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  • OBITUARIES, June 28, 2002

    Dr. Daniel P. McGovern Jr., Sara B. Durling, Patricia O. Landmann, Dorothy T. Benson. Dr. Daniel P. McGovern Jr. Physician     MONTGOMERY — Dr. Daniel Paul McGovern Jr. died Wednesday at The Medical Center at Princeton following a long illness. He was 54.    Born in Madison, he was a resident of the Belle Mead section…

  • King of Broadway

    Theater Renaissance man Hugh Fordin talks about producing ‘The Producers’ By: Matt Smith    A day in the life of record company mogul Hugh Fordin rarely includes golf-course board meetings or lunches at fancy restaurants. In fact, Mr. Fordin is lucky if he has the time to stop for his midday meal.    "It’s not an executive…

  • Travel soccer tryouts send wrong message

    Letter to the editor I have been a member of the South Brunswick community for 38 years. I have always believed that South Brunswick’s top priority was to give each child the opportunities it takes to grow into young, independent healthy adults. This commitment to the children of South Brunswick is one of the reasons…

  • For the week of June 27

    Evelyn M. Davison, Angela Weingartner, John J. Hollenback, Morton Preston Jr., Kathleen Walsh, Miriam E. Rehl, George R. Simpson, Helen Michalczyn, Lillian Mae Sexton Evelyn M. Davison    WRIGHTSTOWN — Evelyn M. Davison, 80, died Friday at home.    Born in Morrisville, Pa., she was a New Egypt area resident for 39 years.    She was a homemaker.…

  • Ending a career as a counselor

    SBHS guidance counselor joins husband in retirement By: Nick D’Amore    Two decades of teaching at the South Brunswick High School will come to an end for Bonnie Ruekgauer once the school year ends Friday.    Ms. Ruekgauer first came to SBHS in 1981, when a friend working at the school told her of a job opening…

  • Star-spangled trumpeter performs for president

    Manville man appears at fund-raiser for local congressman. By: Krzysztof Scibiorski        A local amateur trumpeter realized a dream when he played the national anthem in front of President George W. Bush on June 24.    Jim O’Reilly Jr. met the president at a Newark fund-raiser for Republican Congressman Mike Ferguson, who represents the 7th District,…

  • Cellco loses cell tower suit

    A three-judge panel said the company failed to show that it had made a good faith effort to locate alternative sites for its cell tower. By: Lea Kahn    The Cellco Partnership, which sought to build a cell tower in Lawrence, lost its day in court — again.    A state appellate court has upheld a state…

  • Toby Gerard is ‘ready to play’

    After 25 years at Cambridge Elementary, Toby Gerard is ‘ready to play’ By: Sarah Winkelman    After spending 25 years teaching in South Brunswick, Toby Gerard, a second-grade teacher at Cambridge Elementary School, is "ready to play."    Ms. Gerard grew up in Brooklyn and got her teaching degree from Brooklyn College. After teaching in Brooklyn for…

  • Township approves $300,000 more for Master Plan

    Including money to design a traditional neighborhood development (TND) in the south-central section of the township stirs discussion. By: John Tredrea    The ongoing job of completely rewriting Hopewell Township’s Master Plan can get $300,000 more in funding under an ordinance adopted by a 4-1 Township Committee vote June 20.    The Master Plan project received a…