Category: archives
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MANVILLE: Library poets are crowned
Annual contest receives 25 poetry entries By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Winners of the Manville Public Library’s annual Poetry contest were recognized Tuesday night at the library. The winners read their poems and other poems were reading during the event. Library Director Ed Smith has held this poetry contest for children, receiving about 25…
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ROBBINSVILLE: It’s Playground No. 3 by a landslide
The winning playground proposal shown here features a tree house, double swoosh slide, mushroom steppers, a horizontal ladder, crawl tunnel and talk tubes. (Courtesy of Robbinsville Recreation)
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LAWRENCE: School board says goodbye to Deborah Endo
By Lea Kahn With some gentle, good-natured teasing, the Lawrence Township Board of Education thanked out-going board member Deborah Endo for her six years of service Monday night at her final school board meeting. Ms. Endo, who lives on Cold Soil Road, was elected to the school board in 2005 and re-elected in 2008. She…
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MANVILLE: Teacher gets top honor
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Manville High School teacher Kevin Caldwell was selected as Raritan Valley Lodge No. 46 Educator of the Year and was honored at the lodget’s meeting on April 6h. Mr. Caldwell, along with his parents, Kathy and Rick Caldwell, and Manville High School Principal Dr. James Brunn attended a dinner…
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Basketball Camp
By Dan Schantz I am excited to announce the dates for this summer’s Dan Schantz Basketball Camp. Formerly known as MMOG Basketball Camp, this camp will once again be held at Christ the King School in Manville (due to the construction at Mary Mother of God in Hillsborough). The camp, in its fifth season, will…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Senior center invites those 60 and older to Passover Seder
Jewish tradition to be explained, compared to Christian holiday Adults age 60 and older are invited to learn about the Passover Seder, a ritual family dinner of ceremonies and symbols that have special significance to the retelling of the story of exodus to the Jewish religion. The program will start at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday,…
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PLUMSTED: Township committee asking for tax levy cap waiver
By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer PLUMSTED In order to avert police layoffs, the Township Committee last week authorized an April 27 referendum seeking voter permission to exceed the 2 percent tax levy cap in the proposed $3.1 million municipal budget. The referendum question asks voters to increase the allowable tax levy the total…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of April 14
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…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Two baby bald eagles emerge, awaiting a third
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Two week-old bald eagles occasionally pop into view, via a continuous camera feed on the Internet, from a nest high up in a sycamore tree on the Duke Farms property in Hillsborough. There’s still a third egg in the nest, awaiting birth. For the most part, Momma Eagle can be…
