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  • Community Education

       The following classes will be offered through the South Brunswick Community Education’s Adult Education program.    One-night classes: College Savings Plan on Thursday, Nov. 1. Learn to Cook Winter Warming Soups on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Victorian Parlor Games on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Identity Theft on Tuesday, Dec. 4.    Multiple-session classes: Social Dancing will run from Monday,…

  • Jamesburg schools fighting violence

    By Michelle McGuiness, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — Oct. 19 marked the end of a week spent working to fight school violence.    Jamesburg schools Superintendent Gail Verona and school officials met Oct. 16 with acting Police Chief Martin Horvath for a crisis team meeting to discuss school security and the importance of being vigilant. This includes…

  • Announcements

       Boy Scout Troop 90, of Kendall Park, is sponsoring a holiday wreath sale to raise funds for it yearly activities.    Eighteen-inch wreaths are $17 each, and 40-inch wreaths are $50 each. The sale will continue through Sunday, Nov. 4, with delivery beginning the week of Thanksgiving.    For more information, call 732-422-3846 or e-mail [email protected] with…

  • Jennie Stia

       HAMILTON — Jennie Stia, 84, died Oct. 14 at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, daughter of the late Andrea and Pauline Spatarella Russo, she was a lifelong area resident.    A self-employed seamstress, Mrs. Stia had completed the National School of Dress and Costume Design.    She was a…

  • Time to renew support for Green Acres

    There’s Joseph Lawrence Park and Northern Community Park in Bordentown Township.    There are parks in Florence, including Kenneth Wilkie Park, Roebling Park and Water Works Park.    In fact, there are open space parcels and recreation areas in nearly every town in northern Burlington County that have benefited from funding through the state Green Acres program…

  • 19-year-old Manville woman killed by train

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Haran Avenue resident Cassandra Brown, 19, was pronounced dead Tuesday night after being struck by a freight train behind the Manville Post Office.    Police said they were notified by Norfolk Southern Railroad at 8:35 p.m. Tuesday that a freight train traveling from Jersey City to Harrisburg, Pa., struck a pedestrian.…

  • Town hall cash to go elsewhere?

    Proposed law says it could, but officials say they doubt it will By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — It has been described as a payment in lieu of construction work for a refurbished or new borough hall.    But recent proposed changes to the borough’s redevelopment ordinance would allow a planned $350,000 payment from the…

  • Louis William Bereczki

        SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — Louis William Bereczki, 68, died Friday at home.     Born in Trenton, he attended McFarland High School in Bordentown, and was a veteran of U.S. Navy where he served as a fireman on a naval destroyer stationed in Virginia and traveling to the Mediterranean.     Mr. Bereczki established a custom cabinetry…

  • Maria Cirelli

       HILLSBOROUGH — Maria Elizabeth Cirelli died Oct. 14 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 83.    She was born and raised in Italy and lived in Middlesex for 20 years prior to moving to Hillsborough two years ago.    Mrs. Cirelli was a homemaker.    She was a former member of Our Lady of Mount Virgin Church…