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  • Swing Into Spring May 3

    It’s open to all Hopewell Valley senior citizens and their grandchildren (optional). Tickets are $17 per person and can be purchased by calling 737-3753 by April 28    • After last year’s success, Hopewell Valley Central High School students are preparing for Swing Into Spring, an event featuring live music, light food, and an elegant evening on…

  • EDITORIAL

    Leaders need to appreciate our land New Jersey residents have a lot to look forward to in the early weeks of spring as we start to head back outdoors. Gardens, parks, the mountains and the shore beckon from around the state as nature cycles back to the sunny side.     As Earth Day approaches on…

  • Boy Scout troops to make Trip for Life

    By Madeleine Johnson    The Boy Scout’s law and oath state that it is a Scout’s duty to help others at all times.    Kendall Park’s Boy Scout Troop 90 will be doing its best to uphold that part of their credo on April 27 with the Trip for Life, a four-mile hike along the Delaware and…

  • SBHS tennis team drops some close ones

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    The South Brunswick High School tennis team is starting to chisel out a new identity for itself — the Near Miss Kids.    Over the past week, the Vikings dropped a pair of 3-2 matches while short-handed, then lost to J.P. Stevens, 4-1, on Monday in a contest that saw four…

  • LIVING WELL: Mindfulness therapy offers new tool to fight depression

    The discovery of the reactivation of the link between negative mood and negative thought in high-risk people is of enormous importance. By Pat Vroom, Ph.D. Special to The Packet     Judging from the number of articles in the press and the funding of new research, an increasingly high value is being put on psychotherapy that…

  • Meet the 2008 SBHS Athletic Hall of Famers

       The South Brunswick High School Athletic Hall of Fame will induct the Class of 2008 on May 4 in the high school atrium area at 11:30 a.m.    This year’s honorees will be highlighted by the Class of 1996, as four stars from that graduating class will be inducted. The 2008 inductees are John Bailey (class…

  • 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, 307 Omni Drive, Hillsborough, 08844.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (359-3930) or e-mailed…

  • MHS softball team struggling at the plate

    Injuries add more problems by John E. Powers, Sports Writer    The Manville High School softball team has had a rough start. Now the Lady Mustangs are facing a different obstacle: injuries.    Junior third baseman Rebecca Burke and sophomore center fielder Dana Mortensen were both injured in last Tuesday’s 15-3 loss to Delaware Valley (4-1) in…

  • New plan increases Main Street spaces

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Councilman Ken Otrimski introduced several ideas Monday on how to increase parking along Main Street, after the loss of 36 spots last year.    The county eliminated 36 parking spaces on Main Street in July, after repaving it in 2006. The spaces eliminated violated Title 39, which bars parking spaces across…