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  • CRANBURY: Panel mulls Route 130 zoning

    By Maria Ptato    CRANBURY — A special subcommittee is taking a hard look at the Route 130 corridor, asking for residential and professional input on the need for additional retail development.    The Zoning Board of Adjustment pushed for township officials to review the Master Plan after several landowners applied for use variances to build retail…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: High school drama club to perform ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick High School Drama Club will present the musical comedy, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” at SBHS today (Thursday), Friday and Saturday.    Each performance will start at 7:30 p.m. Based on the 1988 film starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine, the play just finished a run on Broadway and centers…

  • MHS announces third-quarter honor roll

       The following students were named to the third quarter honor roll at Manville High School. Ninth grade    Honor roll: Juan Alfaro, Emily Barnes, Cory Britt, Jeffrey Cabral, Karen Dutan, Amanda Freuler, Magdalena Kloskowski, Megan Kreideweis, AmberMcGonegal, Melanye Nunez, Jennifer Page, Eshley Pinto, Alexandria Puza, Cynthia Quinonez, Jacqueline Richter, Kristen Schuyler, Caitlyn Tomari, Kimberly Ulate, Emily…

  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESERVATION NEW JERSEY’S 2010 10 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC SITES LIST

    ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESERVATION NEW JERSEY’S 2010 10 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC SITES LIST

    Advocates speak out for New Jersey’s historic places at the 2009 "10 Most Endangered" announcement press conference.

  • MANVILLE: Board OKs computers purchase

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The school district will spend about $130,473 on technology upgrades with about $90,473 of the money being used toward computers for Manville High School and Weston School, and the remaining $40,000 going toward wireless Internet at Manville High School and Roosevelt School.    ”The computers have a five-year replacement date,” Superintendent…

  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESERVATION NEW JERSEY’S 2010 10 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC SITES LIST

    ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESERVATION NEW JERSEY’S 2010 10 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC SITES LIST

    Stephanie L. Cherry-Farmer, Programs Director, Preservation New Jersey In recognition of National Preservation Month, Preservation New Jersey, Inc. (PNJ) will hold a press conference on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 10:00 am to announce its 16th annual list of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites in New Jersey.  The press conference will be held at…

  • MANVILLE: Proposed aid cuts threaten library services

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    A proposed 74 percent reduction in state aid to libraries statewide could cause the Manville library to cut several popular services, such as Internet access and book loans from other libraries in the state.    ”It would be very devastating for a small library,” Ed Smith, Manville’s library director, said. “We…

  • MANVILLE: Quick-thinking Scout, 11, saves friend’s life

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    When 11-year-old Nicky Lazos went to a birthday party last week, little did he know he would be called upon to use skills he learned in Boy Scouts.    Nicky, a fifth-grader at Christ the King School and a Boy Scout in Manville’s Troop 193, and his family attended a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Creative entries add to math contest’s fun

    HILLSBOROUGH: Creative entries add to math contest’s fun

    Ryan Hicks and Ryan MacCrea show the house model they created to win sec´ond place. Photo by Fred Salz