Category: archives

  • Election raising students’ passions

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The youth vote is usually one that holds promise of large voter turnout, yet it is one that often fails to get to the polls on Election Day.    However, with this year’s election set to make history, a large number of young South Brunswick voters may be poised to finally…

  • Marjorie Grecco

       BRIDGEWATER — Marjorie E. (Danberry) Grecco died Oct. 5 at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 83.    Born in Somerville, she resided in Manville most of her life and for the past four years at the New Jersey Eastern Star Home in Bridgewater.    Mrs. Grecco retired in 1975 from the former Shop-Rite of…

  • Community calendar

    Compiled by Mary Stulack 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, drop a note to Mary Stulack, Calendar, 52 Broad St., Hopewell, NJ 08525.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-466-2123) or…

  • Benefit set to aid single mom with breast cancer

    By Mary Ellen Zangara    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and on Saturday, Oct. 25, a benefit is being held to support a local resident. The silent auction and concert will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Manville-Hillsborough Elks Lodge on Brooks Boulevard.    Laurie Parlin is a Hillsborough resident who was diagnosed…

  • Man charged in car fire

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    A Cranbury man was charged Oct. 3 with improperly storing chemicals in his car, causing it to explode in his driveway.    Dalbir Sethi, 65, of Plainsboro Road, was charged by the New Jersey State Police with one count of causing or risking widespread injury or damage and one count of…

  • Ruth M. Seifert

       YORK, Pa. — Ruth M. (Woody) Seifert, 83, died Oct. 1 at Memorial Hospital, York, Pa.    Born in Madison Heights, Va., she was previously employed, as an office clerk, by the East Windsor Regional School District.    Daughter of the late Edward and Mary (Proffitt) Woody, widow of Leon A. Seifert Jr. and sister to a…

  • COAH adjusts housing rules

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    New amendments to the Council on Affordable Housing’s third-round rules will go into a 60-day comment period on Oct. 20.    The new rules, which are designed to more than double the number of proposed affordable housing units in the state from 52,000 to 115,000 in the next 10 years, are…

  • Bowden paces NBC’s cross country great week of running

    BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Following a strong showing at the Shore Coaches Cross Country Invitational at Holmdel on Saturday, the Northern Burlington County Regional High boys’ varsity cross country team capped off one its best regular seasons ever by beating three out of the four teams it faced in Tuesday’s home batch race.…

  • Sandra Pullen Forrest

       JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sandra Pullen Forrest, 71, died Oct. 3 at the Consulate Care Center.    Born in Princeton, she lived in Hightstown for many years.    She was a graduate of Hightstown High School and the Katherine Gibbs School in New York City. She worked as an executive secretary at Princeton Hospital, William C. Pullen Fuel…