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  • Young Mustangs set for 2008 football campaign

    Only four seniors on roster by Shawn Tyrrell, Sports Writer    On Saturday, the 2008 Manville High School football team kicks off its season when MHS goes on the road to take on Newark Central in the opening game for both schools.    It has been a busy summer for the Mustangs with scrimmages against the likes…

  • Gordon Mack

       Gordon Mack, 81, a resident of Princeton since 1965, died Monday at the University Medical Center at Princeton of prostate cancer.    A native of Evanston, Ill., he earned a bachelor’s degree and second lieutenant’s commission at Southern University, where he entered the Army ROTC, played football, joined Kappa Alpha Psi and served as president of…

  • MHS boys pumped for soccer season

    Team expects to win games this year by John Beisser, Sports Writer    In speaking with Manville High boys’ varsity soccer coach Tim Moore, it is apparent the 2008 Mustangs possessive a cohesiveness and chemistry that was missing in last year’s team.    Manville endured a difficult winless season in 2007 but Moore is confident this year’s…

  • Florence Township police, AAA prepare pedestrian safety program for students

    By Vanessa S. Holt, Managing Editor FLORENCE — The Police Department and AAA Mid-Atlantic, along with the Florence Township Riverfront School and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety Association will hold a pedestrian safety presentation at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11.  The program is part of an ongoing effort through a grant received by the DHTSA…

  • ‘Bangkok Dangerous’

    ‘Bangkok Dangerous’

    ‘Bangkok Dangerous’

  • ‘Bangkok Dangerous’

    ‘Bangkok Dangerous’

    ‘Bangkok Dangerous’

  • Pintos, Colts prevail

    MYAL teams win home openers    The Manville Pintos got their first win against Metuchen at home Sunday by a score of 19-14. After going winless last year and dropping the first two games of this season, the Pintos really enjoyed breaking the skid.    After a slow start and going down 7-0, the Pintos got back…

  • Mansfield Environmental Commission reminds residents: permit needed for tree removal

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer MANSFIELD — The township Environmental Commission is trying to get the word out to residents thinking of removing large trees on their property: Don’t do so without the proper permit.     “I understand that people feel as though their properties are their own, but we don’t want to see our…

  • ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’

    ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’

    ‘Everybody Wants to Be Italian’