Category: archives
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Estate of slain cop donates $10,000 for MHS football
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer According to the Manville teachers, school board members, and coaches who met him, Eric Hernandez wasn’t just an excellent football player. He was talented, personable, and very willing to help out others. ”It’s always nice to see our school put out good students,” said board member Frank Jurewicz at a…
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High school’s popular FBLA club sets high goals for coming year
By Mary Ellen Zangara Manville High School may be a smaller school, as New Jersey high schools go, but with 110 members, the school’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club is among the largest in the state. And after the annual induction ceremony on Oct. 18 in the high school auditorium, the group is…
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Antoinette Tomei
Hightstown resident Antoinette “Nettie” Tomei, of Hightstown died on Wednesday. She was 89. Born Antoinette Gagliardi in Brooklyn, N.Y., raised in Lyndhurst, she lived many years in Hasbrouck Heights. She was a resident of Hightstown for the past four years. She worked as an administrative assistant for Fedder Air Conditioning and for Bard International,…
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MYAL sets benefit tournament
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer The Manville Youth Athletic League will hold their second annual Flag Football Tournament to benefit resident Jake Whitenight on Nov. 4. Jake, the one-year old son of Lynn and Paul Whitenight of South 21st Avenue, was born with congenital birth defects, including bilateral microtia atresia, one missing outer ear, and…
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Mary Kovac
ROEBLING — Mary Kovac, 93, died Oct. 18 at home. Born in Roebling and lifelong resident there, she was a member of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church. She was the wife of the late Stephen Kovac Sr., grandmother of the late Denise Kovac, great-grandmother of the late Benjamin K. Zerrouki, sister of…
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Patrick C. Jolly
HIGHTSTOWN Patrick C. Jolly, 74, died Oct. 17 at home. He was a lifelong resident of Hightstown. Mr. Jolly was a construction laborer with Local #172 in Bordentown, retiring in 1997. He enjoyed horse racing and shuffleboard. Brother of the late Thomas Jr., Clarence Jolly and Mae Hammett, and father of the late Crystal…
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High school’s popular FBLA club sets high goals for coming year
The incoming officers of Manville High School’s FBLA club pose during last week’s induction ceremony. Photos by Mary Ellen Zangara
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School vandalism spikes
Hike in graffiti troubles Bolandi By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN While incidents of violence dropped considerably in the East Windsor Regional School District two years ago, the trend did not continue into the 2006-2007 school year, according to the district’s annual violence and vandalism report released this week. All of the instances the…
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HHS boys eliminated in CJ 4 soccer playoffs
Confuorto, McEnroe score in 4-2 loss by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor The Hillsborough High boys’ soccer team was the last one to make the Central Jersey Group 4 playoff field. Friday afternoon at Sayreville War Memorial High, the Raiders were the first to exit. Hillsborough, the 19th seed in the largest sectional bracket, suffered a…
