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  • Magical and Musical

    Cellist Jeffrey Solow will perform with The Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium. By: (JEFFREY SOLOW)    The Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s 2006-2007 season concludes April 15 when, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich’s birth, the composer’s Cello Concerto No.1 will be played by renowned cellist Jeffrey Solow. Danish composer Christian Emil Horneman’s "Aladdin"…

  • Books back in Bordentown

    Library reopens after four years By: Cara Latham    BORDENTOWN CITY — City resident Jane Method’s family used to spend Friday nights reading together at Barnes and Noble.    But now, they will have somewhere closer, and more personable to go — the Bordentown Branch of the Burlington County Library System on East Union Street, which opened…

  • Letters to the editor

    Week of April 12 Editor’s note: No letters pertaining to the April 17 school board elections are printed in the issue immediately preceding the election except to correct or respond to a previous letter. For the June 5 primary, the last date letters can be printed pertaining to that election will be May 24. Florence…

  • School board candidates offer experience, ideas

    Editor’s note: To help voters get to know the candidates for the school board, The Manville News has asked each of the candidates for the three, three-year terms to submit answers to three questions. Incumbents are indicated by an asterisk. Biographical information     Stephanie Cornelson: As a parent of a child in the school system,…

  • 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…

  • EDITORIALEditorial Assistant – Allentown, NJ

    Get started in your journalism career! The Princeton Packet, a group of award winning community newspapers is currently seeking a full-time editorial assistant for its Allentown, NJ location. Duties include both clerical (phones, supplies, mail, typing) and editorial (writing several stories per week for The Messenger Press, Register-News and Windsor-Hights Herald). Other duties may include…