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  • Penn Brook celebrates win

    PASDA By: Tim Falls    Scott Orr and many members of the Penn Brook swim team slept late last Friday.    Some slept really late.    For instance, Coach Orr was woken up at 2:55 p.m.    The young coach had a reason to still be asleep in the middle of the afternoon. The Penn Brook swim team had…

  • Kids (and parents) learn at ice-cream social

    Generations come together for learning and ice cream By: Audrey Levine    It could be a scene from the 19th century.    Children churn a mixture of milk, cream, sugar and flavoring, desperately trying to make ice cream to cool off on a hot summer day. Others laugh with their friends as they use sticks to throw…

  • Lessing tapped to fill school board vacancy

    He replaces Dottie Bradley, and will serve on the board until the school election in April 2007. By: Donna Lukiw    A familiar face was appointed to serve on the Manville Board of Education on Tuesday night to fill the seat vacated by Dottie Bradley in June — Ken Lessing.    Mr. Lessing, of Dukes Parkway, served…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Joseph Drevnak, 36, of South Main Street, was charged with disorderly conduct at 12:45 a.m. July 4 while walking on South 17th Avenue.    Police said Mr. Drevnak was ringing a resident’s doorbell at 11:30 p.m. and was also shouting obscenities.    He was transported to headquarters, processed and transported to Somerset County Jail in lieu…

  • Handyman drowns in Elm Ridge client’s pool

    Man was acquaintance of West Shore Drive residents By John Tredrea    A 30-year-old handyman from Ohio drowned Sunday afternoon in the pool at the Hopewell Township residence where he was working for a week, police said.    The man was swimming in the pool, went underwater and did not come up for an unknown reason. The…

  • Hillsborough boys prove they can handle quicker tempo

    Raiders start 8-0 in competitive hoops league By: Rudy Brandl    Sometimes, a change of scenery is a good thing.    Hillsborough High head boys’ basketball coach Ian Progin wanted to give his players a new experience, a different brand of competition. Progin entered his varsity team in the competitive Plainfield League, where many of the areas…

  • Helen M. Koslak

       BRIDGEWATER — Helen M. Koslak died July 10 at Harborside Healthcare at Woodsedge in Bridgewater. She was 89.    Born in Jersey City, she was a resident of Manville for 81 years before moving to Bridgewater two years ago.    Mrs. Koslak was a seamstress for many years working at the Rock Sewing Company in Manville. She…

  • Alternate CHS plan troubles township officials

    Councilman calls proposal ‘mini-city.’ By: Lea Kahn    Capital Health Systems’ proposal to build a 320-bed hospital on an alternate site — a 135-acre parcel owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. on Princeton Pike at Lewisville Road — received a cool reception from Township Council on Tuesday night.    The concept plan was rolled out before the council…

  • Rapids complete perfect first half

    By:    The Rapids recently finished the first half of the season undefeated. The boys and girls continued to swim strong in victories over the Cranford Gators (150-125) and the Coppermine Cudas (144-131).    Here are some highlights of the Cranford win, by age group:    8-and-under: Caitlyn Decker won her first individual ribbon of the season with…