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  • MANVILLE: Wrestlers endure grueling week

    MANVILLE: Wrestlers endure grueling week

    Burke ties school record for wins in a season by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Devin Burke has learned how to win on the high school wrestling mat very quickly.    As a freshman last year, Burke led the Mustangs with 16 victories and was by far the team’s most accomplished performer. This year, there has been…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Cold enough for ya? Couple visit Antarctica

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Cold enough for ya? Couple visit Antarctica

    Stephen Monson and Gini Wallerstein pose after setting foot on land. Photo by Gini Wallerstein.

  • Princeton Area Women Sponsor World Day of Prayer Service March 6

    By Patricia Ostberg PRINCETON, NJ:  Princeton Area Church Women United will hold its annual World Day of Prayer Service on Friday, March 6 at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton (across from Princeton High School). www.wdpusa.org or call 609-924-7530.  This year’s program, "In Christ, There Are Many Members, Yet One Body", was written by…

  • NORTHERN BURLINGTON: Fire elections set for Saturday

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer Voters in five area fire districts will have the chance to voice their opinions this Saturday in the annual fire elections.     But this year, every district in the state will use paper ballots, even the two in Bordentown and the one in Florence which normally use voting machines.    …

  • MANVILLE: Boys tangle with rivals

    MANVILLE: Boys tangle with rivals

    Eric Halls hangs in the air while taking a jumper during Friday night’s final MHS home game vs. Bound Brook. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • MANVILLE: Rec wrestlers gain medals

       On Sunday, Jan .18 the Manville Recreation kids traveled to Middlesex and Monroe for some tournament wrestling.    Jason Thompson took home a silver medal. He put on a takedown clinic in his first match to win this one 9-7. Joe Kronmaier took home a fourth-place medal.    Sean O’Brien took home another silver medal for Manville.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Hall of Fame class set

       The Hillsborough High School athletic department announces its Hall of Fame Class of 2009. A dinner will be held Saturday March 28, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. at the Roycebrook Country Club.    Former HHS athletic director Rocky Forte leads this year’s class. Forte will not be present at this year’s dinner so his induction ceremony will…

  • BORDENTOWN: City, township to study police merger options

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer Bordentown City and Bordentown Township are set to receive a $33,000 grant to study the possibility of consolidating their police forces.     The grant, which will come from the state Department of Community Affairs, will cover the entire cost of the study, said Bordentown Township Administrator Leonard Klepner.     An…

  • MANVILLE: Boys tangle with rivals

    MANVILLE: Boys tangle with rivals

    Zangara pumps in career-high 29 in loss by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Sparks will fly when Manville and Bound Brook meet in any athletic contest, even basketball where the local rivalry isn’t as celebrated as in other sports like wrestling and football.    Anyone who doubts that this rivalry extends to the hardwood should have been…