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  • Elizabeth Bajzath

       FLORENCE — Elizabeth Bajzath, 88, of Florence died Saturday at Marcella Center in Burlington Township.    Born in Czechoslovakia, Ms. Bajzath was the daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Nagy Bajzath and resided in Florence Township since 1937.    She was a retired sewing machine operator, employed by Atlantic Products. Ms. Bajzath was also employed by…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Charles B. Norway, 26, of Haran Avenue, was charged with theft of property at 8:08 a.m. Jan. 23, after a Haran Avenue resident reported seeing him take two ladders from a house on that street, police said.    Police reported confirming the theft, and transported Mr. Norway to Somerset County Jail after processing.    A North Seventh…

  • Annual Catholic Schools Week celebrated at Christ the King

    Annual Catholic Schools Week celebrated at Christ the King

       Christ the King School in Manville launched Catholic Schools Week, the annual celebration of Catholic schools and their contribution to communities and the nation, Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, with a Mass at Christ the King Church, Sunday.    For more than three decades, the nation’s Catholic schools have spent the last week of January recalling…

  • Things to Do

    Feb. 1    Jazz Café: Dominick De Francesco, jazz saxophonist, will be performing with his Jazz Organ Quartet. 8 p.m. at the Herb Eckert Auditorium in the South Brunswick Municipal Complex, Ridge Road. Admission is $5, including refreshments. All are welcome. For more information, call 732-329-4000, ext. 7635, or e-mail [email protected]. Feb. 2    Groundhog Day celebration:…

  • Planners discuss issues, priorities for new year

    Master Plan and COAH changes top list By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — New Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) requirements and the Master Plan will get top priority this year, Planning Board officials predict.    The Planning Board, under newly appointed Chairman John Mele, met Jan. 22 to discuss key issues.    ”I wanted to…

  • Limani’s 707 series wins Woodbridge Classic

    By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer    Bordentown High senior Kim Limani left no doubt as to who was the best female bowler at this past Saturday’s Woodbridge Classic at the Woodbridge Bowling Center.    Limani rolled games of 265, 186 and 256 for a 707 series to dominate all of the tournament’s individual categories.    ”She took down…

  • 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…

  • Princeton University raises student fees

    PRINCETON— Princeton University trustees have approved a 3.9 percent increase in student fees for next year, while also increasing its undergraduate scholarship budget to ensure that the fee increase does ot adversely affect students on financial aid, according to an announcement from the school this week. Princeton’s undergraduate charges next year will include: $34,290 for…

  • Jan. 31, 2008

       Mildred Palmere    Mildred Dorothy Smith Palmere, of Lawrence, died Jan. 25 at the Lawrenceville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 100.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong resident of Lawrence Township.    Mrs. Palmere was a charter member and past president of the Colonial Lakeland Ladies Club and the Slackwood Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary, charter…