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  • Announcements

       Spring registration for Bright Starts, a 45-minute parent-and-tot program, will be Thursday, March 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Brunswick Community Center in Woodlot Park, New Road. Registration will continue daily until classes are full, and is done on a first-come, first-served basis.    Registration can only be done in person, and…

  • District green-lights tentative school budget, tax increase

    Budget includes leasing agreement for school use, phys-ed plan By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The school board unanimously approved the 2008-09 tentative budget Feb. 27, which would raise school taxes by an average of $200 in Allentown and $32 in Upper Freehold.    The $35.8 million budget, up $6.4 million from last…

  • 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…

  • Students’ business, design idea fits to a ‘tee’

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — For two local college students, creating a new dress code has become a design for success.    Siblings Rachael and Taylor Smith, both Lawrence High School alumni, established Universitee apparel last summer in an effort to put what they call a “unique spin” on the market.    ”Everything we saw…

  • Margaret Gildea

       MANVILLE — Margaret (Dunleavy) Gildea died Feb. 25 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 88.    Born in Avoca, Pa., she was a lifelong resident of Manville. Mrs. Gildea was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville and was an original member of the Altar Rosary…

  • Springfield chief looks back on a varied, exciting career

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Recently retired Springfield Township Police Chief Ken Gerber, 48, has seen many crazy calls in his law enforcement career, from emergencies to runaway animals, but he has loved every second of it.     The Tabernacle resident served his last day of his 27-year career Friday.     In…

  • Shirley Pyle

       WHITSETT, N.C. — Shirley A. Pyle, 63, died Feb. 6.    Mrs. Pyle was born and raised in Trenton, daughter of the late Biddle and Ruth Jackson Tallman. She graduated from Hamilton High School West in 1962, and married Robert B. Pyle in 1966.    She was with AT&T and Lucent Technology at Guilford Center for more…

  • State cuts aid to township but school funding increases

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    State aid to South Brunswick public schools will increase in 2008, however, state dollars for the township’s municipal government will decrease.    According figures released Friday by the state Department of Education, South Brunswick schools will receive $24.5 million in state aid for the 2008-09 year, a 20 percent increase from…

  • Joann Dunfee Wharton

       NORTH HANOVER — Joann Dunfee Wharton, 52, died Friday at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly.    Born and raised in Jamesburg, she lived in the Upper Freehold-North Hanover area for the past 16 years.    She was employed since September of last year at Upper Freehold Child Care, Allentown. Previously, she was employed as a dental hygienist…