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  • Restaurant family branches out

    Restaurant family branches out

    Sports pub opens next to Mastoris Diner, fixture in area for 50 years By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Brothers Alex and Michael Mastoris have taken the family restaurant business one step further with the opening of Alstarz Sports Pub, located next to Mastoris Diner at Routes 130 and 206.    The $7…

  • Agnes D. Kistler

       Agnes D. Kistler, 88, of Monmouth Junction, died Sunday, Dec. 9, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Hazleton, Pa., and a Monmouth Junction resident for over 55 years, Ms. Kistler retired in 1981 from New Brunswick Children’s Coat Factory with over 24 years of service. She was an active member of several…

  • Kenneth Ball Sr.

       AVALON — Kenneth N. Ball Sr. died Nov. 21 in Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township. He was 69.    Born in Chester, he had resided in Avalon for the past 10 years, having previously lived in Hillsborough Township most of his life.    Mr. Ball was an electrical inspector with Middle Department Inspection Agency, West Chester, Pa.,…

  • Family benefits from Holiday Program

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The happiest memories from childhood often revolve around the holidays. Sitting down to a feast on Thanksgiving, or waking up to a pile of gifts under the tree on Christmas.    These can be joyous memories, filled with comfort and warmth, and without a trace of disappointment, stress, or concern for…

  • Grants reception set Dec. 19

    HARVEST FAIR UPDATE    The Hopewell Harvest Fair Board of Trustees will honor the 2007 Harvest Fair grant recipients on Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. at PNC Bank, 62 E. Broad St., Hopewell.    Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to [email protected] or Susan Pollara, 333-8887.    The money raised from the Harvest Fair is given back to…

  • Torrid Vikings start 30-0

    By Michael Holcombe, Sports Writer    After suffering through two disastrous seasons, the South Brunswick High ice hockey team could not have started out this year’s schedule on a more different path, sweeping its first three games in convincing fashion last week.    The Vikings outscored their opponents 29-5 in jumping to a 3-0 start , crushing…

  • Doris P. LaBaw

       TRENTON — Doris P. LaBaw, 74, died Dec. 4.    She was born Dec. 23, 1933 in Cranbury. Wife of Alfred F. LaBaw, she lived in Trenton after spending 15 years in Utah.    Ms. LaBaw was predeceased by Grover Arnold, her mother Grace Dey Floyd and brother Richard Parke. She is survived by her husband and…

  • Beatrice O. Sullivan

       BORDENTOWN — Beatrice O. Sullivan, 98, died Dec. 5 at the Virtua Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lumberton Township.    Born and raised in Tamaqua, Pa., she resided in Newportville, Pa. for 50 years before moving to Bordentown in 2002. She was a homemaker and enjoyed knitting.    Ms. Sullivan was the wife of 55 years of…

  • Loose changes adds up for students’ project

    By Eileen Oldfield    A two-week fundraiser at Woodfern Elementary School collected 215 Beanie Babies, DVDs, snack foods, and $1,000 in cash to send to soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.    The project, called Packages for Soldiers and Pennies for Postage, ran from Nov. 26 until Tuesday.    Third- and fourth-graders ran the project, and were supervised…