• Community calendar

       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…

  • Watch out for turtles

    Mary Rabbitt, Hopewell Borough     I just saw a very large female snapping turtle dead on Route 654, obviously run over by a vehicle. This is the time of year when female snapping turtles and other turtle species look for soft sandy soil in which to lay their eggs, and sometimes sun themselves on warm…

  • Great Green Market

    Tom Adelman, chairman, Valley Green Market     I’m pleased to report that the second Green Market in Hopewell Valley was a big success. What began as a casual conversation between a couple friends in Linda Wood’s living room led, five months later, to 1,200 residents watching 70 exhibitors demonstrate different applications of sustainability.    I must…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: HHS grads to strike up the band

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — When Rob Stein and Harrison Horowitz graduated from Hightstown High School in 2002, neither imagined their musical ambitions would one day bring them back to their alma mater.    The lifelong friends, both graduates of the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, were members of the Hightstown High School…

  • Movie Times: May 1-7

    Movies and times are valid from May 1-7. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. EAST BRUNSWICK MEGA MOVIES (732-651-6342): Star Trek (PG13) Thurs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 10:45. X-Men Wolverine (PG13) Fri. 11:30, 12:15, 1, 2, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:15, 6, 7, 7:45,…

  • MANVILLE: 700 greet returning Marine

    MANVILLE: 700 greet returning Marine

    Manville resident Joseph Zuza — shown above on patrol in Akashat, Iraq, earlier this year — plans to complete his college education after completing his service in the Marine Corps. Photo courtesy of Joe Zuza

  • MONROE: Good reads at good prices

    MONROE: Good reads at good prices

    Staff photo by John Keating. Paula Sanders browses the selection.

  • Candidates urge voters to give input to board

    Nicholas Pampani, Thomas Kinst and David Wald    We congratulate the successful candidates on winning the Hillsborough Board of Education election.    As first-time candidates, we received some of the highest vote counts for first-time candidates in Hillsborough school board election history. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting with hundreds of Hillsborough residents and discussing the issues regarding the…

  • Leaving Hillsborough after ‘good life’ left

    Lorri McColgan, Amwell Road    This is my last editorial. After 23 years we are moving out of Hillsborough.    The old slogan was “Hillsborough — the good life.”    Maybe 20 years ago. Now it’s become, Hillsborough home to spoiled children, with self-absorbed, self-important parents.    A few months ago I read an amusing letter to the editor…

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