Three students, two adminstrators have been charged with aggravated hazing in the March drinking death of Gary DeVercelly Jr. By: Lea Kahn    Rider University’s dean of students and the student president of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity pleaded not guilty after they were arraigned on charges of aggravated hazing before state Superior Court Judge Andrew…

580,00 in federal grants pay for safety improvements By John Patten, Managing Editor    Central Jersey Regional Airport will receive more than $580,000 in federal funds for tarmac and taxi lane improvements, and an automated weather observing system.    Airport President Joe Horner said the work is part of the airport’s ongoing work to move operations towards…

   MANVILLE – Thomas "Tommy" W. Oset, 45, died tragically as the result of a work accident on Saturday in Sayreville.    Born in Newark, he had lived in Union before moving to Manville 10 years ago.    Mr. Oset was a 1985 graduate of Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science degree. He had worked for Construction…

Mustangs play first scrimmage Aug. 21 By: Rudy Brandl    The 2007 season opener is just over three weeks away, but the Manville High football players and coaches already are chomping at the bit.    Official preseason workouts began Monday morning at 7 a.m. for a team that’s looking to build on the tremendous success of last…

   Editor’s note: Kaley Bell, a 2002 graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School and a resident of Pennington, is en route to California by bike. On June 11, she began a nine-week cross-country bike tour, riding from Providence, R.I., to San Francisco, Calif. Her adventure is with Bike and Build, a nonprofit organization whose motto…

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Aug. 16, 2007    Catalino Arenas        WASHINGTON — Catalino Arena, 77, died Tuesday, Aug. 7 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Dr. Arena was born April 30, 1930 in Naic, Cavite, Philippines. A valedictorian graduate from Western Cavite Institute, Dr. Arena received an Associate in Arts at the University of Santo Tomas (The…

By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — Township officials are reconsidering the dissolution of the Municipal Utilities Authority.    An alternative to dissolution could be an interlocal agreement between the Township Council and the MUA.    The Township Council voted 3-2 in March in favor of dissolving the MUA, which controls the township’s sewage disposal, pipes and pump stations…

EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    Just over a year ago, Hopewell Borough Council adopted an ordinance to ban the possession or consumption of alcohol on private property by those under the state’s legal drinking age of 21 without an adult relative or guardian present. Before passage of the ordinance, minors were only prohibited from drinking on…