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  • DISPATCHES: It’s not just about housing

    By Hank Kalet, online editor    How does that old cliche go? “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”    This is especially true when it comes to the debate over affordable housing and the reforms signed into law by Gov. Jon S. Corzine over the summer.    Everyone is at fault in this mess — from the…

  • MANVILLE: Jimenez captured by marshals in Puerto Rico

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The U.S. Marshals Service located Manville resident Juan Jimenez, 24, on Dec. 11 in Puerto Rico and charged him with the stabbing death of Plainfield resident Dennis Gaitan, 20, the Union County Prosecutors Office announced.    The federal marshals charged Mr. Jimenez in a Ponce, Puerto Rico, motel that afternoon, according…

  • LHS boys hoops looks to improve

    The Lawrence High boys’ basketball team will open the season Friday night at Princeton with hopes of improving on last year’s 5-18 record and competing for a CVC Valley Division championship.     Cardinals’ coach Pat Tarrant is entering his 19th year at the helm of the program and has a roster that includes six seniors…

  • MANVILLE: Board approves teachers’ salary guide

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The Board of Education unanimously ratified the 2007-2010 teaching contract, accepting the teaching salary and stipend guides at its Tuesday meeting.    The salary and stipend guides are within the parameters of the state-appointed fact-finders’ report, and the board’s labor representative reviewed the guide with the Manville Education Association’s (MEA) representative,…

  • MANVILLE: Wrestlers expect solid season

    WRESTLING PREVIEW by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    The Manville High wrestling program is prepared to take another big step into the future.    Second-year head coach Pat Gorbatuk started his rebuilding process with an encouraging season last year but certainly isn’t satisfied. Gorbatuk welcomes back eight starters plus an outstanding freshman class for what he expects…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Vote due on Route 537 rezoning

    by Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee is expected to vote Thursday on whether the commercial zoning along Route 537 should be scaled back.    A public hearing on the issue was carried last week to Thursday’s meeting at 7 p.m. in the township’s municipal courtroom on Route 539.    The proposed ordinance…

  • MERCER: County executive recovering from weekend heart attack

    By Greg Forester, Packet Group Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes was recovering this week at the University Medical Center at Princeton following emergency surgery after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.     The Princeton Township resident, who has served as county executive since 2003, was in good spirits Monday, saying he felt well and that…

  • Thanks follows great softball run

       With the holidays upon us, we just wanted to share a belated, but heartfelt thank you to EVERYONE for supporting the 2008 Robbinsville 12 year old girls’ All-Star softball team this past summer.    The monetary and other sundry donations, wonderful words of encouragement, fabulous celebratory parade, and stories of pride from our local and state…

  • LAWRENCE: Panel endorses clean elections ballot question

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Committee to Assess Public Financing of Municipal Elections in Lawrence Township has endorsed placing the question of public funding for elections on the general election ballot.     Half of the eight-member committee — those members who favor publicly funded elections — delivered their report to the Township Council Tuesday…