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  • A new kind of food fight

    A new kind of food fight

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer Students rally for food bank    Manville High School Student Council adviser Michael Lapotasky added a twist to the council’s annual food drive last week that capitalized on the competitive nature of teens.    ”Anytime you take a teenager and put them in a position where they have to compete with…

  • Dennis Taweel

       ROBBINSVILLE — Dennis J. Taweel died Friday at Compassionate Care Hospice after a long battle with cancer. He was 61.    Born in Hazelton, Pa., he was a lifelong area resident.    He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1968 and received the Purple Heart and the Vietnam Service Bar.…

  • LAWRENCE: Township Council approves increase in recreation fees

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    With very little fanfare, Township Council gave final approval to an ordinance that would raise the fees for some of the summer programs offered by the township Recreation Department.    The fees for most programs have not been increased in about two years, according to township officials. But the township cannot…

  • POLICE BEAT: From the week of Dec. 4

    BORDENTOWN CITY     Olivia Beers, 18, of Fieldsboro, was charged Friday with possession of fewer than 50 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, and driving with an obstructed view. Police said they stopped Ms. Beers at 9:47 p.m. in the parking lot of…

  • Ernest Adler

       UPPER FREEHOLD — Ernest (Ernie) J. Adler died Nov. 23 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton. He was 72.    Born and raised in Hopewell, Mr. Adler was a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve. He then continued on with the family business, Marshall’s Awnings, until his retirement, when he began to…

  • Randy Niedt

    NORTH HANOVER — CW5 Randy Niedt, 47, died Nov. 25 at home.     Born in Trenton, he was a graduate of Ewing High School and then joined the U.S. Army National Guard in 1979. He was a past master and past secretary of the Mt. Moriah Lodge 28 F&AM, a member of the Ancient Accepted…

  • Panel recommends adding fox, coyote hunting

    by Audrey Levine Staff Writer    HILLSBOROUGH — Township hunters should be prepared to outsmart a fox if the township approves changes recommended by the Hillsborough Wildlife Management Commission for hunting fox, coyote and other creatures that could pose threats to domestic animals and even residents.    The Township Committee unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance…

  • Sophie "Sadie" (Bystrek) Samuel

       Sophie “Sadie” (Bystrek) Samuel, 92, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, at her home in Jamesburg.    Ms. Samuel was born and raised in Helmetta and lived in Sayreville for several years before returning to Helmetta in 1950 and moved to Jamesburg in 1953. She was a parishioner of St. James the Less R.C. Church, Jamesburg, and a…

  • Grant S. Chamberlain

    FLORENCE — Grant S. Chamberlain, 88, died Nov. 26 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.     Mr. Chamberlain was born in Paxions, Pa. He was the son of the late Curtis and Phroni Chamberlain. He resided in Princeton Junction for 51 years before moving to Florence 10 years ago. Mr. Chamberlain was a…