Category: archives

  • Deserted lives: Baby OK, parents missing

    Borough woman leaves much behind By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — An abandoned baby is safe and healthy. His parents are nowhere to be found.    Thirteen days after the discovery of the toddler outside a Delaware hospital, the mother of the child, who lived in a borough apartment, and the apparent father, a married Millstone man…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of June 21, 2007. Some PTAs welcome parents To the editor:     On June 14 the lead article in the Manville News, "Parents complaining they’re being shut out of PTA" quoted the ABIS PTA vice president as explaining the large turnout of 22 staff members at the last PTA meeting for election…

  • Decade of track and field brilliance for HHS girls

    O’Connor continued dominance in shot put By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls’ track and field team was near perfect this spring. In fact, the Raiders have been that way for the past 10 years.    Veteran head coach Rich Refi has called this a "decade of brilliance" and the term certainly applies. This program…

  • Early deadline for July 5 edition

    Items due June 29    Because of the Fourth of July holiday, Wednesday, July 4, the deadline for submission of news copy, letters to the editor, etc., for the July 5 edition of the HVN is Friday, June 29, at 2 p.m.    All photos being submitted for that edition should be in this office or e-mailed…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Bruce Redrup, 44, of Roycefield Road, received summonses for driving while intoxicated, improper passing, failure to stop for emergency vehicles and reckless driving after police pulled him over for speeding on Roycefield Road at 5:37 p.m. June 17.    Mr. Redrup was taken into custody after failing field sobriety tests. At the police station, he…

  • MHS girls became solid track and field team

    Numbers continued to climb By: Rudy Brandl    Three Manville High female athletes competed in this year’s State Group 1 Track and Field Championships. Five years ago, there weren’t even that many girls in the MHS program.    It used to be a handful of runners or jumpers working out with the boys. Now, the girls have…

  • Brickbats fly in ‘great’ high school debate

    What standards make a school great? By: Lea Kahn    When school board member John Gregg wrote a letter to The Ledger listing his benchmarks for what he believes makes a high school "great," he expected reaction, but he didn’t expect to be labeled "elitist" and "a big fat meanie," among other things.    His June 7…

  • Kubik, Perro toss Legion no-hitters

    By: Sean Moylan    When Chris Kubik threw a no-hitter in Hightstown Post 148’s 11-1 five-inning win over North Trenton 148 last Friday night at Mercer County Park, Ethan Perro’s mission versus the Trenton 93 Schroths on Sunday at Wetzel Field was a "simple" one.    He wanted to pitch a great game just like his Allentown…

  • Audrey Tokash

       HILLSBOROUGH — Audrey M. (Esposito) Tokash died June 18 at home. She was 68.    Born and raised in Somerville, she moved to Hillsborough in 1969.    Mrs. Tokash was currently the co-owner, with her husband, Donald, of Circle Floors in Somerville since 1984.    She was a former secretary in the production control department of RCA, Somerville,…