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  • Reginald Woodson

    Reginald B. (Reggie) Woodson, 52, of Willingboro, died Aug. 1 in Bristol, Pa.  Born and raised in Newark, he lived in East Orange, then Florence before moving to Willingboro 11 years ago.  He was employed as a forklift operator at the Simon and Schuster Distribution Center in Bristol for the last 20 years.  He was…

  • Mary Ann Sofka

    BORDENTOWN – Mary Ann Sofka (Bucsak), 81, died July 27 at home.     Born in Carteret, she was a longtime resident before moving to Bordentown eight years ago. She was an avid reader and enjoyed cooking and baking. But her greatest joy in life was being a mom. She will always be remembered as a…

  • Dispatches: Saving clean elections

    by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    Reports that the state’s clean elections law is on life support may be premature.    The political Web site PolitickerNJ.com reported earlier this week that the program “is in serious jeopardy” because of a legal opinion offered last month by the state Office of Legislative Services on the impact of a…

  • Johanna Pomparelli

       HILLSBOROUGH — Johanna Stern Pomparelli, 46, died at home July 31, after a long battle with cancer.    Bon in Perth Amboy, she lived in Whitehouse Station before moving to Hillsborough in 1988.    She was employed by Johnson and Johnson in the credit department for 12 years, before becoming a full-time homemaker. Recently, she had begun…

  • Victory celebration

    Victory celebration

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer Special Olympics softball champs chill out with party    Louise Drive resident Kelly Jones treated her teammates on the Special Olympics gold medal-winning softball team to a pool party Saturday.    The Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games were held June 6-8 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing.    Ms.…

  • Dorothy Csuha

       HILLSBOROUGH — Dorothy R. Rose Csuha died July 29 at JFK Hartwyck Center — Edison Estates, in Edison. She was 81.    Born in New Brunswick, she was raised in Bound Brook before moving to Hillsborough and then finally to Branchburg.    Mrs. Cshua was a homemaker who also worked as a bus driver for Branchburg Township…

  • Post Forum: Route 1

    What should the state do to improve traffic flow on Route 1 in South Brunswick?

  • Sunflower dwarfs a Lawrence resident — and her home

    Sunflower dwarfs a Lawrence resident — and her home

    Lilly Williams and the sunflower towering over her house. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Hylda Yount

    Hylda M. Yount, 74, of Jacksonville died Aug. 4 at the Samaritan Hospice Unit at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly.  She was born in Liverpool, England.  She traveled extensively in the United States with her late husband, Fredric, who was in the Air Force and they went from base to base.  She had been…