Category: archives
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Council plans action on mill redevelopment
Pa. company pitched office buildings at Roebling site By: Molly Petrilla ROEBLING After more than three decades of abandonment, the former steel mill site may soon return to life. The Township Council planned to introduce an ordinance at its meeting last night authorizing it to sell the site to Preferred Real Estate Investments, Inc.…
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Foundation awards teacher grants, plans November auction fundraiser
The foundation has been providing grants to teachers for the past three years with money raised at events such as the annual basket auction. By: Mary Ellen Zangara Manville teachers will be able to offer special activities for their students, thanks to some recently awarded grants from the Manville Education Foundation. The foundation has been…
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Road repaving to begin in two weeks
Council awards contract for fall program. By: Lea Kahn Residents who live on some streets near St. Ann’s Church, off Bergen Street and north of Cold Soil Road will be treated to newly paved streets starting later this month. Township Council last week awarded a $243,700 contract to Arawak Paving Co., of Hammonton in Atlantic…
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Ruth Siegel
HILLSBOROUGH Ruth M. Siegel died Sept. 4 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 80. Born in Newark, she lived in Somerville before moving to Hillsborough in 1959. Mrs. Siegel was employed at Carrier Foundation in Belle Mead for 20 years, retiring in 1991. Prior to working at Carrier Foundation, she was employed…
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Community comes together in unity
Annual event draws throng By: Joseph Harvie The smell of hot dogs, and barbecued beef and pork mingled with the sounds of classic rock and the murmur of several thousand friends and residents Saturday afternoon when the township came together at the annual Charlene J. Austin Community Unity Day. Township organizations, businesses, officials and food…
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South Brunswick volleyball team looks good in 2-0 start
By: Lance Manion If first-year South Brunswick girls volleyball coach Shaun Ruyman knew anything about what to expect of his team this fall, he had a pretty good idea of who would be his go-to players. Jordan Confessore, April Thomas and Nikki Weiss have been exactly that so far this season. The three senior captains…
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DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Everything old is new
Dylan’s work transcends time By: Hank Kalet Bob Dylan’s music exists on a different plain, a time past, a different world. Whereas most of contemporary pop music feels plastic and prepackaged like much of the food we eat, it is all gloss and empty calories Dylan’s music comes from a different place, from…
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John Tomaszfski
MANVILLE John J. Tomaszfski died Sept. 8 at home. He was born in 1935. He was raised in Highland, Pa., and came to live in Manville in 1958. Mr. Tomaszfski was employed at Johns-Manville, Corp. for 34 years leaving when the Manville plant closed in 1986. He was a member of the Johns-Manville Quarter…
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MHS booters blanked in first two games
Team runs out of gas late By: John Beisser The Manville High boys’ soccer team dropped its first two games of the season but there were many positives that first-year head coach Mike Shambach took away from the two outings. On Friday, the Mustangs battled the Princeton Day School on even terms before allowing…
