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Vera Somoluk
MANVILLE Vera Somoluk died Nov. 19 at Raritan Health & Extended Care Center in Raritan. She was 79. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, she had been a resident of Manville since the age of eight. Ms. Somoluk had been employed as a laborer with Snappy Knits for many years. She was a member of Ss.…
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Choirs to highlight holiday tree lighting
By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer If all of the invited guests show up, the annual tree-lighting ceremony scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday night at the municipal parking lot on South Main Street will be a big event. ”We invited all the fire companies, the rescue squad and all the churches have been…
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Sen. Shirley Turner to be lauded with homemade soul food feast
Young Women’s Mentoring Program honoring Lawrence resident By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer State Sen. Shirley K. Turner will be honored Sunday afternoon at a dinner prepared by the Young Women’s Mentoring Program in the community room at the Eggerts Crossing Village housing development at 175 Johnson Ave. The girls, students at Lawrence Middle and Lawrence…
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Green gift suggestions for the holidays
Eco-tips available weekly at sustainablelawrence.org. The holiday season is in full swing. For those who celebrate Hanukkah, it’s already begun. It’s not too late to pick some gifts that will please the people on your list and support the planet, too. Below are some ideas, some recycled from previous columns and some new ones. All…
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Colts brave elements in bowl finale
by Alison Mathewson On Sunday, Nov. 18, a team of 16 Manville Colts got off a bus in Perkasie, Pa. followed by the cheerleaders to play and cheer on a muddy field in the rain and snow on the Preston Barndt Memorial Field. The Colts won the coin toss sending out captain Matt Veglatte. Minutes…
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Property taxes up across New Jersey
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer New Jersey property tax rates have increased 5.5 percent this year, the smallest amount in six years, according to Department of Community Affairs Division of Local Government Services data. A recently published Star-Ledger analysis of statewide property taxes found the average 2007 amount to be $6,843, up from last year’s…
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City envisions cleaner, greener future
By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN CITY—Imagine, for a second, the Bordentown City of the future: solar panels on the city hall building and tidal energy generators off the shore of Bordentown Beach. The city may even be a bustling transit village, serving as a satellite of a vibrant Trenton hub. These ideas are not…
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Building young Kasparovs
Club introduces chess to preteens by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer Though a little more complicated than the average children’s game, the South Brunswick Public Library is teaching kids to play chess before they even reach an age in the double-digits. The library is running a six-week chess club program called Young Knight, aimed at second-…
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Katherine Serwell
MANVILLE Katherine Serwell died Nov. 22 at Chandler Hall Hospice in Newtown, Pa. She was 90. Born in Summit, she had been a resident of Manville since 1936. Mrs. Serwell was an assembly line worker for RCA formerly located in Bridgewater. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville. She…
