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  • Freinds, community support first Gsell golf outing

    Proehl, O’Hara help raise foundation funds By: Rudy Brandl    Every man should be blessed with so many friends.    Former players, fellow coaches and teachers, friends and members of the Hillsborough community filled Royce Brook Golf Club for the first annual Otto Gsell Memorial Golf Classic. The outing, which was co-run by the Raider Touchdown Club…

  • Moto Business Park section to subdivide

    Meco Inc. gained approval from the township Planning Board on July 11 to subdivide its property in a section of the Moto Business Park into five lots. Meco also plans to build a cul-de-sac. By: Sarah Winkelman    MILLSTONE — Meco Inc. gained approval from the township Planning Board on July 11 to subdivide its property…

  • Simply Seen

    Focusing his camera on everyday objects — weeds, crusted snow, a patch of earth — Harry Callahan found a world of beauty. By:Ilene Dube    Think of Harry Callahan and those images of Eleanor come to mind — the rolling terrain of her nude form, swathed in light filtered through the slats of venetian blinds; wavy…

  • Frank Mellay

       HILLSBOROUGH — Frank Mellay died Saturday, July 14, in Foothill Acres Nursing Home, Hillsborough. He was 80.    Born and raised in Coaldale, Pa., he lived in Astoria, N.Y., and Somerville before moving to Hillsborough 49 years ago.    Mr. Mellay worked in the shipping department of American Cyanamid Company in Bound Brook for 42 years, retiring…

  • Cancer Foundation, Rambling Pines camp set Swimathon Aug. 3

       Pediatric Cancer Foundation and Rambling Pines Day Camp will hold their fourth annual Swimathon on Aug. 3. The awards ceremony will be held on Aug. 13 at 1:30 p.m. Hundreds of campers and their counselors plan to swim on behalf of children who suffer from cancer.    This Swimathon fund-raiser, along with eight other camps, will…

  • Home-based business debate returns

    As Washington Township’s home-based business ordinance languishes at the Planning Board, an ordinance attempting to provide some solutions to the situation has been introduced by the Township Committee. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — As the township’s home-based business ordinance languishes at the Planning Board, an ordinance attempting to provide some solutions to the situation has…

  • Mary Ann Keel

       MANVILLE — Mary Ann (Troutman) Keel, passed away Friday, July 6, at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 59.    Born in Staten Island, N.Y., she lived in Maryland before moving to Manville six years ago.    Mary Ann retired after 20 years of employment in 1995 from the Anchor Inn Restaurant in Silver Spring,…

  • Women who paved the way

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Title IX, enacted in 1972, effected a huge shift in gender politics, which has effected huge changes in the perception of women in our society. By:    Title IX, enacted in 1972, effected a huge shift in gender politics, which has effected huge changes in the perception of women in our…

  • YMCA looking for leadership

    Former executive director David Anderson left the post in June for undisclosed reasons. By: Nick D’Amore    The South Brunswick Family YMCA is looking for a new leader.    Former executive director of the YMCA, David Anderson left his post in June for undisclosed reasons, said Andre Gruber, president of the South Brunswick board of managers for…