Category: archives

  • ‘Do it for Doug’

    Walk-a-thon scheduled for Sunday to help cover family’s medical expenses By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Doug Dow has always been able to provide for his family, whether it was working in production at the Carter-Wallace plant in Trenton or in the warehouse at Firmenich in Plainsboro.    His wife, Debbie, held a variety of jobs in…

  • Chester Demkowski

       MANVILLE — Chester Demkowski died May 8 at Somerset Medical Center. He was 89.    Born in Manville, he was a lifelong Manville resident.    Mr. Demkowski retired in 1975 from the United States Postal Service in Belle Mead after 30 years of service.    He was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army.    He…

  • NJEA rep questions council on cuts

    By Audrey Levine    Borough Council members said salaries for Weston Elementary School teachers will not be lowered, after a New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) representative questioned $5,000 cut for the teachers’ salaries approved by the council.    At Monday’s meeting, the Borough Council unanimously agreed to cut the Board of Education’s $12,198,455 tax levy by $50,000…

  • Township COAH plan in limbo

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Township officials say the uncertainty over affordable housing regulations make planning for the future impossible.    On Tuesday, the Township Council tabled a measure designed to increase the portion that developers pay for state mandated affordable housing. The proposal is meant to shift some of the burden for paying for affordable…

  • Fuqua finishes third at counties

    TRAC By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Chandell Fuqua led the Lawrence High School boys track team with two third-place finishes at the Mercer County Championships at Steinert on Saturday.    Fuqua raced to third in the 400-meter hurdles and won the bronze medal in the triple jump. The Cardinal senior also finished sixth in the 110…

  • Otto H. Rust

    BORDENTOWN — Otto Hutchinson Rust, 90, died Thursday, May 8, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.     A resident of Bordentown City and formerly of Ewing, he was born in Trenton and a lifelong area resident. He retired in 1984 from the Kramer Company in Trenton where he had been a tool and…

  • Senior Happenings

        MAY HOURS     Weekend hours: The South Brunswick Senior Center, located on Kingston Lane, will be open Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sunday, May 18, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.     Board games, billiards, computer classes, ping-pong and more activities are available. Senior band practice is at 1:30…

  • Lions sponsoring Zerbini Family Circus

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Big-top entertainment is coming to South Brunswick this weekend.    The Zerbini Family Circus will perform Saturday and Sunday under its tent on the lawn at Crossroads South Middle School on Major Road. The event is sponsored by the South Brunswick Lions Club, and all proceeds benefit the club’s various charitable…

  • Roosevelt musician discusses life, work, living in NJ

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Paul Prestopino says that one way or another, he’s been playing music since he was a kid. But he insists that he never meant to be a musician.         In fact, before his musical career began, Mr. Prestopino worked as a lab technician in the physics lab…