Category: archives
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Experienced Dawgs ready for next step
Hopewell Valley boys lacrosse By: Mike Molaro With a new coach last season, it took the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys lacrosse squad some time to adjust to a new philosophy and higher-than-usual expectations. This year, the Bulldogs are champing at the bit to get things going and are looking forward to making their…
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Mary Ann Maltby, a woman who made a difference
A community remembers the compassion of a prominent and respected woman. By: Elaine Worden Mary Ann Maltby’s calling in life was to help others. Described by her husband, the Rev. John Maltby, as a "friend-maker" in all senses of the phrase, she was a committed and compassionate person. "The compassion she had for people …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
