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  • MHS softball team endures tough opening week

    Marcincavage homer provides lone victory By: John E. Powers        Manville High School’s first week as members of the Skyland Conference Valley Division wasn’t an especially positive experience. But Mustangs’ head coach Ed Knapp is sure that by season’s end, the rugged experiences will result in brighter outcomes.    Manville opened the season Monday with a…

  • HHS girls show guts in lacrosse victory

    Watts, DiClemente, Gilmartin-Dzitko star By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High’s young girls will be faced with many obstacles and challenges during the 2007 lacrosse season. Monday afternoon, they showed they could handle adversity and beat a solid team when they defeated Skyland Conference rival Hunterdon Central by a 14-8 score.    The Raiders, who already start six…

  • Jerome Shimalla

       NAPLES, Fla. — Jerome Joseph Shimalla died April 5 at his residence. He was 63.    Born in Somerville, he lived in Manville and then in Somerset for 50 years before settling in Naples, Fla., one year ago.    Mr. Shimalla had been employed as a sales associate with Sears in New Brunswick for 12 years and…

  • Locals pan MOM rally

    A proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex passenger rail line would link with the Northeast Corridor line in Monmouth Junction after passing through Freehold, Manalapan, Englishtown, Monroe and Jamesburg. By: Paul Koepp    Local officials say a proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex passenger rail line that could run through South Brunswick would be financially wasteful, ineffective for commuters, burdensome to residents and dangerous…

  • Obituaries

    Week of April 12 Marguerite S. Winzinger    BORDENTOWN — Marguerite S. "Margie" Winzinger, 60, died Saturday at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.    She was born in Camden and had resided most of her life in the Bordentown area.    She was an active member of the Hedding United Methodist Church. A graduate of William MacFarland…

  • SCHOOL ELECTIONS 2007

    Voters, hopefuls, budgets ready for Tuesday election By: Rebecca Weltmann    School election campaigns are running in full swing as candidates prepare for the April 17 balloting. With signs posted across the towns, school board candidates share ballot space with many controversial school budgets.    • In the Upper Freehold Regional School District, the school board is asking…

  • Lacrosse association building future for RHS

       Beginning its fifth season as a youth program, the Robbinsville Lacrosse Association (RLA) started its 2007 campaign with its Boys 7-8 grade Black Raiders gaining a 12-0 victory over East Windsor.    This win was special in many ways. It marked the first time Robbinsville has beaten its rival neighbors and the first time the boys’…

  • Seven Hopewell Township school board candidates introduce themselves

    Two will be elected on April 17 By Ruth Luse    Seven Hopewell Township residents are seeking two open seats (three-year terms) on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education. They are, in alphabetical order:    ROBERT GEHM, of Timcak Lane graduated from the University of Scranton with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He and his…

  • Riding in style

    Township’s bus service treats senior citizens to entertaining cruises. By: Mary Kaempfen    New Jerseyans depend on their cars, and in Hillsborough, where residences are often miles from the nearest grocery store or doctor’s office, access to a vehicle can be crucial.    But some older residents are finding a fun alternative to doing their own driving…