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  • District heads get pay raises

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The Board of Education approved new contracts for Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum Lisa Antunes, and Business Administrator/Board Secretary Aiman Mahmoud at Monday’s meeting.    Dr. Forsthoffer’s 2008-2009 salary is $167,800, up $9,800 from the $158,000 he received last year. The 2008 to 2009 contract also provides a one-time…

  • Stanley W. Karwowski

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – Stanley “Stosh” Karwowski, 82, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Bordentown Township, recently passed away.     He retired after 26 years with United States Civil Service in Fort Dix. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he served in Germany. Stosh was well known in Bordentown Township for his banquet cooking at…

  • Toscano farm owners eye farmland preservation

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Township Committee agreed to participate in a local landowner’s application for farmland preservation at Monday’s meeting.    Local landowner, Sallie Toscano, has applied to the Middlesex County Agriculture Board for an easement purchase of her approximately 42-acre farm, located at 156 Plainsboro Road.    ”It’s been a part of…

  • Samuel Phillips Esposito

    PRINCETON JUNCTION — Samuel Phillips Esposito, 16, died July 15. Born in Hermosa Beach, Calif., he lived in Princeton Junction for 15 years.       He was a junior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North and was on their football team. He enjoyed playing the guitar, music, writing, and had a great sense of humor.  …

  • Back row the deep end for mayor at pool-closing session

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — A meeting between members of the soon-to-be-closed Brooktree Swim Club and one of its owners, set up by Mayor Janice Mironov, turned into a fierce question-and-answer session with the mayor, and ended with her stressing her commitment to bring a community center to the township.    ”We are…

  • Developer sues Monroe

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    MONROE — A commercial developer is suing Monroe Township and the Zoning Board of Adjustment for approval to build a retail shopping center in a residential zone at the intersection of Schoolhouse Road and Buckelew Avenue.    The lawsuit, filed by Schoolhouse Road Associates LLC, was filed after the zoning board’s…

  • Township questions COAH numbers

    Seeks verification from state officials By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Disturbed by the state Council on Affordable Housing’s requirement that Lawrence Township provide 671 affordable housing units by 2018, township officials plan to seek verification of those numbers from the state agency.    Meanwhile, township officials expect to prepare a plan to submit to COAH outlining…

  • Steven E. Rhodes

       Steven E. Rhodes, 51, died Tuesday at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Rhodes was a resident of Skillman for 20 years.    He was employed by Fred Beans Automotive Group in Doylestown, Pa. in the auto body shop.    Mr. Rhodes was preceded in death by his father Bruce…

  • Aloysius A. Jackson

    Aloysius A. Jackson, 78, of Florence died July 17 at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospice, Mount Holly.     Mr. Jackson was born in Kearny and resided in Old Bridge before moving to Florence four years ago.     He was retired from General Motors, North Brunswick, with 40 years of service.     Mr. Jackson was a…