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  • OBITUARIES: Elizabeth Conover

    Elizabeth Conover    Elizabeth Louise Conover, 61, of Jamesburg, died Friday, Feb. 11, at Kensington Manor in Toms River.    She was known as "Noonie" to family and friends, was a member of New Hope Baptist Church located in Freehold and worked at the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center in North Brunswick prior to becoming disabled.    Her…

  • OBITUARIES: Myrl F. Goldberg

    Myrl F. Goldberg    Myrl F. Goldberg, 78, of Clearbrook, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, at her residence.    Born in Newark, Mrs. Goldberg resided in Plainfield for many years before coming to Clearbrook some 30 years ago. She was a 1947 graduate of the Monmouth College School of Nursing and had worked as a registered nurse for…

  • OBITUARIES: Christina Sculerati

    Christina Sculerati    Christina LaBarbera Sculerati, 91, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, at home.    Born in Manhattan, N.Y., she lived in North Brunswick for 25 years before moving to Monroe five years ago. Ms. Sculerati was a communicant of St. James the Less R.C. Church, Jamesburg, and a member of the North Brunswick Golden Age Club and…

  • Patten denies ethics complaint

    Former Hightstown Borough Councilman filed a complaint for what he described as an unethical relationship between the mayor and The Hightstown Gazette. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — A longtime Hightstown resident and former borough councilman filed an ethics complaint last week against Mayor Bob Patten.    Gene Sarafin, 68, of South Main Street filed the complaint…

  • Stockton Street section could become historic district

    The Hightstown Historic Preservation Commission nominated a section of Stockton Street to be recognized as a historic area worthy of preservation. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — Soldier’s Monument and Victorian-era houses comprise a section of Stockton Street that soon may be recognized as a historic area worthy of preservation.    The state Historic Preservation Office, a…

  • West Windsor landowners sue township for recovery of legal fees

    Township officials term $700,000 suit by Akselrad family groundless. By: David Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — The Akselrad family, which settled a 19-year legal battle with the township over a 43-acre property on Clarksville Road in November, now wants the municipality to pay its $700,000 in legal fees amassed over the course of the dispute.    Township…

  • Veteran Hun girls’ hoops eyes two titles

    Raiders set up Peddie doubleheader By: Justin Feil    Nadine Maeser wasn’t on the last Hun School girls’ basketball team to reach a state final, but that doesn’t mean the senior will be lacking big-game experience when the Raiders take on Peddie in the Prep A final next Wednesday.    Maeser was on the Hun field hockey…

  • Conrail ptholes to be fixed

    Gatzmer Ave potholes to be repaired by Spring. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — The gaping potholes that threaten to swallow up vehicles on the south side of the railroad tracks on Gatzmer Avenue should be a thing of the past by this spring.    Mayor Tony LaMantia said Monday that he had received a letter from…

  • HHS boys’ basketball advances to MCT semis

    By: Neil Hay    It’s all about pride. Pride and the program.    Hightstown High School boys’ basketball coach Don Hess expressed it as simply and as clearly as he could Wednesday night. Hess had just directed the third-seeded Rams to a 55-52 double-overtime win over visiting Lawrence in a quarterfinal game of the Mercer County Tournament.…