• MANVILLE: Fire company contest seeks ‘Guitar heroes’

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Do you think you are the best player for Guitar Hero 5? Think you can rock the house? Come show it and rock the firehouse at the Guitar Hero 5 Tournament. Manville Fire Company no. 1 is sponsoring the event to help raise money for the firemen.    The tournament…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Simonelli is new sergeant

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Simonelli is new sergeant

    He replaces Elwood Benner, who recently retired By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Hopewell Township police Detective Michael Simonelli was sworn in as a sergeant at the Sept. 14 Township Committee meeting.    He replaces Elwood Benner, who recently retired at the rank of sergeant after 35 years with the township force.    Sgt. Simonelli “comes from a…

  • EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Some of Valley’s past goes with razing of Pennytown

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    For those of us who remember the late George Briehler working to create what was to become Pennytown Shopping Village, watching the gradual demolition of buildings at the site now is enough to bring tears. Many have fond memories of that small area of the township.    Quite a few people…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Board OK’s contract for superintendent

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The Board of Education unanimously approved District Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer’s contract for the 2009-2010 school year during its Monday meeting.    Dr. Forsthoffer’s 2009-2010 salary is $172,818, up $5,018 from the $167,800 he received last year. The 2009 to 2010 contract also provides for merit increases, which would be based on…

  • Balant, Chan show potential at tennis MCT

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    WEST WINDSOR – Two years ago, Paulina Halat was living in Poland and hadn’t picked up a tennis racket. Carmen Chan was just starting out in the sport, following in the footsteps of her brother.    On Monday, they became the lone Cardinal flight to win a match in their main…

  • Businesses help teens

    Teen Center Task Force members     Last spring, the Hopewell Township Youth Advisory Board made a presentation to the Township Committee on the need for a teen center. As a result, a Task Force of adults and teens was formed to begin investigating how we can make this dream into a reality.    Our Task Force…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Town gets $275K for Lawrence Hopewell Trail, preserve

    Funds to be used for road crossings on the LHT and for trail development on the Hillman Preserve, owned by the D&R Greenway Land Trust By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded Hopewell Township a $275,000 grant that will be used to continue construction of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail…

  • MANVILLE: Boys soccer team gets first win

    New coach is optimistic By John Beisser, Special Writer    The Manville High boys soccer team is under the direction of first-year head coach Rick McCarrick, a former standout player at Arthur L. Johnson Regional High School in Clark and at Kean University, where he graduated from in 2005.    Prior to his coming on board at…

  • New Jersey needs Greenstein, DeAngelo

    Arthur A. Roedel Jr., Monmouth Junction    I am proud to support Democrat Assembly members Linda Greenstein and Wayne DeAngelo for re-election in November.    Ms. Greenstein is an intelligent, reform-minded leader. She has sponsored nearly every anti-corruption bill that has come out of the Legislature, even when comprehensive reform was unpopular within her own party. She…

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