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  • Police Beat for the week of Jan. 19

    FLORENCE    Police charged 38-year-old Steven Toth of Florence with driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way down a one-way street Monday evening.    According to police, officers saw Mr. Toth driving the wrong way on Woodlawn Avenue around 6:30 p.m. At the stop, police said, officers smelled alcohol on Mr. Toth’s breath. After failing sobriety…

  • Kutch working harder to put up numbers

    HHS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    Kelsey Kutch has learned that making headlines can yield a double-edged sword.    While the junior forward loves to accumulate monster numbers to lead the Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team, she now realizes that extra defensive attention will come as a result. Once a player has scored 30…

  • Composting plant could face closure

    Springfield facility faces fines and odor violations By: Scott Morgan    State and Burlington County officials last week announced an ultimatum in an ongoing administrative battle with a Springfield composting facility that could lead to that facility being shut down.    On Jan. 10, the proprietors of Eastern Organic Resources, a 156-acre recycling concern, commonly known as…

  • Lady Mustangs fall to familiar foe

    Bernards star takes over again By: John E. Powers        BERNARDS — Midway through the second quarter in last Thursday’s game with Bernards in Bernardsville, the Manville High School girls held a 20-13 lead.    Manville was playing with poise and confidence. Sophomore guard Rhianna Lebedz and teammates were operating at the kind of pace needed…

  • Linda Romano

       MANVILLE — Linda Paula Romano died Jan. 9 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was 39.    Born in Somerville, she was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Ms. Romano was a tax analyst for Verizon in Bedminster, working in the financial properties tax department for three years. Prior to that, she worked 13…

  • Letters for the week of Jan. 19

    NAMI offers thanks to volunteers To the editor:     Over 300 people came to The College of New Jersey, on Jan. 8, to hear pianist and psychiatrist Dr. Richard Kogan discuss Beethoven’s life and play his music. Every seat was filled.    The recital was a fundraiser for NAMI Mercer, the Mercer County affiliate of the…

  • HHS swimmers make splash at Pirate

    Sudol happy with performances By: John E. Powers        The Hillsborough High School boys and girls had a very productive visit to this past weekend’s 27th annual Pirate Invitational.    The invitational, known as the most prestigious championship meet in the state, gave the Raiders a great stage to show their growing talents.    Hillsborough’s boys finished…

  • Force hires four patrol officers

    Abiding by new regulations, the township hired the first of 10 experienced recruits. By:Joseph Harvie The township police force’s four newest members, the first to be hired under new township regulations, hit the roads for the first time Saturday.    Patrol Officers Ryan Bonura, 23, Jason Gassman, 33, Michael Leung, 23, and Joseph Marrero, 37, were…

  • More from Moore more than enough

    By: Sean Moylan    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity bowling team put together one of its best efforts of the season with a 4-0 win against Pemberton on Tuesday.    Bill Moore had one of the best days of an already fine career with a 671 series (221,236,214), but Adam Wainwright was also…