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  • Michael Peacos

       Michael Peacos, 88, died Sunday, May 5, at his home in Franklin.    He was born in Big Four, W. Va., and graduated in 1931 from Mount Hope High School in Mount Hope, W. Va. He served in the Merchant Marines for two summers on the Great Lakes.    He had been employed by Charles Parker Nurseries…

  • Manville track athletes set for MVC meet

    Gilmore, Andreyko, Cutler look to collect multiple medals By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High’s track and field athletes performed very well last year, but veteran head coach Tony Treonze is expecting even more this time when the second half of the season kicks off at this week’s Mountain Valley Conference Championships.    The two-day meet started yesterday…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       At 7:20 a.m. May 5, the police received a report that a 1999 Acura parked on Onka Street was vandalized overnight.    The driver’s side rearview mirror was broken off. Damage was estimated at $750. ***     Ronald Jurnock, 19, of Philipsburg was charged with theft by deception and forgery April 30, according police.    Mr. Jurnock…

  • Reconsider original plans for historic Gulick House

    LEDGER FORUM    What a shame that groups with opposing interests can’t work together to save an important township landmark. According to the May 2 Ledger, the historic Gulick Houses may be lost if the owner meets demolition permit standards. Whether it requires a variance, an adjustment of the bottom line or a compromise of historic…

  • Planners OK Denow Road subdivision

    Michael Horan and Mayor Doris Weisberg cast the only two votes against the proposal. By: Lea Kahn    Township planners gave the green light to a developer’s plans for a 12-lot subdivision off Denow Road Monday night, despite some neighbors’ objections.    The Planning Board voted 6-2 to grant preliminary and final major subdivision approval to Supreme…

  • Making Kingston pedestrian friendly

    By: Brian Shappell    South Brunswick, Franklin and the state Department of Transportation wants input from Kingston residents about walkways and bikeways in the village center.    The two townships, in conjunction with the DOT and the Kingston Village Advisory Task Force, are having a public meeting Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Kingston Fire…

  • Math challenges drawresponses by the 100s

    Annual event gets high school students scratching heads to solve problems By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    How long does it take a baseball to travel 60 feet 6 inches — the distance from the pitcher’s rubber to home plate — at a speed of 100 miles per hour?    That was one of the questions Hillsborough High students tangled…

  • Sophie Ionata

       Sophie M. Pohlmann Ionata, 100, died Tuesday, May 7, at Morris Hall, St. Joseph’s Center on Lawrenceville Road.    Born in Saltzburg, Austria, she came to the United States in 1924 and lived in Ewing before moving to Lawrence.    Daughter of the late Johann and Berta Koenig Fohlmann and wife of the late Paul L. Ionata,…

  • Millstone officials halve tax rate

    Use surplus funds to reduce taxes to $161 for owner assessed at township average of $322,000. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee last week adopted the 2002 municipal budget, cutting the proposed tax rate in half with the help of surplus funds.    This year’s budget is $5.93 million; last year spending plan was…