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New group organizes volunteers, requests
People wanting to help families rebuild after the flood will be coordinated by Manville Cares. By: Mary Ellen Zangara An army of volunteers is forming and getting ready to start knocking on doors in Manville to offer help to families rebuilding after the flood. The volunteers will be coordinated by Manville Cares, a group North…
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Hun stuns HoVal
BOYS LACROSSE By: Tim Falls The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys lacrosse team’s loss to Hun shows the Bulldogs individual efforts were not enough. Even four goals and three assists from senior Eric Doran were negated by the 12-9 loss. "There’s no highlights in this game," said Doran. "It’s a loss, it doesn’t matter…
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Earth Day cleanup draws a crowd
By: Paul Koepp Almost 600 people pitched in to pick up litter from roads and parks this month in the township’s annual Earth Day cleanup. Participation was up significantly from the past two years, although last week’s storm delayed some groups’ cleanups, said township Recycling Coordinator Nancy Paquette. Residents who took part said they felt…
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Dabas murder trial set to start
A Kendall Park man faces 30 years in prison if convicted on first-degree murder charges. He is accused of running his wife down with a van in the parking lot of the South Brunswick Square Mall. By: Paul Koepp Jury selection in the murder trial of a township man accused of running down his wife…
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MHS softball team ousted in SCT
Errors doom Lady Mustangs at Pingry By: John E. Powers MARTINSVILLE It wasn’t that Pingry School’s softball team was that much better than Manville. It was that the Lady Mustangs simply didn’t play the kind of mistake-free game they needed in their Somerset County Tournament preliminary round game. The Big Blue, the 12th…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
From the issue of April 26, 2007. Acknowledging volunteers’ response To the editor: As the storm of April 15 headed toward our township, the men and women of our volunteer fire companies were busy getting their equipment ready. The pumps were checked and started they were distributed amongst the various apparatus for better response,…
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Obituaries
Week of April 26 Mildred L. Carlucci Mifflin LAWRENCEVILLE Mildred L. Carlucci Mifflin, 94, died Monday at home. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong Trenton area resident. Ms. Mifflin was formerly employed by the American Tobacco Company, Trenton, for several years. Daughter of the late Anthony and Lucrezia Radice Carlucci, and sister of…
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NJDEP looks at new ways to protect water quality
Proposal would impact Stony Brook area On Tuesday, under the burning sun overlooking Wargo Pond on the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association’s Reserve, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Commissioner Lisa Jackson announced two measures the first of which focuses, in particular, on the Stony Brook area to protect water quality and some…
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Borough to improve sewer system
By: Cara Latham ALLENTOWN Officials here have taken the first steps toward improving the township’s sewer utility by introducing an ordinance that would provide a maximum of $1.4 million for upgrades. The measure introduced at the April 17 Borough Council meeting enables officials to seek bids on the project. Officials won’t know the type…
