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  • Charles Mallon

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Charles B. Mallon died March 14 at Arbor Glen Nursing Home in Bridgewater. He was 84.    Born in New York, he lived in Hillsborough and Florida until moving to Bridgewater six years ago.    Mr. Mallon was a lawyer for City Federal Savings and Loan in Hillsborough before retiring.    He served in the…

  • Three local towns get municipal aid boost

    Allentown, Plumsted and Washington all secured state funding through a homeland security grant. By: Lauren Burgoon    The tight budget is rearing its ugly head again. New Jersey’s strained finances already caused the state to withhold aid increases to schools and now towns are feeling the same fiscal pinch.    The only extra help from the state…

  • New format agreed with SBHS girls

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Greater Middlesex Conference instituted a new format for winter track and field this year, and coaches and athletes at one high school have been very happy with the experiment. The South Brunswick Lady Vikings racked up group and personal honors at big meets around the area without the pressure of…

  • Ingeborg Haase

    By:    MANVILLE — Ingeborg (Szimkat) Haase died March 17 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township. She was 87.    Born in Pinneberg, Germany, she had been a Manville resident since moving to the United States in 1953. Mrs. Haase was a homemaker.    Her husband, Karl Haase, died in 1993. She is survived by a son,…

  • Police charge two with theft of warehouse merchandise

    Two men charged with theft of $10,000 in merchandise. By: Elaine Worden    Two employees of Victor Packaging were charged Tuesday with the theft of an estimated $10,000 in merchandise from the Dayton warehouse, Tuesday, police said.    Victory Packaging driver Miguel Tejada, 34, of New Brunswick and warehouse worker Sergio Gomez, 39, of Carteret allegedly took…

  • Four locals charged in drug, gambling sting

    Investigators say Raritan club was base for mob crew By:Roger Alvarado    A yearlong investigation into illegal gambling and drug dealing at a Raritan social club by the Somerset County prosecutor’s office and the state police culminated Tuesday in charges against 51 people, including four Hillsborough residents.    Hillsborough residents Robert, 53, and Patty Pietrucha, 50, of…

  • Local man charged in gambling sting

    Year-long investigation leads to charges against 51 By:Roger Alvarado    North Ninth Avenue resident Nicholas Bonge Jr. faces a charge of conspiring to promote gambling as a result of a yearlong investigation into illegal gambling and drug dealing at a Raritan social club by the Somerset County prosecutor’s office and the state police.    The charges were…

  • Glory Days

    Pianist Robert Taub started the Musica Viva concert series at the Lawrenceville School. Now it is seeking a new home. By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF/MARK CZAJKOWSKI Holly Chatham on harpsichord and Patrick Wood on violin rehearse for the upcoming Musica Viva concert at the Lawrenceville School.    Pianist Robert Taub hopes Musica Viva isn’t ready for…

  • Vikings turnaround saved the year

    By: Ken Weingartner    For a while, it appeared the seniors on the South Brunswick High ice hockey team would have little to enjoy about the 2004-05 season.    Now, a couple weeks removed from the end of the campaign, there is good reason to look back with pride and savor the year.    "Besides winning a championship,…