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  • Plumsted girl is state finalist in National American Miss contest

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — One township girl is trying out something new for herself and hoping to bring national recognition to Plumsted.    Mackenzie VanDenBogart, 9, is a state finalist in the National American Miss competition and will compete next month in the New Jersey Junior Pre-Teen category.    The soon-to-be fourth-grader at Dr.…

  • BOOK NOTES: Joan Ruddiman

    FPS then and now, a success story    A year ago, I discovered “The Kids From Nowhere: The Story Behind the Arctic Educational Miracle” (Alaska Northwest Books, 2006) by George Guthridge. The memoir of this man’s experiences teaching Siberian-Yupit Eskimos in an icy outpost of civilization captured my imagination on more than one level. What a…

  • Ryan Finch, Gess Charniga latest Willow record setters

       The records continue to fall for the Willows Wave swim team this summer.    The South Brunswick-based squad set two more this week, as Ryan Finch broke the club’s 100-meter backstroke mark in the 13/14-year-old division with a time of 1:12.96 in a 145-131 loss to the Middlesex Wrats.    Also in the Wrats meet — which…

  • SBAA to host travel tourney for the first time in its history

    Sid Lee Viking Classic on tap for July 18-20 By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    Sid Lee has to be looking down and smiling.    Thanks to a year’s worth of legwork by SBAA Softball Director John Ezzo, the first-ever travel softball tournament will be held in South Brunswick the weekend of July 18-20.    Appropriately, it is…

  • Cameras roll on ‘Midwestern’ landscape

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    NORTH HANOVER— Right around the corner from chain stores and suburbanites running their daily errands, tents and camera crews abounded this week, waiting to get the next shot for “The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”    The crew of the movie (which will star Peter Fonda, Kevin Zegers and Jason…

  • Rising gas prices not affecting local meal provision programs

    Rural areas found to be most affected By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer    Times should not be good for local Meals on Wheels programs.    The nationwide organization, which relies on volunteer drivers to deliver food to homebound seniors, has struggled significantly in the face of skyrocketing food and gas prices.    Chapters throughout central New Jersey, however,…

  • Two new council leaders say they look forward to upcoming year

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Two members of the Township Council took leadership positions on the dais for the first time in their council tenures last week as the township held its annual reorganization meeting.    Councilwoman Chris Ciaccio, a 28-year Robbinsville resident, was elected president of the Township Council during the July 1…

  • 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…

  • Borough mulls library plan

    Referend would end library funding By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — The Borough Council is again seeking to cut funding to the Jamesburg Public Library.    On Wednesday, it introduced an ordinance to place a referendum on the November ballot that if approved would cut municipal funding from the library. If the referendum is approved,…