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  • MHS track, field athletes start post-season prep

    Yakobchuk leads way at county meet by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    HILLSBOROUGH – Track and field became a game of inches for Lucy Yakobchuk in last Thursday’s Somerset County Championships at Hillsborough.    The Manville High senior became her school’s only athlete to qualify for the finals in an event when she made the cut in…

  • Rev. Monsignor George A. Ardos

       The Rev. Monsignor George A. Ardos, 76, died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, following a long and distinguished career as a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton. Most recently, Msgr. Ardos had served as pastor of St. George’s Parish in Washington Crossing, where he oversaw the building of a new church.…

  • Nurse touched by surprise farewell

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer MANSFIELD — Some might say it would be a miracle for 300 adults to keep a secret, let alone that many children.     But that’s exactly what happened May 7, when John Hydock Elementary School threw a surprise goodbye assembly for retiring school nurse Barbara Blair, who has been at…

  • Szabo set for national bowling event

    Manville resident still knocking down pins by Mary Ellen Zangara, Correspondent    Bowling phenom Jeff Szabo is continuing his success after moving on to college.    Szabo is a freshman at William Patterson University in Wayne and is striking it up for the school and the bowling team. The William Paterson bowling team is funded year after…

  • Manville girls playing better ball

    Team continues quest for first win by John E. Powers, Sports Writer    The weeks and games come off the calendar, and the Manville High School softball team continues to pursue its first win the season. The good news is that the team’s head coach, Ed Knapp, believes the Mustangs are closing in on their goal.…

  • High school incident sparks national attention

    Student’s turban set on fire; Sikh group demands action By Anthony Coppola and Vic Monaco, Staff Writers    HIGHTSTOWN — A national Sikh organization is calling upon the East Windsor Regional School District to take immediate action after a 16-year-old student’s turban was set ablaze during a fire drill last week.    Schools Superintendent Ron Bolandi says…

  • Mustangs showing fight, resiliency

    Baseball team not quitting in winless season by John Beisser, Sports Writer    Despite remaining winless on the season, the Manville High baseball team continues to scratch and battle each time out.    The most recent evidence of the Mustangs’ grit and resiliency came in last Thursday’s home game vs. Delaware Valley, a team that had defeated…

  • Christina Litostansky

    Lifelong Princeton resident     Christina “Chris” Litostansky of Princeton died Sunday at University Medical Center at Princeton after battling a long illness. She was 82.    Born in Princeton, she was a lifelong Princeton resident.    She was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church.    She enjoyed cooking and in her leisure time,…

  • Leona C. Ferguson

       Leona C. Ferguson, 82, of Ewing died Monday at Care One at Ewing.    Born in New Brunswick, she had resided in the Ewing area for many years, She was a home maker.    Daughter of the late Benjamin and Grace Betts Williamson and wife of the late George Ferguson, she is survived by a son, George…