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  • Longtime firemen celebrate tradition

    Longtime firemen celebrate tradition

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Manville’s longest serving volunteer firemen got together March 9 for the 66th time in the borough’s history.    The annual Exempt Firemen’s Communion breakfast began with a Mass at Sacred Heart Church, followed by a breakfast at Manville Fire Company No. 1 cooked up by the company’s Ladies Auxiliary.    The…

  • NBC track teams have talent to succeed

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer     The 2008 Northern Burlington County Regional High boys’ varsity track and field team will be led by a pair of established stars, senior Chris Tomori and junior Mike Bowden.     Last year Tomori made it to the Meet of Champions in the 400 hurdles where he captured seventh place overall.…

  • Viola W. Tornquist

       HIGHTSTOWN —Viola W. Tornquist, 84, died March 11 at the Elms of Cranbury.    Born in Suffield, Conn., daughter of the late Michael and Frances Wasko, she was a lifelong Hightstown resident.    Ms. Tornquist was formerly employed by Native Lace Works of Hightstown, and she retired as a secretary and assistant purchasing agent for NL Industries…

  • Firefighters take on global warming with TerraPass

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Robbinsville firefighters union is doing more than just fighting fires: It’s doing its part to fight global warming, too.    Local 3786 of the International Association of Fire Fighters has become the first public safety agency in the country to participate in the TerraPass offset program, an eco-friendly…

  • An open letter to Michele Byers, of New Jersey Conservation Foundation

    Kate Wood, Foxcroft Drive Thank you for your invitation to Rachel Carson’s play, "A Sense of Wonder," and your timely reminder to get our children out of the house and into the natural world, in The State We’re In, "Help rekindle love of nature in children." If you don’t know about it already, I want…

  • Michael F. Scully Sr.

       TRENTON — Michael F. Scully Sr. died March 9 at Care One in Ewing.    Born in Trenton, son of the late Michael Patrick and Catherine McNally Scully, he was a Robbinsville resident most of his life.    A U.S. Marine veteran of World War II, Mr. Scully had been a truck driver with Winans Reliance Company…

  • State budget cuts worry local farmers

    They say Agriculture Department important to industry By Maria Prato-Gaines,    Local farmers say a plan to eliminate the state Department of Agriculture will affect every farm in the state and handicap farmers’ ability to market their goods.    Gov. Jon Corzine has proposed eliminating the department as part of his 2008-09 fiscal year budget.    The department’s…

  • Jean R. Gilardi

        MANSFIELD — Jean R. Gilardi, 75, died March 12 at South Nassau Community Hospital in Long Island, N.Y.     Born in Staten Island, N.Y., daughter of the late Joseph and Theresa Russo, she resided there before moving to Columbus with her husband in 1965.     Ms. Gilardi loved the theater and painting. She was…

  • Local pastor is going on peace mission

    The Rev. Charles J. Stephens, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing, is a member of the delegation    On March 24, an interfaith delegation of local clergy and community leaders will travel to Israel and Palestine on a mission of peace.    The group of 20 Muslims, Christians, Jews, and others will spend…