Category: archives

  • January meeting is project’s last one

       An eight-month project to recommend improvements to the business district will have its final "community meeting" next month, this time without a firm recommendation to build apartments at Rustic Mall. By:Eric Schwarz    That controversial aspect of the revitalization strategy, paid for with a state grant awarded last January, drew heavy criticism from residents and business…

  • Moshak death, Bush visit lead Manville 2000 stories

       Manville marked 2000 with many comings and goings — the death of Police Chief Michael Moschak, the replacement of the high school principal, the resignations of two public officials soon after their elections, and the demolition of one former church and the rebuilding of another one. By:Eric Schwarz    In addition to those events, the borough…

  • No surprises expected as council reorganizes

       Manville will get at least three new officials when the Borough Council reorganizes at its first meeting of the year. By:Eric Schwarz    Governing bodies go through reorganization at the start of every year as newly elected official take office and the governing body announces appointments for the new year. The Borough Council meeting is set…

  • Historically Speaking

    For week of Dec. 28 By: Information provided by Allentown resident Ann Garrison, Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society President John Fabiano and society member Alice Wikoff from their draft abstract, "Allen’s Town, New Jersey: A Crossroads of the American Revolution, 1775-1783." Background    Colonial Allentown was a bustling, established agrarian village. There were approximately 80 buildings (unconfirmed),…

  • Robert H. Schaeffer

       Robert H. Schaeffer, 75, died Dec. 19 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold.    He was born in Trenton, and lived in Monmouth Junction, Deptford Township and Dennisville before moving to Freehold three years ago.    Before retiring in 1992, he was a health inspector for the Cape May Health Department for 11 years. Prior to that he…

  • Helena Mackow

       Helena Cwik Mackow, 79, died Dec. 20 at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital, Trenton.    Born in Chicago, she lived in Poland most of her life before moving to Hamilton Square 15 years ago.    Daughter of the late Stanislaw and Stefania Staworzk Cwik, mother of the late Jerzy Mackow and sister of the late Kazimierz…

  • When are we supposed to get the future we were promised?

       I’m not expecting "Thus Spake Zarathustra" to start playing when the clock strikes midnight Sunday night and 2001 begins, but then again, living in the future isn’t quite what I expected it to be, at least as portrayed in Stanley Kubrick’s film and science fiction in general. By:Vanessa S. Holt    I’m not expecting "Thus Spake…

  • HoVal to build on battle with Bergen Catholic

    Hopewell Valley Ice HockeySometimes a loss can actually turn out to be a victory. By: Steve Feitl    Mark Kowal hopes that is the case for his Hopewell Valley Central High School ice hockey squad.    The Bulldogs (4-3-1) fell, 2-1, to Bergen Catholic in the first round of the Lawrence Christmas Tournament.    While the 2-1 decision…

  • Excavation at Claremont begins March at earliest

       Excavation of soil underneath the site where nine houses were torn down on East Camplain Road will occur in March or later, a federal official said Wednesday. By:Eric Schwarz    Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. will begin its preparatory work Jan. 2 at the federal creosote site, said John Prince of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.    "They…