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  • Obituaries for the week of Dec. 22

    Fred C. Field, Jaime Lynn Langsdorf, Josephine C. Marano, Albert J. Lucarine, Charles Niewojna, Helen Gile, Theresa J. Savare Fred C. Field    BRODNAX, Va. — Fred C. Field, 70, formerly of Cream Ridge, died Dec. 13 at his home in Brodnax, Va.    Born in Palermo, he had lived in Cream Ridge for 35 years before…

  • Millstone couple makes $1.5M donation to Freehold hospital

    Donation honors Donna O’Donnell’s retirement from her long nursing career (Dec. 22) By: Lauren Burgoon    FREEHOLD — During the courtship between Millstone couple Robert and Donna O’Donnell, the pair spent several dates pouring over poetry and memorizing verses. One they learned together is Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famed "Sonnet 43," which begins with "How do I…

  • Ride with Santa

    The Lawrenceville Fire Company gives St. Nick a ride through Lawrence as part of its annual Operation Santa. Lawrenceville Fire Company helped Santa Claus to make his rounds through Lawrence Township on Saturday. The volunteer fire company sponsors the annual Operation Santa where Santa rides atop a red fire truck with the firefighters and other…

  • ‘Dean’ of coaches notches 300th win of splendid career

    Veteran coach attributes milestone to his students By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School swimming coach Dean Mason likes to say he’s won 300 meets because he’s been around a long time, but there’s a reason not many coaches reach that milestone — it takes a uniquely talented leader to coach that long at such a…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Five PlayStation 2 video games, an Xbox video game, a PlayStation game console, power jigsaw, bag of potato chips and $4 were stolen from a mobile home on Robin Road in the Monmouth Mobile Home Park between 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday. * * *    James Cauthen, 38, of New Brunswick was charged with…

  • Township officials announce photo contest winners

    The winning photos will be used in the 2006 calendar By John Tredrea    A spectacular close-up color picture of a red tail hawk looking straight into the camera lens has won a first prize in Hopewell Township’s 2005 photo contest and will be used on the cover of the township’s 2006 calendar.    The theme of…

  • Talk reveals vast school segregation in North

    A lecture at Princeton University exposes segregation in today’s educational systems of the North. By: David Campbell    New Jersey is among the five states in the nation with the most segregated public schools, 50 years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, University of Pennsylvania historian Thomas Sugrue said in a lecture last…

  • Victoria Bombach

       MANVILLE — Victoria "Vicky" H. (Kalinowski) Bombach died Dec. 19 at Integrated Health Services of New Jersey at Somerset Valley in Bridgewater. She was 86.    Born in Nanticoke, Pa., she was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mrs. Bombach worked as a clerk with Somerset Publishing Company in Somerville for many years.    She was a communicant…

  • Bulldog boys top Ridge for Mormile’s 100th career win

    Hopewell Valley boys basketball By: Mike Molaro    After the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys basketball squad defeated Ridge 53-47 last Saturday afternoon at The Dawg Pound for Tony Mormile’s 100th career victory, the Bulldog head coach was more concerned about his guys getting a win than having his name entered into the record books.…