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  • Rec Commission setsspring sign-up dates

       Manville Recreation Commission will hold 2002 Spring Program sign ups from 9 a.m. — 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Weston School Gymnasium and Recreation Building.    Additional registration days for the following programs will be held at the Recreation Building on the following dates and times Monday, Feb. 25 from 2-6 p.m.; Wednesday, Feb. 27,…

  • EDITORIAL

    Local budgets face a season of uncertainty    It’s local budget-preparation time in New Jersey, with municipal and school officials across the state sharpening their pencils, donning their eyeshades and undertaking the tedious, line-by-line annual review and analysis of next year’s anticipated expenditures and revenues.    It’s a thankless but important job. When you get past the…

  • New Egypt captures Freedom Division

    School claims Burlington County Scholastic League crown in just second season. By: Kyle Moylan    When the New Egypt High School wrestling program started two seasons ago, it was no more than 10 freshman without a single regular season match on the schedule.    When New Egypt starts next season, however, it will be no less than…

  • Event offers lessons for parents

    Parent Leadership Corps offers ways to improve communication with kids By:Alec Moore    The Parent Leadership Corps, a network of Hillsborough parents who meet to explore issues related to parenting and improving communications with their children, will be holding a series of day and evening workshops for parents who feel they may not be on the…

  • SNAPSHOT: Clay play

    Students in Rosemary Krell’s art class at Eldridge Park School were busy Tuesday making clay plates. The students began by tracing a paper plate on rolled-out clay, cutting away the excess and then shaping it to their liking. Here, Dominic Wirkijowski flattens a piece of clay.

  • Lady Mustangs ousted by Prep in SCT

    Another tough shooting day for girls By: John E. Powers    SOMERSET — To beat Rutgers Prep in the first round of the Somerset County Basketball Tournament Monday, the Manville High girls would have needed a very special effort.    That never happened.    Manville, the No. 13 seed, fell to the fifth-seeded Argonauts 45-25 in a game…

  • Kathleen Auwarter

       MANVILLE — Kathleen "Kathy" Lillian Auwarter died Jan. 30 at home. She was 53.    Born in Camden, she lived in Somerset County most of her life and had lived in Manville for the past six years.    Ms. Auwarter was employed as a technician with Ortho Biotech in Bridgewater for 17 years.    She was the founder,…

  • Four Redbirds place in MCT wrestling

    The team’s second trip to the tournament ends with first-, second-, third- and sixth-place finishes. By: Kyle Moylan    The Allentown High School wrestling team’s second trip to the annual Mercer County Wrestling Tournament ended with an individual first, second, third and sixth place finish this past weekend.    Nick Painchaud placed first at 112 pounds by…

  • Blooms from the Cold Earth

    Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve hosts a winter walk. By: Jodi Thompson    If there had been fresh snow on the ground, Gabrielle Sivitz, education coordinator at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve in New Hope, Pa., would be pointing out tracks left by fox and other critters roaming the 100-acre woods. Yet, a layer of the white stuff…