• COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of April 7

       Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to: [email protected] before…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Tiger tales: Students hear about new endangered species e-book

    ROBBINSVILLE: Tiger tales: Students hear about new endangered species e-book

    Janet Wong, author of “Once Upon a Tiger,” tells fourth-graders where she gets her creative ideas during a March 30 guest-author appearance in teacher Linda Biondi’s classroom at Pond Road Middle School. (Staff photo by Joanne Degnan)

  • New Hope Fantasy Renaissance Faire

    New Hope Fantasy Renaissance Faire

    Carol Della Penna Come Hither… 2nd Annual New Hope Fantasy Renaissance Faire Jugglers, Storytellers, Costumed Actors And More! FREE ADMISSION RAIN OR SHINE Saturday, April 16 & Sunday, April 17, 2011 At 11:00 am Step back in time as New Hope, PA is transformed into a medieval fantasy for one celebrated weekend, Saturday, April 16…

  • HLILLSBOROUGH: Judy Haas called ‘independent thinker’

       To the editor:    I am writing to encourage Hillsborough residents to vote for Judy Haas in the Board of Education election on April 27.    Mrs. Haas has served this community well as a Board of Education member. She is diligent, compassionate, fair and, most important of all, an independent thinker. She does not hesitate to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teen’s portrait of Doris Duke is unveiled

    Painting is third in township public art collection By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Doris Duke portrayed as a young woman was unveiled Friday night as the third portrait in the township’s public art collection.    More than 200 people applauded as the teen artist Kathleen Fritz pulled the covering off the portrait at the township Cultural…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Baby bald eagle chicks emerge in Duke Farms nest

    You can watch every move over the Internet By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Thousands of eyes all around the world were watching and awaiting the birth this week of three bald eagle chicks in a nest 75 feet up in a sycamore tree on the Duke Farms estate in Hillsborough Township.    On Wednesday, staff at…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Upcoming programs at the township library

       Hillsborough’s public library offers lots of activities for young and old.    Here are upcoming programs intended for adults:    • Yoga — This workshop is cleansing to the body/mind and works on physical, emotional and spiritual levels. It will work together to detoxify major internal organs, flush out toxins, rejuvenate and energize the body — in a…

  • LAWRENCE:Man accused to accosting student is due in court

    By Lea Kahn    A 68-year-old Lawrence Township man who is accused of trying to force a Rider University student into his car on the campus has been ordered to stay off all school and college campuses in New Jersey by Lawrence Township Municipal Court Judge Paul Catanese.    Judge Catanese also ordered Tony A. Kadyhrob, who…

  • MANVILLE: Keeping up Slavic Easter traditions

    MANVILLE: Keeping up Slavic Easter traditions

    Group teaches how to make basket covers By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    With the Easter holiday approaching, the Raritan Valley Slavic Cultural and Heritage Society came to Manville on March 26 to bring a tradition of making basket covers for Easter baskets. Members of the organization taught participants how to make a basket cover…

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