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  • Elizabeth Krochta

       NEW BERN, N.C. — Elizabeth M. Krochta died March 2 at Craven Regional Medical Center, New Bern, N.C. She was 76.    Born in Mt. Pocono, Pa., she lived in Manville 1956 to 1994, retiring to Riverview, Fla., then to New Bern for the last 11 years.    Mrs. Krochta had worked for Baker & Taylor of…

  • Township lobbies to save state aid, department

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    On the heels of the announcement of Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed state budget that would lead to a 9 percent decrease in Hillsborough’s state aid and elimination to the state Agriculture Department, the township is joining a number of other municipalities to voice its discontent.    The Township Committee spoke in…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Justin Gilmartin, 25, of Farm Road, was charged with driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a breath test, failure to keep right and driving with no lights on after he was pulled over for straddling the center line on Andria Avenue at 12:23 a.m. Feb. 28.    Mr. Gilmartin was taken into custody after he…

  • Announcements

       Celebrate Earth Day by helping to clean up the township. Choose any littered area to clean up between April 1 and April 27, then call public works with details on where and when you expect to clean.    Bags ands gloves will be supplied for the actual cleanup. Special programs are available for schools.    All participants…

  • HFD, Post 339 slate egg hunt

    Date is March 15 with March 22 rain date    Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339 and Hopewell Fire Department will hold the annual Easter Egg Hunt on March 15 at 10 a.m. at the Legion’s Post Home on VanDyke Road for children (toddlers-third grade). The Easter Bunny will arrive by fire truck. Rain date is…

  • NEHS senior finishes with 130 career wins

    Morton places 7th in state at 112 pounds By Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor    When Tommy Morton finished up his career for New Egypt High at the state wrestling championships this past weekend in Atlantic City, he did it as much more than a name in a record book.    Tommy Morton is New Egypt High’s record…

  • Schools destroy recalled beef

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer Meat dropped from lunches    A nationwide beef recall had board members wondering “where’s the beef?” at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, after the district took the meat off school menus.    Though Manville was not involved in the original Feb. 27 recall, the addition of crumbled ground beef to the list…

  • EDITORIAL: Ballot backup can prevent a nightmare

       Eight years removed from the disputed 2000 presidential election, you would think someone would have come up with a foolproof way of ensuring that the votes people cast are counted accurately.    You would be wrong.    Here in New Jersey, several counties reported discrepancies in the vote totals tallied in last month’s presidential primary election. As…

  • Helen C. Rein Reuter

       HAMILTON — Helen C. Rein Reuter, 78, of Yardville, died Friday in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, from acute myelogenous leukemia.    She attended Blessed Sacrament Grade School and Trenton High School.    Ms. Reuter was a former employee of Bell Telephone from 1946 until her retirement from Lucent Technologies as a sales manager after…