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  • OBITUARY, March 1, 2002

    Genevieve G. Sieck. Genevieve G. Sieck Lifelong volunteer    Genevieve G. Sieck of Princeton died Feb. 25. She was 83.    She grew up in New York City and spent most of her later years in Newport, R.I. She moved to Princeton in 2000.    She attended Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing.    An active lifelong volunteer,…

  • Mathewson, Zuza advance to region mat tourney

    Lebedz, Noble settle for fourth place in district By: Rudy Brandl    HILLSBOROUGH — Eddie Mathewson and Joe Zuza knew they were up against heavy favorites in the final round of Saturday night’s District 18 Wrestling Championships. Although both Manville High wrestlers had to settle for second place, they battled with the type of determination and…

  • Author publishesmusings on travel

       Taurus Drive author Art Carlson recently published a book of notes written while traveling across North America titled "Why Everyone Needs a Front Porch."    In the book, Mr. Carlson shares his musings about his experiences while traveling alone in the "Lower 48" and Alaska. He logged more than 35,000 miles in two cross-country trips and…

  • Hillsborough wrestlers repeat as district team champs

    Gewain, Van Cleef, Wagner, Molloy, Miller, D’Amelio take individual titles By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High did plenty of celebrating in its home field house during another weekend of stellar performances at the District 18 Wrestling Championships.    The Raiders achieved perfection in the final round and crowned a school-record six district champions en route to their…

  • Township woman charges propertytaxes ‘out of control’

    Says property reassessed three times in three years By:Alec Moore    Patricia Stys says she and her husband do not want to leave Hillsborough, but if their property taxes continue to go up at a rate of $2,000 every year, then they may not have an option.    In an emotional appeal to the Township Committee Tuesday,…

  • Albert Ulicny

       MANVILLE — Albert Ulicny died Feb. 21 in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 84.    Born in Lakewood, Ohio, he lived in Raritan as a young boy and moved to Manville 56 years ago.    Mr. Ulicny worked as manager for Bellomo’s Liquor Store in Manville for 40 years, retiring in 1988.    He was a veteran…

  • Patriotic quilt dedication set

    Upper Freehold Township students paying homage to America through special project. By: Mark Moffa    UPPER FREEHOLD — Six months after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, students at the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary/Middle School will unveil a quilt designed to pay homage to the country.    A 17-by-13-foot American flag quilt, bearing handprints from every child…

  • Borough must demandthat state provides aid

    To the editor    As a Manville resident, taxpayer and former councilman, I urge the mayor and council to act forcefully and quickly to demand from Gov. James E. McGreevey that he give us our $1.4 million now.    This is not a Democrat or Republican issue but instead a taxpayer issue.    In my opinion Gov. McGreevey…

  • ‘A Few Good Men’

    Rider University offers a powerful version of Aaron Sorkin’s play. By: Stuart Duncan    With strong productions regularly appearing on the stages of Princeton University and at Rutgers, we sometimes tend to overlook the work being done at Rider University in Lawrenceville. That would be a serious oversight; the Rider program in theater includes two four-year…