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  • ‘Flawless’

    ‘Flawless’

    With Michael Caine and Demi Moore, this bank heist film suggests even the average Jill and Jack are capable of great misdeeds. By Bob Brown THIS is a bank heist film that could easily have been made in 1960, the year in which it is set. In a nod to its heritage, director Michael Radford…

  • Margaret A. Wilby

    Active community volunteer     WEST WINDSOR — Margaret Anne Masterson Wilby died Saturday at home. She was 48.    Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and raised in nearby Wappinger’s Falls, N.Y., she moved to the Princeton area in 1985 first settling in East Windsor and then West Windsor.    She graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes High School…

  • Manville teams seeking strong finish in May

    Manville teams seeking strong finish in May

    Manville senior Chris Kocur clears a hurdle in a race in Friday’s boy-girl sweep of Ranney Prep. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • Mustangs staying positive in winless campaign

    Mustangs staying positive in winless campaign

    Billy Fisher takes a cut at a pitch during Friday’s home game vs. Hackettstown. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • MHS boys, girls score big in home finale

    MHS boys, girls score big in home finale

    Track teams continue prep for big meets by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Manville High’s track and field teams rebounded from their recent losses with a boy-girl sweep of Ranney Prep last Friday in the home finale.    The Mustangs, who will compete in their final dual meet at Dunellen Thursday, put on a good show in…

  • Districts prepare for influx of military children

    North Hanover, NBC could see enrollment increases when bases merge By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer NORTH HANOVER—As two military bases begin preparations to merge, schools attended by the soldiers’ children also face reconfiguration.     A letter addressed to the executive county superintendent earlier this year from two colonels at Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force…

  • Fire company breakfast

       The Stockton Fire Company will have an all-you-can-eat breakfast Sunday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to noon.    There will be pancakes, sausage, hash browns, juice and beverages.    The cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children 5-10. Takeouts will cost 50 cents more.    The breakfast will benefit the fire company on Mill Street.    For…

  • Shane A. Kinney

    Nursing student     Shane Austin Kinney of Princeton died suddenly April 24. He was 32.    Born in Rochester, N.Y., he and his family moved to Princeton when he was 6.    He was enrolled in the Mercer County Community College’s nursing program and was working in the emergency room at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.    He…

  • Manville girls go back to basics

    Softball team still seeking first win by John E. Powers, Sports Writer    Manville High School’s softball team went back to practice Saturday morning.    The girls worked on a lot of fundamentals, throwing, catching with two hands. Head coach Ed Knapp decided to give his players a refresher course in the game.    ”I think they came…