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  • Mary Trout

       MANVILLE — Mary T. (Brish) Trout died Jan. 25 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 83.    Born in Saint Clair, Pa., she lived in Hillsborough before moving to Manville 31 years ago.    Mrs. Trout was a cook and salad chef at Midtown Diner and the VFW Post 2290 in Manville.    She was a…

  • Millstone ready to use Clarksburg School

    Employees to start moving in to Stagecoach Road building in early March (Feb. 2) By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — The township received the deal of a lifetime in 1998 when it bought the historic Clarksburg School building for $1. But then the question emerged — now what?    The answer — to create additional municipal space…

  • Editorial for the week of Feb. 2

    Schools need state’s help to function By: Vanessa Holt    With the closing of the Holy Assumption School in Roebling, parents of the 165 students there will be faced this fall with the choice of either sending their young children to a non-local school to continue their private education, or bringing them into their local public…

  • 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…