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  • MANVILLE: Candidates offer final thoughts
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Alleged robber used baseball bat to threaten store employee, police say

    Man also charged in theft less than a week earlier    Police have charged a Hillsborough 20-year-old man with robbery for allegedly wielding an aluminum baseball bat to take cash from the Philly Pretzel Factory at about 7:30 a.m. Monday.    In fact, when police charged Julian Moreno, 20, of Regents Court, they filed a second complaint.…

  • LAWRENCE: Good Samaritan law introduced

    By Lea Kahn    Township Council has introduced an amended ordinance that would remove criminal penalties for under-age drinkers who report that a friend — who is also under 21 years old — is in distress from drinking too much alcohol.    The proposed ordinance amendment, introduced at Township Council’s April 5 meeting, is set for a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Student wins $1,000 for anti-smoking ad

    School also gains $1,000 from medical group    Don Anthony Tyson Jr. of Hillsborough High School was rewarded for his print ad encouraging people to stop smoking.    ENT and Allergy Associates, with the American Cancer Society and the Mt. Sinai Medical Center, presented Don Anthony and school administrators each with $1,000 checks on March 24.    This…

  • FLORENCE:Police honor fallen colleague with rededication ceremony

    By Amber Cox    FLORENCE —Officer Walter Kotch was escorting a funeral procession when a vehicle hit his patrol car on the driver’s side, killing the 29-year-old policeman. That was April 15, 1965, 46 years ago, and on Friday township held a rededication ceremony for him on, the anniversary of his death.    Officer Kotch’s car was…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: GOP incumbent withdraws from Assembly race

    Hillsborough’s Ciattarelli will run as write-in for nomination By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    A funny thing happened to Assemblywoman Denise Coyle on her way to her re-election bid.    She found it would be very difficult to sell her house and relocate her family.    So she has withdrawn from the race, forcing Republicans in the redrawn…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter for week of April 221

       Kevin Burke and Robert Radcliffe, both from Manville, and Jerome Carr of Princeton were charged with theft and trespassing on April 4 for allegedly stealing scrap metal from an Old Camplain Road property.    The value of the theft was reported at $447. All three, all age 32, were released after processing. * * *    Sarah…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of April 21

       Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to: [email protected] before…

  • MANVILLE: Bowler hits Las Vegas jackpot

    MANVILLE: Bowler hits Las Vegas jackpot

    Manville bowler Robbie Thomaszfski displays the check he won at an AMF tournament in Las Vegas last week. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara