• COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of Feb. 3

    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…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Budgets ‘getting walloped’ by snow

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Budgets ‘getting walloped’ by snow

    A Robbinsville Department of Public Works truck plows Richardson Road on Jan. 27, after a foot of snow fell closing schools and causing a two-hour delayed opening of township offices. (Staff photo by Joanne Degnan)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Freezing rain adds to woes left by snow

    HILLSBOROUGH: Freezing rain adds to woes left by snow

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    What seemed like never-ending snow was bad enough. On Tuesday, icy rain slickened streets, flooded streets and snapped tree branches stressed by snow.    Hillsborough, like all of New Jersey, braced for the latest slap by Mother Nature. People in police and road departments said they were too busy to detail…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Bordentown unity Paul J. Peterla, Bordentown Reional High School, Class of 2011 I, myself, did not get a chance to go to the funeral of PFC Benjamin Moore, but read about it in several papers, including the Register-News. I knew that a group of protesters was planning to show up and protest at the funeral.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sale of evening gowns satisfies girls’ style, parents’ economics

    HILLSBOROUGH: Sale of evening gowns satisfies girls’ style, parents’ economics

    Looking for something special to wear to the prom? A group of parents is organizing a sale of evening wear clothing on March 5. Here, organizer Gina Christiana and high school 11th-grader Kristen Forti size up one of the selections being collected in the jokingly named “Basement Boutique” at the Fortis’ home. (Staff photo by…

  • MILLSTONE: School district unveils spending plan

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    MILLSTONE — The school district recently unveiled a $31,596,919 preliminary budget for 2011-2012 that is under cap and uses an anticipated $1.1 million tuition savings for its high school students to largely offset higher costs next year for salaries, health benefits, energy costs and transportation.    The budget, as presented to…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of Feb. 3

    ‘Souper Bowl’ luncheon    Saturday, Feb. 5 — The Plumsted Presbyterian Church board of deacons will host a “Souper Bowl” luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (or until the soup is gone) at the church, 14 Front St., New Egypt.    Cost is $5 per person and includes a variety of soups, crackers, bread, beverage and…

  • MANVILLE: Packing day for Operation Shoebox

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville will once again be the main headquarters this Saturday for Operation Shoebox New Jersey. Operation Shoebox collects donations, packs boxes and ships them off to service men and women overseas.    Founder and executive director Rod Hirsch has held the event at VFW Post 2290 for the past six…

  • Saving energy, for God and/or country

    By: centraljersey.com Climate change is a hot topic. If we could harness all the energy and hot air that’s been devoted to debating climate change, we would solve the problem overnight. But until then, by far the best way to combat climate change is energy conservation. While current data demonstrates conclusively that climate change is…

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