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  • Police study options for replacing pistols

    The department is evaluating handgun models from Heckler and Koch (H&K) and Springfield Armory (SA). By: Charlie Olsen    The Manville Police Department is evaluating two new models of side arms to replace its aging Smith & Wesson pistols.    At the Sept. 12 meeting, the Borough Council passed a resolution authorizing Chief Mark Peltack to trade…

  • Republicans find candidate

    Nanette Craig seeking council seat By: Joseph Harvie    Nanette Craig is the new Republican candidate for Township Council.    She’ll be seeking the four-year seat up for grabs at the Nov. 7 general election.    Ms. Craig, of Kendall Park, is filling the spot left vacant when Republican mayoral candidate Richard Kish dropped out of the race…

  • Ex-funeral director dies at age 101

    Family, friends remember life of Norman Peppler By: Purvi Desai    ALLENTOWN — His three sons say he was a gem of a man and a real gentleman.    An orphan at age 8, he started working with his uncle at what is now the Peppler Funeral Home when just 14.    And they say he used to…

  • Hillsborough gymnasts pull together for great effort

    Lynch leads team at Pioneer Invitational By: Rudy Brandl        Mary-Kate Lynch showed a combination of talent and courage in Saturday’s Pioneer Invitational that epitomized the spirit and determination of the Hillsborough High gymnastics program.    The Hillsborough High junior made a fabulous return to all-around competition for the first time since dislocating her left elbow…

  • Fire company needs $20,000 to fix violations

    West Amwell unit failed to meet latest deadline. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The West Amwell Fire Company failed to meet a deadline Tuesday to fix state fire safety violations because it needs to come up with about $20,000 for a major purchase.    Fire Chief Randy Hoagland said the company needs an extension of…

  • South field hockey team off to winning start

    Eagles victorious in first two games. By: John E. Powers    Andi Burroughs, the first-year head field hockey coach at South Hunterdon Regional High School, has returned to the Eagles’ program the way she left it as a player: South is winning.    Burroughs, who graduated from South Hunterdon early in 2003, and helped the team win…

  • District tests online program

    Take-home folders being replaced with online files By: Joseph Harvie    The school district is testing a program in three of its elementary schools to make information usually sent home in Friday folders with the students available online.    Parents of students in Brunswick Acres, Indian Fields and Constable schools can sign up for the program, through…

  • DiCiocci runs for TD, 108 yards

    Florence, NBC football squads both improve to 2-0 By: Sean Moylan    Some football coaches will find mistakes in a 60-point win just to keep their football players awake and on their toes. However, Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity football coach Jon Reising is not like that. He’ll even readily accept a loss…

  • Obituaries – Sept. 21, 2006

    By: Jacob Holcombe III    LAMBERTVILLE — Jacob "Jake" Holcombe III, 77, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, at home.    He was a lifelong resident of Lambertville.    He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church and a member and past post commander of the Toscanni Post 120 American Legion in Lambertville.    He served on…