Category: archives

  • Farming culture thrives amid suburban landscape

    Five direct to consumer farms currently operate in Lawrence By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer    Lois Pauley emerged from the strawberry fields at Terhune Orchards last week, slightly sweaty but pleased with her overflowing carton of ripe, red berries. The Montgomery Township resident was planning a fruitcake for that night, but she didn’t want to use…

  • 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…

  • BOE seeking apology from one of its own

    Job applicant not expecting, nor interested in, receiving one By John Dunphy and Lea Kahn, Staff Writers    The Lawrence Township Board of Education has urged board member John Gregg to apologize to a prospective employee after he singled her out for additional scrutiny, apparently because she had criticized him in public.    Mr. Gregg, who has…

  • MY TURN: Hank Reeves

    Rail routes live on as scenic roadways    It’s too late for those who are railroad buffs to see the train that used to travel through Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon. I was lucky. On one of my visits I saw the train coming through, and looking down from 1,400 feet above made it look like a miniature…

  • Groups team up to save racehorses

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    No racehorse since Affirmed in 1978 has captured the sport’s most coveted prize — The Triple Crown.    And while competitors like Smarty Jones — who nearly accomplished the feat in 2004 — and Big Brown — this year’s hopeful — attracted the viewing public’s attention by winning the first…

  • Town opposes dredge dumping

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee voted Monday to draft a resolution urging the state Department of Environmental Protection to prohibit dumping dredge on Newbold Island.    Committeeman Robert Delaney asked his fellow officials to join him in expressing concern about dredge materials he said would significantly damage the island’s habitat…

  • Custom car and truck shop moves to South Brunswick

    Custom car and truck shop moves to South Brunswick

    Staff photo by John Keating John Adamczyk works on the suspension system of a Cobra GT 500.

  • Students help local family

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    If it truly is better to give than to receive, then perhaps to Big Give is the best of all.    Every year the students of Crossroads North Middle School participate in a charity program, and this year’s was based on the now-cancelled TV show, “Oprah’s Big Give,” which featured contestants…

  • BRHS grads ‘embrace change’

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP—The Bordentown Regional High School Class of 2008 has seen a lot in its lifetime: the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the death of Princess Diana, the instatement of a new pope, and the rise and fall of Britney Spears’ career.    According to Valedictorian Stephanie Ann Hazlett, these are just…