Category: archives

  • Florence repeats as Group I basketball champs

           PISCATAWAY- When asked to compare his team’s different state championships, Florence High boys’ basketball coach Art Bobik stared ahead with a smile on his face like a little kid trying to make a choice at an ice cream shop. By:Kyle Moylan    "Oh, they’re all different," Bobik noted. "They all have their own flavor and…

  • MANVILLE SENIOR CORNER

       The Manville Seniors Inc. meet at 1 p.m. the second Thursday of each month. The next meeting will be April 12. Blood pressures will be taken before the meeting. Please remember to bring your food articles and your Campbell Soup labels.    New members are welcome. Membership is open to residents 55 if disabled; otherwise it…

  • Parking ban not a solution

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I was unable to attend the Township Council meeting on March 6, but I was able to watch it on television.    I am the individual who spoke on behalf of the residents of Dayton Square at two separate council meetings including Feb. 20. At that meeting, I thanked…

  • District ponders busing plans

    Millstone looks at using private companies for days when it has driver shortages. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — The Board of Education is considering allowing the school district to hire private bus companies to take on routes if there is a shortage of drivers on a particular day.    Marilyn Kothe, the district’s transportation coordinator,…

  • Career peers share stories with students

    A new computer program will allow community professionals to become cyber mentors to high school students. By: Amanda Bok    The high school guidance department wants members of the community to help high school students plan for their future.    Thanks to a Web-based computer program the high school recently acquired, community professionals can become cyber mentors…

  • Week of March 15, 2001

    From Princeton, Princeton Junction and South Brunswick PRINCETON    Three sales associates at the Princeton office of Weichert, Realtors have been honored for their recent accomplishments, announced Joe McDonald, branch manager.    Winner of the December top sales award was Karen Evertsen, a licensed real estate professional with extensive experience in relocation, contracts and negotiation. Since she…

  • OBITUARIES

    Mary Jachera, 87    HILLSBOROUGH — Mary (Czachor) Jachera died March 8 at home. She was 87.    Born in Derby, Conn., she lived in Manville prior to moving to Hillsborough many years ago.    Mrs. Jachera was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of Mary, Mother of God Church in Hillsborough. She was a former 4-H leader…

  • School tax rate drops for sending district

           NEW HANOVER — The New Hanover-Wrightstown Board of Education introduced a $4.1 million tentative budget March 7 that would decrease school taxes in Wrightstown. By:David Koch    The proposed budget would reduce the school tax rate in Wrightstown 11 cents to $1.63 for each $100 of assessed property value.    A homeowner at the township average…

  • Council may shave penny off proposed 2001 tax rate

    The Township Council will meet at 8 p.m. Monday.    A public hearing on the proposed $29.95 million municipal budget for 2001, which proposes no tax increase, is on the agenda for Township Council’s regular meeting next week. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council will meet 8 p.m. Monday to consider the proposed budget and to introduce…