Category: archives

  • Ziobro is the winner when it comes to losing (weight)

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    After enjoying NBC-TV’s popular show “The Biggest Loser,” where contestants try to best each other in losing weight, 10 members of Manville Fire Company No. 1, the department’s auxiliary and the First Aid and Rescue Squad decided they were up for a similar challenge.    At the end of the…

  • Lawrence student brings smiles to Indian children

    Molly Goodell traveled with Operation Smile doctors to India By Lea Kahn    Forty-five minutes is all it takes to change someone’s life, which is about the length of time it takes to perform a simple surgery to close up a facial deformity — a cleft lip — on a child.    Lawrence High School senior Molly…

  • Township’s final plea: governor — veto COAH bill

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    With the recent legislative passage of what Committeeman Carl Suraci has called “an ugly bill that deserves an even uglier death by veto,” the Township Committee unanimously joined a statewide effort to get Gov. Jon Corzine to veto recently approved affordable housing rules.    Despite the opposition, Gov. Corzine is expected…

  • 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…

  • Underage drinking ordinance outlines fines and penalties

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Underage drinkers consuming alcohol on private property in the township will soon face fines and a potential loss of their driver’s license, according to a new ordinance passed by the Township Council last week.    Members of council unanimously approved the ordinance, which imposes a $250 fine for first-time…

  • Details set for borough triathlon

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer     HIGHTSTOWN — Details are now set for the Sept. 28 Hightstown Sprint Triathlon, a competition that will traverse the borough and raise money for the proposed local skateboard park.     The event, set to begin at 7:30 a.m., will start with a ¼-mile swim in Peddie Lake, starting behind…

  • EDITORIAL: Search is on for funding for transportation

       If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again — but set your sights a little lower.    This would appear to be Gov. Jon Corzine’s philosophy as he contemplates his options for replenishing the state’s Transportation Trust Fund.    The governor’s original plan was the hugely ambitious but wildly unpopular “asset monetization” scheme that involved leasing…

  • EDITORIAL: Divisive? Yes; but recall is residents’ call

       We believe Mayor Bob Patten works hard for and cares about Hightstown.    We also know he works hard to get in the spotlight and doesn’t care for dissent.    We agree that he can be an exclusionary and divisive public figure, as professed by borough resident J.P. Gibbons, who has begun a petition drive to recall…

  • Anne C. Davison

       PRINCETON — Anne C. Davison of Princeton died Sunday at the Pavilions at Forrestal. She was 94.    Born in Philadelphia, she came to Princeton in 1920 and lived here until her death. She was educated in Princeton schools. In 1958 she started working at the First National Bank of Princeton (now Bank of America) on…