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  • MANVILLE: Community Calendar

       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: School board hires interim business administrator

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The Board of Education has appointed Evan “Steve” Gillingham as interim business administrator and intends to advertise the position again in hope of drawing more qualified applicants than those who already applied .    Mr. Gillingham will work in Manville two days a week, effective Sept. 1, for a fee of…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Council opposes Caffrey rehiring

    Mayor now says he wants her part-time By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE – The Township Council opposes Mayor Dave Fried’s stated plan to hire recently ousted Business Administrator Mary Caffrey as economic development coordinator for $70,000.    For his part, the mayor is now indicating he plans to offer Ms. Caffrey that position as a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Fire damages condo unit

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    An East Brookside Lane residence was deemed uninhabitable after it sustained extensive damage in a fire about 6:15 p.m. Sunday.    Police said they arrived at the scene to find heavy smoke and flames billowing out from the condominium unit, which was unoccupied at the time.    Hillsborough police Lt. Fran Mozgai…

  • MANVILLE: Local trombonist tours Italy with jazz orchestra

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    John Cortelyou, a 2009 Manville High School graduate, recently joined some of the best jazz musicians in New Jersey and Philadelphia for a tour of Italy, performing for audiences of more than 1,000.    As a member of the 27-person Philadelphia Jazz Orchestra, Mr. Cortelyou traveled to Italy in July for…

  • MANVILLE: MHS band getting in step for season

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    With school starting in a couple of weeks and football season right around the corner, the Manville High School Band started working on its halftime show this week at the annual band camp.    Thirty-nine students from MHS, along with a few seventh- and eighth-graders from Alexander Batcho Intermediate School,…

  • IRS Spokesperson

    By Gregg Semanick MOUNTAINSIDE NJ — With 2009 now half over, the Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers to take advantage of the numerous tax breaks made available earlier this year in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). "The recovery law provides tax incentives for first-time homebuyers, people purchasing new cars, those interested in making…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: PTA launches ‘cyber-yard sale’

    Aim is to help neighbors in rough economy By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — If you have something you don’t need, the Parent Teacher Association of the Ethel McKnight Elementary School wants to help you give it away.    Likewise, if there’s something you need but don’t have, the PTA wants to help hook…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Young ‘Olympians’ to get lessons on firefighting

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The Winter Olympics may not begin until February, but Hillsborough’s Fire Company No. 2 is getting a jump start on the season with an Olympic game that is being described with four words — slide, crawl, drag and squirt.    This is the subtitle for the upcoming first Kids Firefighter Olympics…