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  • Local family of hate crime victim are closer to getting green cards

    Special legislation allows family to remain in U.S. By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    The widow and children of an Islamic Society of Central Jersey member who died in a hate crime motivated by the terror attacks of Sept. 11 are closer to obtaining green cards that would allow them to legally remain in the United States.    The…

  • Stolen bike a sign of deteriorating safety

    To the editor By:    Recently, I had my bicycle stolen from me — it was stolen at near the end of Marshall Road in the vicinity of Beekman Gardens.    The bicycle was a very old Huffy. It was mostly gray with yellow in the front. It was small though not a mini-bike, and it was…

  • Pennington’s Bread and Breakfast: a new dining experience

    Whether in the mood for bread, breakfast, lunch, dessert or just coffee or a soft drink, this new eatery could be for you. By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta    Walk up to the window of Stuart and Cindy Carothers’ Pennington’s Bread and Breakfast, 12 S. Main St., any morning except Monday when it’s closed, and you can…

  • Changes to ‘smart growth’ plan panned

    South Brunswick and Cranbury leaders feel plan take public out of process By:Matthew Kirdahy    Local mayors and regional activist groups oppose new rules that put developer applications filed with the state and proposed for "smart growth" areas on the fast track to approval.    South Brunswick Mayor Frank Gambatese and Cranbury Mayor Richard Stannard oppose the…

  • Committee challenges ballot question

    Washington Township Committee approves its own question to appear on the November ballot regarding the township’s form of government, stating citizens’ group question may be invalid. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Despite Washington First’s apparent victory to secure a November ballot question seeking to change the township’s form of government, the Township Committee last week…

  • Dmytro Fedorciw

    By:    MANVILLE — Dmytro Fedorciw died July 6 at Franklin Care Center, Franklin Township. He was 83.    Born in Ukraine, he immigrated to the U.S. finally settling in Manville, where he had been a resident for over 50 years.    Mr. Fedorciw was a mold maker for Johns-Manville Corporation for over 35 years, retiring in 1984.…

  • Recrossing at Crosswicks Part 2 of 4

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    From Henry Charlton Beck’s 1939 "The Jersey Midlands," the local story of the Underground Railroad route, which began at Enoch Middleton’s station in North Crosswicks and continued on through Allentown and Cranbury to the north.     Crosswicks seems to have had a way of concerning itself with historic events. Although the skirmish at…

  • For the July 15 issue

    Dorothy J. Martin, George Schaum, Albert James Zanca, Margaret Dallas, Truman Wayne Kulessa, Elizabeth L. DiMatteo, Joseph Donald Reed. Dorothy J. Martin    WHITING — Dorothy J. Martin, 73, died July 12 at her home.    She was formerly of Trenton and Crosswicks, and moved to Whiting in 1996.    She had worked as a payroll clerk for…

  • Senior art show is set to begin Friday

    South Brunswick Senior Center to host county-wide event By:Josh Appelbaum    The Middlesex County Senior Art Show will be held this year at the South Brunswick Senior Center and will run Friday to Aug. 11.    The competition will feature 18 professional artists and 88 nonprofessional artists who are 60 or older.    Awards will be given in…