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  • Carty selected as mayor during ‘colorful’ reorganization

    Committee members receive a box of Crayola crayons By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — Mansfield residents were given a new mayor at Sunday’s annual reorganization meeting and Township Committee members were each given a box of 64 Crayola crayons with a sharpener.    While it will be Township Committeeman Ron Carty’s job as mayor to lead Mansfield, the…

  • Carrie Wass

       MANVILLE — Carrie (Yeskevich) Wass died Tuesday, Jan. 1, at home. She was 81.    Born in Mahanoy City, Pa., she lived in Manville for the past 48 years.    Mrs. Wass was a former employee of Diehls Corporation in Bridgewater and had been employed as a driver with Somerset Transportation in Bridgewater at the time of…

  • HHS track athletes excel in holiday meets

    Crawford, Klueber star at invitationals By: Rudy Brandl    There’s one group of people who didn’t put on the holiday pounds — the Hillsborough High track and field athletes.    As usual, the Raiders kept busy over the holiday break. They participated in four invitational meets and practiced just about every other day, including Christmas Eve and…

  • Washington hires curriculum directors

    Replace former director Terry Sackett, who left to become a principal in South Jersey. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The school board last week hired two curriculum directors, replacing one who left for another job and creating a new position.    Curriculum Director Terry Sackett recently left the district for a job as a principal in…

  • Shift causes problems with cable Internet

    Problems arose for some residents and nearly all township employees as a result of a system changeover for Comcast’s e-mail and Internet services. By: Brian Shappell    "It doesn’t work," said Township Information Manager Ken Kersch of the township’s high-speed cable Internet service provided by Comcast.    That very same statement may be what is being uttered…

  • Take big axto school budget

    To the editor    This is the year that you members of the school board step out of your ivory tower into the real world.    Our government has announced officially that the current recession started in March and will continue well into next year.    It is mandatory and a must-do situation that our school board members…

  • Lady Raiders bounce back over holidays

    Dominate two foes en route to tourney title By: Rudy Brandl    Some basketball teams don’t put much emphasis on holiday tournaments. The Hillsborough High girls certainly did this December.    Coming off their first and only loss of the season to Voorhees, the Lady Raiders felt it was important to regain some momentum entering the New…

  • State neglect created mess for NJ Transit

    EDITORIAL    Every schoolchild knows the story of the little engine that could, the motivational saga of drive and determination that turned a poor, undersized locomotive into an overachieving dynamo.    Maybe it’s this piece of inspirational fiction that motivates adults to think of railroads as the sort of I-think-I-can-I-think-I-can enterprises that need only a little push…

  • Millstone committee welcomes newcomer

    John Pfefferkorn, who won election as an Independent, takes seat on governing body. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee reorganization meeting began on a quiet, ceremonious note Jan. 2. John Pfefferkorn became the newest member of the committee, repeating the oath of office read to him by Judge Debra J. Gelson as his…