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  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings column for week of Aug. 16

       The library will be closed on Saturdays through Sept. 1 and will resume Saturday hours on a date to be determined.    The library will be closed from Friday, Aug. 24, to Sept. 4. When it reopens Sept. 5, it will be as a branch of the county library system. There will be new hours. The…

  • MANVILLE: Police merger idea worth pursuing — with someone

       Is there any hope that Manville or Hillsborough would take a bold step and earnestly work toward combining police forces with any neighbor?    Neither governing body said no this month when faced with the deadline to respond to a months-long study on the regionalization of local police into one county department.    Neither said yes, either.…

  • LAWRENCE: Hopewell woman charged with burglary

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A 28-year-old Hopewell Township woman has been charged with burglary, receiving stolen property and possession of burglary tools after she was stopped by police on patrol on Larkspur Lane at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 10, according to police reports.    Anna Baczyk was stopped by police in response to telephone calls to…

  • MANVILLE: Actions at softball tourney questioned

    Employees may be questioned about drinking, smoking on school grounds By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    Monday’s Borough Council turned heated over alleged drinking and smoking at a charity softball tournament May 19 at Manville High School.    The event, co-sponsored by the Manville Recreation and Manville Municipal Alliance, was held to raise money to help…

  • LAWRENCE: HomeFront needs back to school supplies for 91 kids

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The first day of school is less than three weeks away, but HomeFront’s annual “back to school” drive —which seeks to outfit the children of homeless families or the working poor — needs donors to help outfit 91 children with new clothing and shoes.    HomeFront, which is headquartered at 1880…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: College students earn their degrees

            James Gibbons Jr. of Hillsborough graduated magna cum laude from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, with a double major in political science and history.         He has accepted a job offer at Lawyer.com in Basking Ridge,where he’ll be a member representative.         This spring semester he…

  • MANVILLE: Volunteers help at Ironman competition

    MANVILLE: Volunteers help at Ironman competition

    Curtis Stewart, Bob Kaminski and Tom Zrinko — members of Manville’s CERT group — assisted Saturday at the Iron Man Competition in New York.

  • MANVILLE: Borough is represented at 4-H Fair

    MANVILLE: Borough is represented at 4-H Fair

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    The 65th annual Somerset County 4-H Fair was held last Wednesday through Friday. Even with the hot temperatures and torrential rains, the 65th event brought many to North Branch Park in Bridgewater.    Manville was represented with people showing animals, describing services and presenting displays.    Residents Bruce Hixson, Heather Armstrong,…

  • MANVILLE: Kids build ‘space banks’ at library

    MANVILLE: Kids build ‘space banks’ at library

    Sydney Pfeiffer, left, and Megan Simko work on their celestial bank on Aug. 6. (Photos by Ruth Bielanski, children’s librarian)