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  • Anna Burgmiller

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Anna (Dzyak) Burgmiller died May 27 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 84.    Mrs. Burgmiller was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the Unite States in 1922. She was a former resident of South and North Plainfield before moving to Hillsborough 24 years ago.    Her husband, August L. Burgmiller, died…

  • Florence softball places second in SJ Group I

    By: Sean Moylan    The Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity softball team’s wonderful season ended with a not so wonderful 6-0 loss to New Egypt at Lenape in last Thursday’s Group I South Jersey championship game.    The game was a scoreless one until the fourth inning when the Warriors manufactured a pair of runs…

  • Kapsimalis completes year with fine showing in javelin

    By: Sean Moylan    After losing Willie and Eric Munoz and Danny Alustiza to graduation last spring, Tim Tedesco and his Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity track and field squad went about the task of rebuilding the team this season.    However, senior captains Roger Kapsimalis and Mike Greene made this transition year as…

  • Sun shines on township parade

    Lawrence honors fallen soldiers. By: Steve Feitl    As it strolled down the performance corridor on Birchwood Knoll on Saturday, the Lawrence High School "Red Scare" marching band blared the unmistakable sounds of Sheryl Crow’s 2002 hit single, "Soak Up the Sun."    Taking the pop song’s title at face value, it seemed a fitting anthem for…

  • Route 31’s Rosedale Mills still going strong after 54 years

    The original location was in Princeton at Alexander and Faculty roads. That store closed in 1995. By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta    John and Bettie Hart have owned Rosedale Mills, now located at Route 31 and Titus Mill Road, for 54 years.    Since its founding in 1950, this is the Harts’ fourth location for their business. Rosedale…

  • Allentown court on the move once again

    Allentown Municipal Court will be temporarily moved to Upper Freehold due to construction on Main Street in Allentown. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — Allentown Municipal Court will move to Upper Freehold for several months under a proposal approved by the Township Committee last week.    Judge Bonnie Goldman, who serves as judge for both the…

  • Madeline Fucillo

    By:    MANVILLE — Madeline Fucillo died May 29 at home. She was 84.    Ms. Fucillo was the daughter of the late Adam and Victoria Fucillo, founder of Fucillo and Warren Funeral Home.    She was employed as a secretary at John’s Manville Corporation. Later during World War II, she became a private secretary to Col. R.…

  • Blastoff for the Rocket Fete

    Former astronaut Story Musgrave lives life with an intensity that leaves men half his age in the dust. He will be the guest of honor at the Rocket Fete at Princeton University Stadium June 5. By: Matt Smith Former astronaut Story Musgrave will reflect on his travels as part of the Rocket Fete June 5.…

  • MEMORIAL DAY PARADES WINNERS

    Hopewell and Pennington held parades Sunday, Monday.    Hopewell and Pennington residents were treated to Memorial Day parades on Sunday and Monday respectively.    Winners of the various awards are as follows:    On Sunday, according to Joseph Kianka, parade chairman, Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339 and Hopewell Fire Department — the parade sponsors — awarded the…