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  • Guilty plea in 2003 accident case

    Branchburg woman may get three years for multiple car crash. By: Joseph Harvie    A Branchburg woman pleaded guilty to multiple charges last week stemming from a 2003 accident that left a North Brunswick man in critical condition.    Tamara Roscher, 26, pleaded guilty to several charges of aggravated assault and driving while intoxicated March 3 at…

  • For the March 11 issue

    Kalman Csapo, Bertha H. Fues, John Julius Frudden, Rhonda R. Colligan, Eleanor Heaton. Kalman Csapo    UPPER FREEHOLD — Kalman Csapo, 97, of Cream Ridge died March 2 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Harrison, he relocated to Hungary where he lived until returning to the Trenton area in 1957.    He work…

  • Businesses try to survive construction at Kendall Park Shopping Center

    Work going forward at Kendall Park center. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Strings of lights on the scaffolding outside the Kleen and Dri Laundromat in the Kendall Park Shopping Center spell out the word "Open."    The Laundromat’s owner, Rick Zalasin, said he hopes the lights will remind customers he’s there while the rest of the shopping…

  • Pupils get a lesson from teachers

    Game raises money to aid student Ryan McKee By:Mary Ellen Zangara    A special basketball game was played March 3 at Manville High School. It wasn’t a tournament or state game, it was a benefit fund-raiser for Ryan McKee, a 12-year-old Alexander Batcho Intermediate School student diagnosed with leukemia.    The second annual ABIS and Roosevelt student-vs.-faculty…

  • Suspended chief faces new charges

    Bordentown City official claim "very serious" criminal allegations had emerged concerning suspended Police Chief Philip Castagna. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — The city’s woes with suspended Police Chief Philip Castagna took a series of odd turns last week when the chief was arrested by Burlington County officials three days after filing a lawsuit demanding…

  • Cracking the code

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman    Everyone’s talking about "The Da Vinci Code," the mystery by fiction writer Dan Brown. Brown blends the worlds of art, mysticism, the Knight Templars, the Vatican — and more — with the world’s evils — deception, power and greed. The result is a rollicking good read, a really nice bit…

  • Planning for vacation is a real trip

    MY TAKE by Rose McGlew    My head is spinning.    My husband Paul and I sat down at the kitchen table last night and tried to figure out our family’s vacation plans for the summer. It seems that — after coordinating and paying for our kids’ activities — we won’t be having a family vacation after…

  • Those who did not move on will have other opportunities

    By: Ken Weingartner    Brady Shelcusky was the only South Brunswick High wrestler to advance from Region 5 to the state tournament, but the five remaining Vikings who participated could all get another chance next season.    The Vikings advanced one junior, Kelley Lyon, three sophomores – Derek Shelcusky, Kyle Wadiak and Justin DelPiano – and a…

  • Special education symposium slated in Princeton

       The Princeton Regional School District’s Special Education PTO will hold its annual symposium from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 20 at the John Witherspoon Middle School.    Registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. At 8:30 a.m., Penny Dragonetti, northeast technical assistance coordinator for the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, will present a workshop on how parents…