

    To the editor    I attended the March 4, Board of Education meeting. Included in the 2002-03 budget was the installation or a safe synthetic turf at Hillsborough High School stadium. I am in full support of this synthetic turf being installed. This is truly a cost-effective program for all students who participate in activities within…

  • Dark Passageways

    Get acquainted with Dr. Henry Mercer’s unusual designs with a behind-the-scenes tour of the enigmatic Fonthill Museum in Doylestown. By: Jodi Thompson    The imposing structure off East Court Street, just outside Doylestown Borough, could be the House of Usher, even Dracula’s tower.    The narrowly placed cement pillars at the entrance to the Fonthill Museum stand…

  • Township budget plan has 1-cent tax hike

    Under the budget proposal unanimously introduced by the Township Committee on March 7, the tax rate would increase from 23 cents to 24 cents per $100 in assessed property value By: John Tredrea    The $13.7 million township budget introduced last week would raise the municipal tax rate 1 cent in order to offset higher insurance…