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  • Late rally dashes Robbinsville’s World Series title hopes

    Late rally dashes Robbinsville’s World Series title hopes

    By Kyle Moylan    Robbinsville’s incredible run of 37 straight wins — stretched out over two seasons — came to an end in the championship game of the Little League Softball World Series in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday night.    Simpsonville, S.C., scored five runs in the top of the sixth to pull out a 9-5 win…

  • ‘Shrek’ set for outdoor screening in Lawrence on Aug. 22

    By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer    Lawrence residents looking for some end-of-summer entertainment should drag out their lawn chairs, mark their calendars and get ready to watch everyone’s favorite ogre.    The Bowl at The Lawrenceville School will be transformed into a movie theater on Friday, Aug. 22, for an outdoor showing of the 2001 movie “Shrek.”…

  • East Windsor man killed in motorcycle crash

    By Anthony Coppola, Staff Writer     WILLINGBORO — An East Windsor man died Sunday morning from injuries sustained in a Saturday evening motorcycle accident in Willingboro, according to police.     Alvin Townsend, 28, of Fairfield Drive, was traveling east on Levitt Parkway when the 2003 Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle he was riding collided with a…

  • Sex offender decision troubles local leaders

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    Local officials this week are expressing displeasure with a recent state appeals court decision that says municipalities cannot place limits on where sex offenders reside.    A three-judge panel of the state Superior Court Appellate Division ruled last month that New Jersey’s Megan’s Law, which requires convicted sex offenders to register…

  • George C. Tiesmeyer Sr

    NEW HANOVER — George C. Tiesmeyer Sr., 59, died Sunday at home.     Born in Albany, N.Y., he was a resident of Cookstown since 1993 and formerly of Browns Mills.     He was a retired senior corrections officer with the New Jersey State Department of Corrections in Yardville. He was a member of the New…

  • Monroe to go online for tax payments

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE —Paying taxes with a pen and checkbook could be a thing of the past for Monroe residents.    Monroe Township is now accepting applications for an Automatic Clearing House debit system, a program that automatically debits participants accounts for taxes on the pre-determined quarterly due dates, said Wayne Hamilton, township…

  • Thanks council for Lawrence-Hopewell Trail authorization

    Eleanor Horne, Becky Taylor of Lawrence-Hopewell Trail To the editor:     On behalf of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) and those who use it, we want to thank the members of the Lawrence Township Council for their unanimous, bipartisan vote to authorize work on the LHT through Maidenhead Meadows (aka Dyson Farm).    For several months,…

  • 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…

  • Enrichment program for kids gets assist from Lawrence business

    Enrichment program for kids gets assist from Lawrence business

    STARS students perform at the enrichment program hosted by Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart.