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  • School News

       South Brunswick High School students will be performing the play “Heaven Can Wait” at the high school, located on Ridge Road, at 7:30 p.m. today (Thursday), Friday and Saturday.    Tickets are $7 for general admission, $6 for students. For more information, call the high school at 732-329-4044. * * *    Jose “J.C.” Matiella, a student…

  • After 20 years service, he’s now ‘Chief Fuzzy’

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — A new police chief is in town and he said he’s looking for the department to grow along with the community.    Chief Stephen Fazekas, 42, took over as police chief in Florence on Jan. 1. Promoted to captain in October 2007, Chief Fazekas has been with the Police…

  • Warren man sentenced to eight years for role in shooting

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    After two postponements, Peter Ciarletta, 30, of Warren Township, was sentenced Friday to eight years in New Jersey State Prison in connection with the April 2005 murder of Hillsborough resident John Grover, 40, at Gatto’s Sports Café on Camplain Road.    The sentence was handed down by state Superior Court Judge…

  • BOOK NOTES: Welcomed advice

    By Joan Ruddiman    Ellyn Spragins is a woman who seems to have it all together. She is known for her columns on finance in The New York Times (“Love and Money) and journals like Business Week (“Smart Money”), Fortune and Newsweek, as well as articles in O, the Oprah Magazine, Ladies Home Journal and Town…

  • Appointment raises ire of tied-race candidate

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    NEW HANOVER— Two months after the November general election, two Township Committee hopefuls are still in the middle of dispute over who should fill the vacant committee seat.    The 170-170 tie between Republican incumbent Dennis Roohr and Democrat Sharon Atkinson will be broken in a special election on Jan. 22,…

  • GOP Club President takes issue with mayor snub

    Dave Snedeker, Bunker Hill Avenue I find it strange that Mayor Holmes would take umbrage at another senior member of Town Council being nominated to serve in the "ceremonial" post of mayor of Lawrence Township, even if the individual is from the minority party (and oh, by the way, also his former running mate on…

  • Local governments reorganize, plan for 2008

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    The makeup of most local municipalities remained largely consistent after annual reorganization meetings took place last week.    The Borough of Allentown saw the reappointment of both mayor and council president, while residents in both Plumsted and Millstone Townships will see their incumbent mayors and deputy mayors remain in power during…

  • Tadeusz Dawid

       MANVILLE — Tadeusz R. Dawid died Jan. 2 at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark. He was 54.    Born in Wroclaw, Poland, he lived in Manville for many years.    Mr. Dawid worked as a stonecutter for Bedrock Granite of Edison for 15 years, and then worked for General Air Conditioning of Somerville until 2006.    He…

  • BEING GREEN: Don’t let winter weather foil natural outings

    By Vanessa S. Holt, Managing Editor    As the temperature soared to 70 degrees on Tuesday just a few days after a series of bitterly cold nights, winter weather in New Jersey again displayed its extraordinary fickleness.    Here and there, nestled among days of unrelenting bitter cold, a few days of golden warmth always emerge when…