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  • MHS wrestlers look ahead after county tourney

    MHS wrestlers look ahead after county tourney

    Aaron Janner puts the finishing touches on his Pingry opponent in Manville’s dual meet victory Dec. 19. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • Carl LaTerra

       HILLSBOROUGH — Carl J. LaTerra died Dec. 23 at Muhlenberg Medical Center in Plainfield. He was 56.    He was born in New York City, and lived in Kearny and Brooklyn before moving to Hillsborough in 1987.    Mr. LaTerra was employed as a computer programmer for Merrill Lynch and United Jersey Bank and then as a…

  • Loretta Pownall

       HAMILTON — Loretta Pownall nee Cairo, 81, died Friday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, she was a resident of the Hamilton area for many years.    Ms. Pownall retired from CoreStates National Bank in 1988 as assistant manager. She was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church where she served on…

  • Police Blotter-Jan. 3, 2008

    Lambertville    Mary Parrotta, 42, of Pennington was charged with drunken driving Friday at 12:05 a.m.    Police stopped Ms. Parrotta on Route 29 near the flea market after she was seen swerving from lane to lane, police said.    She also was charged with reckless driving and failure to maintain lane. She was released to a friend.…

  • Family sues university, fraternity, students

    Rider freshman died of alcohol poisoning By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The family of a Rider University freshman who died of alcohol poisoning last spring during a fraternity initiation ritual has sued the school, fraternity and four fraternity members for the wrongful death of their son.    Gary and Julie DeVercelly, whose son, Gary DeVercelly Jr.,…

  • LHS still seeks improvement

    GIRLS BASKETBALL By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    The Lawrence High School girls basketball team wants to tap into their talent more.    The Cardinals lost twice in Hopewell’s John Molinelli Holiday tournament on Thursday and Friday.    ”Right not we are not where we need to be as a team,” said Lawrence coach Gregg Zenerovitz. “We have…

  • Skaters take 4th at nationals

    Millstone teen, partner overcome time apart, injury By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Despite being new partners and losing almost three months together due to an injury, Jaclyn Famiglietti and Andrew Reiss put their best performance forward when they had to.    The two finished fourth in the juvenile pairs division at the U.S. Junior Figure…

  • Township eyes senior housing

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — Mayor Arthur Puglia said this week he was pleased with the township’s ability to finalize lingering projects in 2007 and is hoping for additional success in 2008.    Mayor Puglia said the township is close to finalizing development plans with Dallas-based Centex LLC to bring 340 units of…

  • EDITORIAL: Death can be the result of driving drunk

       Kimberly Green could face up to 50 years in jail if she is convicted for her role in a Route 1 traffic accident last week.    And yet, she is the lucky one.    The 32-year-old Somerset woman survived. Kylie Pinheiro, 18, of Dayton, wasn’t so lucky.    That’s why the Middlesex County prosecutor has charged Ms. Green…