Category: archives

  • Promoting vegetarianism

    Library window display showcases health, environmental and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian diet By:Meredith Make    It doesn’t have to be a dog eat dog world.    Andrea and Ganshet Nandoskar of Kingston would agree.    Mr. and Ms. Nandoskar have been vegetarians for 15 years and firmly believe that "our food choices affect the way animals are…

  • MOST THINGS CONSIDERED

    An active life leads to a filled-up memory By:Minx McCloud    On the way to our friends’ house on Long Island this past weekend, Jim suggested we take a different route than we usually do.    I always drive when we go someplace, not because he can’t drive, but because I get carsick if I’m not behind…

  • Hot Topics

    Sacred Heart Church memories    With the old Sacred Heart Church now gone, except for the portions remaining to be knocked down, and even those soon to be gone, The Manville News wants to hear your thoughts on the building’s destruction.    Do you have any special memories about the old church? Were you sorry to see…

  • Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Ross

       Jacqueline "Jackie" Ross, 59, died Aug. 1 at Chandler Hall Health Services, Newtown, Pa.    Born in Rochester, N.Y., she attended Pittsford, N.Y., schools.    She was a TOEFL program director at Educational Testing Service, Lawrence, and previously vice principal of Columbine Elementary School, Boulder, Colo.    She received a bachelor’s from Middlebury (Vt.) College, a master’s degree…

  • Thanks for help buying defibrillators

    To the editor:    On behalf of the Manville Police Department, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The Princeton Packet Inc. for their kind and generous donation.    Through your support, we were able to purchase an additional automated external defibrillator to be used by the officers of the Manville Police Department. This lifesaving…

  • EDITORIAL: County government not needed

    Services could be carried at state, local levels By:The Manville News    Why does New Jersey need county government?    This heretical thought has come to us many times, but most recently in our musings on the upcoming race for the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders. As we pondered candidates and county officials both past and…

  • A grand night out

    Fighting crime and having fun By: Nick D’Amore    The people of South Brunswick gathered this week to get to know their neighbors, to learn a few things about child safety, health – and to have a little fun.    Scores of residents showed up Tuesday evening to be a part of this year’s National Night Out…

  • Preservation strategy presented to council

    Parcels targeted for open space purchases By: Lea Kahn    Aiming to do its part to protect open space, Lawrence Township is preparing a list of properties to buy for permanent preservation.    The list of properties, which includes parcels in both northern and southern sections of Lawrence Township, totals approximately 800 acres. The township wants to…

  • Merrill Lynch says layoffs won’t affect local project

    Two of Southfield’s eight buildings scheduled to open in October By: John Tredrea    Elimination of 1,800 jobs in Merrill Lynch’s Private Client sector this year will have little or no impact on the pace of construction or staffing of the Southfields office site in south-central Hopewell Township, a brokerage firm spokesman said this week.    Two…