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  • Pulte offers variety at Holmdel Ridge

    Personalized homes for the discerning homebuyer    Timing is everything where real estate is concerned — and that’s why it’s a good idea to look as soon as possible into the once-in-a-lifetime window of opportunity that Pulte has just opened at Holmdel Ridge.    "Now that we’re just about ready to celebrate our grand close out, we’re…

  • Author of disputed reparations ad debates at university

    David Horowitz directs his fire at The Daily Princetonian. By: Jeff Milgram    Like a fighter meeting his opponent, David Horowitz, the conservative writer, walked up to Dorothy Lewis, co-chair of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, before their debate Wednesday night at Princeton University.    "Hi Dorothy, how you doing?" asked Mr. Horowitz,…

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

       Manville Public Library is located at 100 S. 10th Ave., Manville. Library hours: Monday and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, noon-8 p.m., Wednesday, 11 a.m-8 p.m. Library calendar    Friday, April 27, 10-11:30 a.m. Computer Class Group II.    Saturday, April 28, 11 a.m. The play Cinderella will be presented.    Wednesday, May 2, 6 p.m.…

  • Arsenic in park poses no threat to drinking water

       Arsenic contamination at Cranbury-Millstone Park is not a threat to local drinking water, says Township Engineer Cathleen Marcelli. By:Brian Shappell    Arsenic contamination at Cranbury-Millstone Park is not a threat to local drinking water, says Township Engineer Cathleen Marcelli.    Soil testing earlier this month at three spots in Cranbury-Millstone Park, where arsenic contaminated soil was discovered…

  • League unveils township handbook

    By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — The League of Women Voters of Monroe Township unveiled its newest edition of "This Is Monroe Township," a know-your-town handbook, in a program at the Monroe Public Library Monday.    The league also received a preliminary report on information its study committee gathered in an as-yet-unfinished study of the township’s fire districts.…

  • Hightstown still seeking consistency

    BASEBALL: Whenever the Rams have made progress in their play this season, they have followed it by taking two steps back. By: Neil Hay    For coach John Mariano, the lows of this Hightstown baseball season easily overshadow the highs.    In fact, whenever the Rams give Mariano a glimmer of hope with a sound performance, they…

  • Gilmore powers track and field team

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl Ryan Gilmore piled up four more first places and is starting to emerge as a consistent and dominant force for the Manville High boys’ track and field team. The MHS junior won his usual quarter-mile events, taking the 400 dash (56.9) and 400 hurdles (64.2), while also prevailing in the…

  • SENIOR CORNER

       The Manville Seniors Inc. meet at 1 p.m. the second Thursday of each month. The next meeting will be held Thursday, May 10.    New members are welcome. Membership is open to residents 55 if disabled; otherwise it is 60 and older. Contact Mary at 725-8978. Trips    Thursday, May 31 Trip to Three Little Bakers in…

  • Fuller, Meyer sign to run at UConn

    Raider stars set for college challenge By: Rudy Brandl        Erin Fuller is such a tremendous all-around athlete that she’s accepting a college scholarship for a sport that’s not even her favorite.    The Hillsborough High senior, who dreamed of playing basketball in college because she loves the game so much, simply couldn’t turn down a…