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  • Michael Barter

       MANVILLE — Michael David Barter died Oct. 8 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 70.    Born in London, England, he is the adopted son of Elizabeth Barter, and grew up in West Chester, Pa., before moving to Manville in 1963.    Mr. Barter was an electrical maintenance person for Howell Electric Motors in Plainfield…

  • Town seeking partial property owners

    Partial owners of preserved property are due money By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Patricia E. Bone Hart and Alan Bone, please call home. Well, please call Municipal Attorney Kevin Nerwinski if you want to collect the money owed to you from the sale of land purchased by Lawrence Township as part of the Loveless Nature…

  • Social dance

       Saturday, Oct. 20 — Join the 325th anniversary Committee in the last big event of the year, the Colonial Social Dance. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Yapewi Aquatic Club. There will be light refreshments and a professional group of dance callers, musicians and dancers to teach colonial dances. Anyone who…

  • Cecilia Hanley

    Cecilia Hanley HAMILTON — Cecilia Alice Anthes Hanley died Oct. 8 in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. She was 79.    Born in Elizabeth, daughter of the late William and Cecelia Claren Anthes, she had been a resident of Union, N.J. and Scottsdale, Ariz. prior to moving to Hamilton in 2002.    Mrs.…

  • Northern Burlington, Bordentown football teams record wins

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer      Scotties’ running back Wayne Cobbs made the most of his limited chances, scoring a pair of touchdowns while rushing for 71 yards on only six carriers to spark Bordentown to a 24-12 win over Riverside.     With 4:47 remaining in the opening quarter, Cobbs used a great outside block by…

  • Raymond Michno Sr.

       MANVILLE — Raymond R. Michno Sr. died Oct. 14 at home. He was 85.    Born in Manville, he had been a lifelong resident of the borough.    Mr. Michno was employed as supervisor for 41 years at Johns-Manville Corporation, retiring in 1982, after his retirement he was foreman at Sterile Products and North American Reiss in…

  • Top GOP club member asks why Democratic club prez went incognito

    Dave Snedeker, President of the Lawrence Township Republican Club I am wondering why the last several letters to the editor from Mr. Joseph Cermele regarding the Lawrence Township Council race (Oct 11, "Resident: Republicans have nothing to offer Lawrence residents") only identify him as a local resident and not the Lawrence Democratic Club President. In…

  • Dancing the night away at Navratri

    More than 1,500 pay tribute to the goddess Shakti by Paul Koepp, Staff Writer    Twirling and bouncing in lines and circles under the rafters of the South Brunswick High School gym, scores of smiling dancers celebrated a major Hindu festival Saturday night.    The gym floor vibrated as hundreds of feet pounded in rhythm along with…

  • Leaving starters in lopsided games: Coaches only interested in big scores?

    Patricia Slack, Franklin Corner Road Do the football coaches of Lawrence High School need to boost their own ego so much that they refuse to put in any substitutes in the game even when the score is 46-0 and there are only five minutes left? How much damage can the subs (who are the workhorses…