Category: archives
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MHS jayvee girls learned game
Evanylo, Mortensen moved up to varsity By: John E. Powers One of the objectives of a junior varsity program is to help compliment the varsity, to develop players to add depth and eventually become key contributors. The Manville High School girls’ junior varsity basketball team did some of that this year freshmen Dana…
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Police Beat
Week of March 3 BORDENTOWN CITY Police said Nelson Newton, 53, of Hamilton, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 9:05 p.m. Saturday after police approached his car, which was parked in the right lane of Route 130/206, and he told police he was lost. Police said they smelled alcohol on his breath. He also…
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Ginger Ann Kruze
HILLSBOROUGH Ginger Ann Kruze died Feb. 21 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 36. Born in Plainfield she was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough. Ms. Kruze worked as a dental assistant for Dr. Mancino and Dr. Foder. She graduated from Hillsborough High School in 1988 and was a member of the band…
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Powdered wigs and leeches make for a unique job fair
By: Stephanie Prokop MANSFIELD Candle-making, wig-making and learning to polish a silversmith’s bowl these were just some of the things that the fifth-grade class of Mansfield Elementary School demonstrated during their Colonial Fair on Feb 22. The fair, which is put on every year around this time, is part of the social studies…
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EDITORIAL
Politicians and their words can confuse. Words are important, and not wanting to be too snippy about it, we wish some of our fellow journalists would be more careful about the words they use. Much of the time, reporters will use words because officials and politicians use those words. But too often that…
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Sun may power Hopewell Township facility
Rex Parker:"A solar system properly installed is very low-maintenance, and it’s a money-maker in the long run" By John Tredrea Here comes the sun. Hopewell Township is filing an application with a state rebate program that could pay half the cost of installing solar panels on the township Public Works Building. The energy collected by…
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Group OK’d to examine publicly paid elections
Township Council expects to appoint an exploratory committee that would study the feasibility of publicly funded municipal elections. By: Lea Kahn Township Council expects to appoint an exploratory committee later this month that would study the feasibility of publicly funded municipal elections. In a 4-1 vote split along party lines, Mayor Gregory Puliti and council…
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ABIS students and teachers to face-off on court
Annual game benefits the Carol Caliguari Memorial Scholarship Fund. By: Donna Lukiw It’s shaping up to be one of the classic hoops grudge matches: Knicks vs. Celtics, Magic vs. Bird, faculty vs. Alexander Batcho Intermediate School students. The fifth annual student vs. faculty charity basketball game will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Manville…
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NJDOT to resurface I-95 in Mercer County
Project set to start March 5 Commissioner Kris Kolluri has announced that the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will begin resurfacing I-95 northbound and southbound in the townships of Ewing, Hopewell and Lawrence in Mercer County on March 5. "This resurfacing project will improve I-95 by eliminating existing potholes and cracks and providing a…
