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  • Ernest Burgandine

       HAMILTON — Ernest Lee Burgandine, 58, died Sunday, Feb. 3, at Mercer County Geriatric Center.    Born in Clifton Forge, Va., he lived in Lawrence before moving to Hamilton more than a year ago.    He worked many years with the Association for Retarded Citizens.    He participated in several events at the Special Olympics and enjoyed bowling,…

  • Frank Cristaldi

       NESHANIC STATION — Frank R. Cristaldi died Feb. 3 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township.    Born in Newark, he formally lived in Hillsborough before moving to Neshanic Station 15 years ago.    Mr. Cristaldi was the founder and owner of Cristal Associates Neshanic Station since 1986.    He served in the U.S. Navy during World War…

  • FORUM: State Aid

    What should the township and school district do if state aid is cut? What should the township and school district do if state aid is cut?

  • Family, friends mourn chief

    Fred Holsten started South Brunswick’s police force. By: Melissa Morgan    Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, an 11-car funeral procession left the M.J. Murphy Funeral Home and proceeded down Ridge Road.    Police cars rode in the front and back of the line, stopping at every intersection and saluting the hearse that carried the body of former South…

  • Confidence, conditioning power Zuza on MHS mat

    Junior compiling winning record at 189-215 pounds By: Rudy Brandl    Joe Zuza is feeling confident this season.    Now in his third year of varsity wrestling, the Manville High junior has established himself as one of the team’s more reliable performers. Zuza is one of just four wrestlers on the team with at least a .500…

  • HHS hoop teams set for SCT

    Raiders host quarterfinal doubleheader Monday night By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High’s basketball teams will have to work hard to win Somerset County titles this month.    Both HHS squads were seeded second behind rival teams from Bridgewater-Raritan, which creates the potential for a very difficult game in the semifinals. The top-seeded schools will have much easier…

  • Savino powers Cardinals at county meet

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    Lawrence High School’s Mark Savino captured the 125-pound championship at last weekend’s Mercer County Wrestling Tournament at Trenton High School in a dominating manner.    First round and quarterfinal matches were last Friday with the semifinals and finals last Saturday.    The Cardinal sophomore, seeded first in his weight class, earned a first-round…

  • Polish flavorsgaining in favor

    Diners passing by larger establishments to visit Manville’s Polish restaurant By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    When George and Elaine Molchan of Phillipsburg wanted to host a dinner with their friends — Roseann and John Cullinan of Belle Mead — they thought about all of the different choices they had, then headed to Manville.    Turning their backs on the…

  • Less miserable with shopping options

    FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster: Views and observations from Roosevelt Borough. By:    What a relief to finally have more stores in East Windsor. For a long time, anything resembling a department store was not to be found nearby for Rooseveltians. Our choices were either Wal-Mart and the Big K in Lawrence, the Quaker Bridge Mall…