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  • Candidate Profiles: Mike Theokas

    Mike Theokas    Personal: 35, born in New Brunswick, has lived in borough four years, single    Education: Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and mass media from Rutgers    Private sector experience: co-owner/operator of Theo’s Lakeside Tavern in borough for about seven years, operated restaurant in Plainsboro for three years, former employee of Michelin Tire Corp.…

  • Paul P. Frank Lubertazzi

       Paul P. Frank Lubertazzi, 73, died Saturday, Oct. 11, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Mr. Lubertazzi was born in Passaic, raised in Nutley, and lived in Montville for 35 years before moving to Greenbriar at Whittingham in 1998. He spent his entire career in the banking industry and worked for several…

  • Borough candidates talk budget and downtown

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — Candidates for Borough Council say that attracting new businesses to Jamesburg is vital to the success of future municipal budgets.    Republican Brian Duke, Democrat Daria Ludas and Democrat incumbent and current council President Otto Kostbar are vying for two, three-year seats on the council.    Ms. Ludas, 59, is…

  • Vikes gear up for Sayreville showdown

    By Ken Weingartner, Sports Editor    Let the good times roll.    That’s essentially the message South Brunswick High football coach Rick Mantz had for his Vikings as they prepare to host Sayreville in one of the most consequential games in memory.    Tomorrow’s 7 p.m. clash of unbeatens pits the top two teams in both the Greater…

  • Corzine plan for mortgages needs study

       Gov. Jon Corzine’s detractors (and there seem to be a great many these days) are having a field day bashing New Jersey’s chief executive on any number of fronts.    After drowning his ambitious financial restructuring plan in a torrent of outrage last summer, they jumped all over the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s more recent, scaled-down…

  • Nancy Moschak

       MANVILLE – Nancy Moschak, 89, died Oct. 8 at Somerset Medical CenterShe was born in Palmerton, Pa., to her late parents Mr. and Mrs. Michael Scrape, and was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Ms. Moschak worked as an assembler at RCA in Bridgewater, retiring in 1980.    She was a member of Manville Fire Co. no.…

  • Board hears education ‘redesign’ plans

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    MANVILLE — District Superintendent Donald Burkhardt’s presentation of state plans to redesign curriculum and instruction for grades six through 12 left Board of Education members with one question Tuesday: Who’s paying for it?    The revisions, which will be required in schools statewide, include changes in how classes are taught, more…

  • NEHS hockey improves to 10-1-1

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Last week the New Egypt High girls’ varsity field hockey squad found out what it is to be a true hero. And that important life lesson wasn’t learned on any field hockey field.     While pre-game pasta parties are not a new ritual for the Warriors, the pasta party…

  • BRHS boys’ soccer clinches playoff spot

    BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     According to some so-called experts, joining the Liberty Division was suppose to be the downfall of the Bordentown Regional High boys’ varsity soccer team. But lo and behold, Bordentown has a sparkling 9-4-1 and the honors and accolades are already starting to roll in for the Scotties and it…