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  • Dora Cecile Seyfarth Verbeyst, 85, of Mount Rose

    Dora Cecile Seyfarth Verbeyst,  85, of Mount Rose in Hopewell Township died September 27, 2008 at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in the Princeton Hospital, she was the daughter of Mathilde Rousseau Seyfarth and Jacob Seyfarth. Married for fifty-nine years to the late Louis Verbeyst, she and her husband owned and operated Verbeyst…

  • Marion (Kuhn) Sigle

       Marion (Kuhn) Sigle, 87, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hosptial in New Brunswick.    Ms. Sigle was born and raised in East Brunswick and was a lifelong resident of Middlesex County, with the exception of 10 years she spent in DeRuyter, N.Y., before moving to Monroe in 1994. She was a former…

  • Russo collects sole singles win

    GIRLS TENNIS    The Lawrence High School girls tennis team edged Robbinsville on Thursday.    The Cardinals won 3-2 with Ashley Russo taking first singles and Lawrence doubles teams winning their matches.    Russo won, 6-0, 6-3, while Soto and Vitukhnarskaya lost hard-fought matches at second and third singles, respectively.    Barrett and Szyszko won first doubles, 7-5, 6-1,…

  • Bordentown, Florence field hockey keep adding wins

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     The 2008 Bordentown Regional High field hockey team has developed a great recipe for success. The Scotties are beating most of the good teams they play by a goal or two and they’re clobbering all the average to below average clubs on their schedule.     “What we are trying…

  • Meet the Borough Council candidates

    Meet the Borough Council candidates

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    With five candidates for Borough Council, each of whom have lived in Manville for at least 30 years, the main goal is trying to do what’s best for the town they love.    This year’s election has five candidates running for two, three-year seats on council. Incumbents Kathy Quick and Steve…

  • Parties split over station question

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Democratic incumbents and their Republican rivals for Township Council differ on their support for a potential train station in South Brunswick.    Republican candidates say they would support the construction of a train station, but not of a transit village, such as the ones being proposed in North Brunswick and around…

  • Police blotter

       Susan Guariglia, 39, of Farm Road, was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way on a divided highway at 10:19 p.m. Aug. 26, when police stopped her on Triangle Road.    She was taken into custody after failing field sobriety tests. At police headquarters, she was found to have a blood alcohol content…

  • MUA awaits word on funding

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer     EAST WINDSOR — While the township Municipal Utilities Authority has received state Department of Environmental Protection approval for upgrades to the local water plant and expansion of the wastewater treatment plant, word on $30 million in potential funding for the project has yet to be announced.     However,…

  • Triathlon brings out big crowd

    Close to 175 in race; hundreds look on By Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Although all of the 173 competitors had a chance to view the layout of the Hightstown Sprint Triathlon in advance, Christopher Bright and Ryan Rosenberg were among those with a distinct advantage. They live on the race course.    ”After having…