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  • Police blotter

       John Palazzo, 19, of Gemini Drive, was charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana after the vehicle in which he was a passenger was pulled over for drifting over the centerline on Route 206 at 8:13 p.m. Aug. 20.    Mr. Palazzo was taken into custody after he admitted having marijuana in his backpack,…

  • Thelma Canty

       HILLSBOROUGH — Thelma Julia (Seide) Canty died July 15 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. She was 67.    Born in Queens, N.Y., she lived in Hillsborough.    Mrs. Canty was a talented watercolor artist.    Surviving are her husband, Charles R. Canty of Hillsborough; three sons, Craig, Donald and Jay; three stepdaughters, Chris, Joan and Laura; one…

  • Parenting Pearls-Sept. 4, 2008

    Take time to evaluate teacher training programs By Mae Sakharov    Over the next decade, many teaching positions will open up as the baby boomers retire, marking the first shortage of teachers across the country in many years.    The National Education Association reported, “The shortage is critical. We need to hire two million teachers over the…

  • Seeking help from parents

       I have been serving the community for more than 18 years and, God-willing, I will be able to continue to serve all of you for many more years.    I am reaching out to the community as I am caught in a situation that I cannot control by myself. When the South Brunswick school system has…

  • CTK’s renovated school opens

    CTK’s renovated school opens

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Students at Christ the King Catholic School on North 13th Avenue may not have recognized much on their first day of the 2008 school year Tuesday — the school’s been renovated, has a new principal, new pastor and new programs.    But some things never change. The school opened as…

  • Gregory Zelany

       HILLSBOROUGH — Gregory J. Zelany died Aug. 27 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 76.    He was born and raised in New York and had lived in Rosedale, N.Y., before moving to Hillsborough in 1995.    Mr. Zelany retired from Citibank in New York where he worked in the accounting department for many years.…

  • First day of school at Oak Tree

    First day of school at Oak Tree

    Staff photo by John Keating. Amanda Koekemoer lines her first grade class up.

  • Jamesburg students head back to school

    Jamesburg students head back to school

    Staff photo by John Keating. Dara Valiant helps Grace M. Breckwedel School students with their new book covers.

  • County fire president douses Fried’s flames

    Says East Windsor is protected By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    For a second week in a row, a fire official has doused political flames being fanned by Robbinsville Mayor Dave Fried in regard to fire protection in East Windsor.    Mayor Fried this week sent the Herald a copy of an e-mail sent last week by…