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  • Kingston center work hits snag

    Village Center designation has been sought for several years By: Matthew Armstrong    If the township wants Kingston to gain Village Center status, it will have to revise an application that includes not only downtown Kingston, but surrounding areas that are not necessarily in the "Village" area.    Kingston has been seeking a Village Center designation for…

  • Florence field hockey notches Group I sectional title

       Lauren Mangus had waited her whole life to reach last Friday’s NJSIAA Group I Central Jersey title game versus Maple Shade. By:Sean Moylan    Lauren Mangus had waited her whole life to reach last Friday’s NJSIAA Group I Central Jersey title game versus Maple Shade.    So when the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity field…

  • Yard waste law to get last review

    Two previous attempts to pass ordinance failed    Keeping their fingers crossed for good luck, township officials are set to hold a public hearing next week on what they hope will be the third and final version of the controversial yard waste ordinance. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council introduced the latest version of the ordinance at…

  • Election past, serious work awaits doing

    THE MANVILLE NEWS EDITORIAL — Nov. 16, 2000 By:The Manville News    The ballots have been tallied, the streamers have been put away, and – unlike with the national election – there are clear winners in the Manville election.    But while Republican Martin Wierzba prepares to join co-victor Democrat Ted Petrock on the Borough Council, it…

  • Recreation plan: full-time director

       The Manville Recreation Commission is looking to hire a full-time director to handle a burgeoning program with too much work for the current director to handle part time. By:Eric Schwarz    The commission runs more than 40 programs a year in town for all ages, said commission President Kevin McHugh. It relies on Director Richard Armstrong…

  • 12th District race will go to a recount

    BREAKING NEWS By: Jennifer Potash    Republican Dick Zimmer will ask for a full recount of the votes in the 12th Congressional District Friday.    Mr. Zimmer made the announcement at a press conference Thursday after the Superior Court Appellate Division ruled against his campaign and allowed 73 provisional ballots in Mercer County to be opened. Related…

  • Nice fixes to the election muddle in Florida

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By:Minx McCloud    I, like everyone else, am waiting to find out who our next president will be, although by the time you read this, it will already be decided.    For me, the funniest part of this whole thing was the incident during which a 400-pound bear trapped election officials inside a polling…

  • County, township doing road work

    By:Ruth Luse    Jim Bell, Mercer County roads superintendent, said Tuesday that work on Carter Road, between Elm Ridge Road and Lucent Technologies, was expected to begin Wednesday.    Detour signs and signs announcing the project have been posted in the affected areas.    This milling and paving project is expected to take six days, weather permitting, and…

  • Dorothy Annie O’Neil

       Dorothy Annie O’Neil, 69, died Saturday at the Capital Health System at Mercer hospital. Born in Trenton, she was a longtime Lawrenceville resident.    She retired in 1992 after 25 years as secretary to the athletic director of the Lawrence Township schools.    Daughter of the late Fred and Agnes Gregory Woodcock and sister of the late…