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  • EDITORIAL

    When crime hits close to home    It happens behind closed doors, but it is a very public crime.    Especially when it ends in death — which appeared to be the case with the murder of Kingston resident Saoule Moukhametova earlier this month.    According to police, Ms. Moukhametova was the victim of domestic violence. She was…

  • Preliminary budgetcalls for tax hike

    The proposed school budget would add $169 to average homeowner’s school tax bill By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Final budget figures won’t be known until March 25 but a preliminary budget approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday would raise the tax rate by 13 cents per $100.    By an 8-1 vote, the board approved the proposed…

  • Margaret Emiliano

       MANVILLE — Margaret Emiliano died Monday, March 4, in the Integrated Health Services in Bridgewater. She was 78.    Born in Somerville, she had been a resident of Manville for many years. Mrs. Emiliano was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Hillsborough.    Her husband, Alex Emiliano, died in 1964.…

  • Frank ‘Archie’ J. Arcidiacono

       HILLSBOROUGH — Frank "Archie" J. Arcidiacono Jr. died Friday, March 8, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was 58.    Born in Somerville, he lived in Raritan Borough for one year, moving to Hillsborough in 1972.    Mr. Arcidiacono worked as operator supervisor for AGFA, Corporation in Branchburg.    A 1961 graduate of Somerville High School,…

  • A victim of abuse

    Experts say protections not perfect By: Nick D’Amore    Saoule Moukhametova explored all possible legal avenues available to her as a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her husband, according to police reports.    On Jan. 20, she placed a temporary restraining order on her husband, Boris Boretsky, 52, following an altercation the previous night…

  • Truck parking ordinance put on hold

    Would ban trucks weighing more than 4 tons from Candace Lane, Bobbi’s Terrace, Marissa Drive and Plum Ridge Drive. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — Public concern on Monday forced the Township Committee to re-evaluate an ordinance banning heavy trucks from parking along certain municipal streets.    As described by Committeeman Ken Francis, the ordinance sought to…

  • High school drug sweep comes up empty

    By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    While the timing of the drug sweep held at the high school on Feb. 28 was a complete surprise to even the principal, the results made him a happy man, nonetheless.    "It came as a surprise, we just walked out of the Project Pride assembly where inmates were telling the students about making…

  • Man charged with murder in Washington shooting

    David Kovacs of Roebling faces multicount indictment in death of Louis Villa Jr. of Project Freedom. By: Mark Moffa    TRENTON — A Roebling man was indicted Friday on a murder charge for allegedly shooting a partially paralyzed man in a wheelchair at Project Freedom, a group residence for disabled adults in Washington Township.    David Kovacs,…

  • Marjorie Kerr

       MANVILLE — Marjorie L. Kerr died Tuesday, March 5, at home. She was 63.    Born in Flemington, she had lived in Whitehouse and Bound Brook, before moving to Manville two years ago.    Mrs. Kerr was a homemaker.    Survivors include one daughter, Margaret Smith of Manville; two sons, Paul Smith of Middlesex and Donald Smith of…