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  • Boys post third road victory

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl    The Manville High boys’ basketball team posted another long distance victory last Thursday night.    Manville’s first three wins of the 2005-06 season have all come on the road at faraway places – at South Hunterdon, at Sussex Tech and last week’s 61-42 victory at North Warren.    Clinging to a three-point…

  • Letters for the week of Feb. 2

    Town, schools need to curb spending To the editor:     Special thanks to Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun for limiting the proposed annual increase in the municipal budget to a modest three cents. I trust the Township Council will approve his recommendation.    Of concern now is the anticipated increase in the school budget. I voted in…

  • Seniors pan federal drug plan

    Some say the new Medicare Part D prescription program, which went into effect Jan. 1, is too confusing. By: Joseph Harvie    Senior citizens say the new Medicare Part D prescription drug program has too many options and isn’t clear, making it difficult to understand.    The confusion, they say, has led some to forgo signing up…

  • Letters to the Editor for the week of Feb. 2

    American Heart Association urges awareness for women To the editor:    Love your heart. By loving your heart, you can save it. That’s the message the American Heart Association is delivering to women across the country during February, American Heart Month, and especially on February 3, National Wear Red Day for Women.    Heart disease, the number…

  • Sparno grows into big role for MHS

    Senior helps Cougars ice hockey to fast start By: Justin Feil    Rob Sparno wasn’t much to look at as a freshman junior varsity player, but he never gave up believing that he’d help the Montgomery High varsity ice hockey team eventually.    "Right in the beginning, I lost a little faith," Sparno said. "But I worked…

  • Over Easy

    Jim Breuer is the meatball in the corner who makes everyone laugh. By: Josh Appelbaum    Jim Breuer may be a husband and father these days, but he’s still resolute to do things on his own terms after a decade of working in network television and on the comedy circuit.    Now, as the host of Jim…

  • Property owners to start receiving new assessments

    Letters probably will start to go out early next week in mailings of about 1,000 letters each. By: Melissa Edmond    Many Manville property owners will receive a letter next week containing the new assessed values after last year’s boroughwide revaluation, according to Mayor Angelo Corradino.    "We’re still in the process of determining the fair market…

  • Cole emerges as great comeback story

    ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: John E. Powers    Peter Cole has been a little overlooked in the scheme of the talented and deep Hillsborough High School boys’ swimming team.    For the most part, the senior has been a complimentary part to outstanding teams the past two years. Last season, it was graduated star Frank Ippolito,…

  • Capital Health awaits decision on new Princess Road hospital

    The state Department of Health and Senior Services is reviewing Capital Health System’s application for a certificate of need, which if granted, will pave the way for a new 320-bed hospital off Princess Road. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Capital Health Systems’ application for a certificate of need — the first step in the process of…