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  • CRANBURY: Local man pleads guilty to spying

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — An active member of the community and a World War II veteran pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent in mid-December.    Ben-Ami Kadish, 84, a 13-year Monroe resident who lives in the Ponds, was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of…

  • Franklin Township Public Library Presents Guitarist Peter Biedermann

    By FTPL On Thursday, January 22nd at 7 p.m., Peter Biedermann will perform a free concert in the Community Room of the Franklin Township Public Library. Biedermann is a guitarist who has been writing and performing original instrumental music for over 30 years. While his music covers a number of genres in the electronic and…

  • MANVILLE: New flood committee sets inaugural meeting

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Progress on the Army Corps of Engineers’ Stony Brook Millstone River Basin project will top the agenda when the borough’s new Flood Control Committee holds its first meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at borough hall.    The meeting will be open to residents, and Borough Administrator Gary Garwacke said John O’Connor,…

  • Anne S. (Sheuchenko) Kordus

       Anne S. (Sheuchenko) Kordus, 91, died Monday Jan. 5, at her home in South Brunswick.    Ms. Kordus was born in New York City, raised in Long Island, N.Y., and lived there until moving to South Brunswick in 1960. She, along with her late husband Teddy, established, owned, and operated Kordus Nursery in South Brunswick since…

  • PLUMSTED: Police supervising officer suspended

    Prosecutor’s office undertakes "routine" review amid sexual harassment complaint By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The Police Department’s highest ranking and supervising officer has been suspended amid a sexual harassment complaint filed by the force’s first and only female officer.    The Ocean County prosecutor’s office ordered Lt. George Titko suspended with pay Jan. 7,…

  • CRANBURY: Fire destroys home

    CRANBURY: Fire destroys home

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Although emergency crews from around the area responded to a residential fire on Cranbury Station Road Saturday, the blaze left the home uninhabitable and claimed the life of the family pet.    The Cranbury Volunteer Fire Company responded after receiving a call from a neighbor of the 13 Cranbury…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Mironov picked mayor for 14th straight year

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — As expected, Janice Mironov has been sworn in as the township’s mayor for the 14th year in a row.    Selected 6-0 by her Township Council colleagues at the government reorganization meeting Tuesday, the popular and powerful mayor began her 14th term by recognizing the hard economic times…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Retired Fire Chief Archer still just wants to help others

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — John Archer didn’t know who that woman was who embraced him a few years ago until she told him.    ”She came up to me and said, ‘I’m the person you pulled out of that car 20 years ago,’ and then she gave me a big hug,” Mr. Archer…

  • SBHS bothered by inexperience

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    Although many of the players on South Brunswick High’s basketball team are seniors and thus, all grown up in terms of high school years, the Vikings are still suffering from growing pains.    The problem is that of the 10 seniors on the roster, only a precious few had even a…