• MANVILLE: A life-saving lesson

    MANVILLE: A life-saving lesson

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Rescue squad members get practice using tools for vehicle extrication    Dressed in full gear, members of the Manville Rescue Squad used tools to pry open mangled vehicles and rescue potential victims trapped inside.    But, fortunately, these were only drills, and what they were getting out of the work was knowledge…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: special meeting, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Nov. 19, 7 p.m., departmental budget hearing, Union Fire Company; Dec. 3, 7 p.m., 2010 budget introduction, Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building.…

  • Handel’s MESSIAH 12/06/09

    Handel’s MESSIAH 12/06/09

    By Princeton Pro Musica Princeton Pro Musica will perform Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, December 6, at 3 pm, at Patriots Theater in the Trenton War Memorial. Frances Fowler Slade, founder and Music Director, will conduct chorus, orchestra, and a stellar cast of soloists including Julianne Baird, soprano; Alyson Harvey, mezzo-soprano; Scott Murphree, tenor; and Matthew…

  • LETTERS: Disingenuous Democrat seeks recount

    Patricia Appleby, Monroe    How low will they go?    I’m speaking of course about the Monroe Township Democrats.    Democrat candidate Stephen M. Dalina lost the Ward 3 council race to Republican Michael Leibowitz.    However, now Mr. Dalina wants a recount of ballots that have already been counted twice.    Last summer, the Monroe Democrats, at Mr. Dalina’s…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS is third at state gymnastics

    Marcsisin captures vault title By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Brittany Marcsisin found the perfect way to top off an outstanding gymnastics season for the Hillsborough High School.    The junior helped the Raiders to a third-place team finish Friday, then capped the year by becoming the first HHS gymnast to win a state title when…

  • Princeton health unit’s great H1N1 effort

    Judith Wilson, Princeton Schools superintendent     While many communities and school districts are still struggling to obtain doses of the H1N1 vaccination and to organize for the administration of vaccines, over 1500 school aged children and pregnant women in Princeton have already received their vaccinations. There is one clear reason for this successful effort: The…

  • Senior corner

     Chapter A   Hillsborough Senior Citizens Chapter “A” meets the first Thursday of each month in the municipal building. We are open to new members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. allowing time to peruse the activities we have to offer and sign-up for those that appeal to you. The regular meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. After…

  • Sanchez to receive RVCC scholarship

       Manville student Derek Sanchez was among the 38 Raritan Valley Community College students awarded a Galileo Scholarship for the 2009-2010 school year.    The scholarships are awarded to students majoring in science, math, engineering and technology. The 38 students join 32 other Galileo Scholars at RVCC who are also receiving scholarships and are already in the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider girls run to spot in MOC

    Finish second in Group IV By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    HOLMDEL — Nicole Rittman and Stephanie Nunes aren’t always in the Hillsborough girls cross country team’s top five, but they know how important they are to the Raiders.    Every point counts as the Raiders discovered at the Group IV championship Saturday. For the first…

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