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  • Belated bravos

    Belated bravos

    Matthew Woitowicz, in a picture taken during his time in the U.S. Army during World War II. On Tuesday, Mr. Woitowicz received several medals that were awarded, but not given, to him 61 years ago.

  • Squad to get federal grant for radio gear

    By Audrey Levine    The Hillsborough Rescue Squad plans to purchase high-tech communication equipment with a $109,080 federal grant it will receive this week.    Congressman Mike Ferguson, R-7th, is expected to present the grant award at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the squad building on East Mountain Road.    Rescue Squad Chief David Gwin said the grant will…

  • Gardening is elementary

    Gardening is elementary

    Eldridge Park School garden now on-the-grow By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    One by one, the children at the Eldridge Park School lined up to throw a shovel of soil into the garden planters.    ”Right in here, my friend,” Mikey Azzara said Friday morning, as a child carefully placed soil in the planter.    Mr. Azzara, who…

  • 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, NJ 08844.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (359-3930) or…

  • Mobile home residents want township to buy park

    Petition from disgruntled homeowners presented to WTC    WASHINGTON — Disgruntled members of the Mercer Mobile Homeowners Association want the Township Council to buy the trailer park.    Betty Alfano, association vice president, delivered an impassioned speech at the Sept. 27 council meeting detailing the ’residents’ complaints about the park’s owner, Larry Kaufman.    ”Please, please help us,”…

  • Hedwig Veres

       HIGHLAND PARK — Hedwig Veres died Saturday at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 87.    Born in Manville, she spent most of her life in Highland Park.    Mrs. Veres was a retired administrative assistant with Ethicon Pharmaceuticals located in Somerville.    Her husband, John Veres, died in 1997; and two sons, Anthony and…

  • Book Notes: A great storyteller who knows history

    Joan Ruddiman    I was told recently that if we know anything about history it is because an historian chose to study it.    Good historians not only find the facts and do the analysis that becomes “history,” they also attend to the “story” of history. It is the stories that engage us with the historical record.…

  • Philomena Peroni

    Lucy Ferri    NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Lucy Maiorino Ferri died Sept. 25 at the age of 85.    Born in Trenton and a graduate of Trenton High School Class of 1939, she earned a degree in business education from The College of New Jersey (Trenton State Teachers’ College) in 1943. She taught business courses at…

  • Project to begin at former motel site

    Affordable housing would be for seniors 55 and older By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Ground may be broken for the planned Heritage Village, a senior citizens development on the site of the former Trent Motel, later this month, Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun said.    The plan calls for constructing a three-story building at the Brunswick Pike…