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  • A notable family mansion

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By:    Reprinted from the "Allentown Messenger," dated Aug. 3, 1911:    Among the noted old-time dwellings to be seen in this section of New Jersey might be mentioned the Imlay mansion at Allentown, Monmouth county, which stands as sound and solid as when first erected…

  • Board, superintendent battle at meeting

    Members express dissatisfaction with superintendent’s preparation By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    A contentious work session of the Manville Board of Education Tuesday night might have been a public display of some board members’ desire to remove Superintendent of Schools Francis X. Heelan.    Although the meeting started out peaceably as the board discussed the proposed $1.75 million January referendum…

  • HoVal searches for positives

    Field HockeySometimes things don’t always go as planned. By: Matt Nalbone    First-year varsity field hockey head coach Jamie Holtz is finding that out the hard way at Hopewell Valley Central High School.    Barb Skiba controlled the sidelines for 28 years at HoVal, but turned over the team to one-time assistant Holtz, who seems to be…

  • Knowing where to turn for help

    The Crisis Ministry helps low-income people in emergency situations, where no other source of help is available. By: Lisa Pettit    Crisis is what the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton is all about. Within the past year, more than 1,100 people in Mercer County — the hungry, people facing eviction, people unable to pay for…

  • Local officials heed security directive

    ‘We’ve provided all our officers with a list of sites that we’ve designated as potential targets’ of terrorist attacks, Lt. George Meyer said Monday By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Police Department has taken a number of steps in response to the federal government’s directive to all law enforcement agencies that security be increased in…

  • Police investigating two burglaries

    By:Alec Moore    Police are looking into two recent residential home invasions in the south eastern section of Hillsborough. The two burglaries occurred on Sept. 21 and Sept. 22 at a Fox Chase Run and Matthew Road residence respectively.    Hillsborough Police Lt. David Delatour said police do not have any suspects for the break-ins but detectives…

  • Carmela Ferlazzo Boles, 75

       Carmela Ferlazzo Boles, 75, died Sunday at her home.    Born in Reading, Pa., she lived in Clifton, then Edison for 30 years, before moving to Rossmoor in 1989.    She was a cosmetic and fragrance sales specialist at Bamberger’s and later Macy’s in Menlo Park for 30 years, retiring in 1986.    She and her husband Robert…

  • MHS girls make school soccer history

    Smith leads way with goal, three assists By: Rudy Brandl    GLADSTONE — Making history is always something special.    The Manville High girls’ soccer team enjoyed that wonderful feeling last Saturday afternoon at Gill St. Bernards.    Manville, the 13th seed in the bracket, rode an early scoring spurt and played a solid all-around game to produce…

  • Community asked to attend Route 31 workshop on Oct. 17

       A series of public workshops to craft a new vision for Route 31 in the Hopewell Valley will begin on Oct. 17 at the Hopewell Township Municipal Building.    This initiative will begin with a free, community potluck supper starting at 6:15 p.m., followed by a workshop and hands-on land-use planning exercises beginning at 7:30 p.m.…