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  • District to use tuition to cut special ed costs

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The Manville Board of Education will use tuition charged for two out-of-district students to help pay for local special needs students attending classes in other districts.    The two special education students, one from Bound Brook and the other from North Plainfield, will each pay $15,000 tuition payments, said Board Administrator…

  • Col. Hand marches Saturday

    Annual event commemorates events in American Revolution By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta, Staff Writer    About 100 performers will march from Lawrence to Trenton Saturday morning, following the route taken by Col. Edward Hand and his band of Pennsylvania riflemen 230 years ago as the Americans tried to slow down advancing British and Hessian troops.    The event,…

  • Elizabeth Bordas

       ROEBLING — Elizabeth Bordas, 91, of Roebling, died Sunday at home.    Born in Roebling, Ms. Bordas was a lifelong Roebling resident.    She was the daughter of the late Andrew and Elizabeth Hancsin Rusnak. Ms. Bordas and her late husband, Joseph Bordas Jr., were the proprietors of Bordas Liquors & Deli in Roebling for 40 years.…

  • Setting the Agenda: Big to-do list for 2008

    Roads, Community Center among main priorities By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The Township Council has a full plate in the coming year.    Mayor Frank Gambatese says that several road improvement projects will be high priorities for him in 2008.    These include the extension of Route 522, an additional jug handle where Route 522 meets Route…

  • Soddi Tola

       CONYERS, Ga. — Soddi Tola, 55, died Dec. 18 in the Rockdale Medical Center in Conyers, Ga.    She was born in Camden and had resided much of her life in the Bordentown area before moving to Georgia several years ago. She had retired as a communications technician with AT&T with over 18 years of service.…

  • Things to Do

    Dec. 31    New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance: VFW Post 9111 of South Brunswick will host a New Year’s Eve party with music and dinner at the Post home, Henderson Road, at 8 p.m. Donations are $35 per person, or $40 at the door. Seating is limited, so reservations are suggested. For more information, call 732-297-9823…

  • Library News

       The South Brunswick Public Library is located at 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. Contact information for the following announcements, unless otherwise noted, is 732-329-4000, 7286.    Adult Book Discussion Group: Open to the public. Meets 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday of every month, except for holidays. Request books at the information desk and allow a…

  • Fall Previews

    A special section to save for a season of theater, music, film, dance, art, opera, festivals, family fare and more. Fall Previews A special section to save for a season of theater, music, film, dance, art, opera, festivals, family fare and more. SEPT. 14-20 STAGE McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, Stick Fly, Sept. 14-Oct.…

  • Karl Erdman

       PAXINOS, Pa. — Karl V. Erdman, 82 of Paxinos, Pa., died Dec. 22.    Mr. Erdman was the only child of Blandine Startzel and Karl H. Erdman, and grew up in the town of Nuremburg, Pa. He also lived in Philadelphia, Readington, Houston, Berwick, Pa., and Warren before retiring to Paxinos, Pa., in 1986    He attended…