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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Art sale to benefit Project Graduation

       Project Graduation — an all night, drug and alcohol free, post-graduation celebration for the 2009 senior class of Hillsborough High School — will be holding its annual Gala Art Exhibit and Auction Friday in the high school commons.    The event will open at 7 p.m. for previewing the items available; the auction will start at…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Residents get inside look at police work

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Township Police Department is offering residents a unique opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of the operations of the force with the 2009 Citizens Police Academy.    The 12-week program will run from Feb. 11 through April 29 on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.    ”We want to give…

  • Extraordinary Caregiver

    Extraordinary Caregiver

    Gail Jones Sandy Gutterson, is a wife and mother of two adult daughters. She is a substitute teacher, who home-schooled her now adult daughters. Sandy has worked in a school setting for most of her life. She currently serves on the Education Board of Faith Christian School. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Education and…

  • Anne S. Kordus

       Anne S. (Sheuchenko) Kordus, 91, died Monday Jan. 5, at her home in South Brunswick.    Ms. Kordus was born in New York City, raised in Long Island, N.Y., and lived there until moving to South Brunswick in 1960. She, along with her late husband Teddy, established, owned, and operated Kordus Nursery in South Brunswick since…

  • MANVILLE: Churches continue holiday traditions

    MANVILLE: Churches continue holiday traditions

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Sacred Heart celebrates with birthday party    The annual “Birthday Party for Jesus” at Sacred Heart Church featured the church’s youngest parishioners dressed in costumes to reenact the nativity of Jesus, during the church’s Christmas Eve mass for children. MRC program showcases children’s class lessons    Manville Reformed Church presented its…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       Employees at two South Main Street businesses reported graffiti painted on the sides of their buildings Dec. 29.    A Discount Mattress and Furniture employee reported graffiti on the building at 10:58 a.m. Dec. 29. Police said symbols and other marks were spray painted on the second-floor side of the building, and estimated the damages at…

  • Franklin Township Public Library Presents Ghost Hunting Author

    By FTPL On Tuesday, January 27th at 7 pm, NJ Ghost Hunters Society founder and author L’Aura Hladik will present “ Paranormal Investigating: Capturing Ghosts’ Pictures and Voices” in the Community Room of the Franklin Township Public Library. L’Aura has been ghost hunting since 1993 and founded the NJ Ghost Hunters Society back in 1998.…

  • 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…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Committee taps DelCore for township mayor

    HILLSBOROUGH: Committee taps DelCore for township mayor

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Hillsborough welcomed its first new mayor in two years when former Deputy Mayor Frank DelCore accepted a nomination at Tuesday’s reorganization meeting to serve in the position for a one-year term.    ”It’s a little different view from this seat,” Mayor DelCore said as he took his position in the center…