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  • 08648 ZIP OK’d for Lawrence Township

    Township officials’ battle to convince the U.S. Postal Service to designate 08648 exclusively as "Lawrence Township" appears to have been won By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Township officials’ battle to convince the U.S. Postal Service to designate the ZIP code of 08648 exclusively as "Lawrence Township" appears to have been won.    The designation may take…

  • Mary Zinis

       Mary Zinis, 89, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, at her home in Monroe.    Born in Orange, she lived in Old Bridge before moving to Rossmoor 20 years ago.    She worked as a medical clerk for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for more than 20 years before she retired. She was a communicant of St. Thomas the…

  • Most schools pass NCLB benchmarks

    By: Stephanie Prokop    Four of 19 schools in the northern Burlington County area did not meet the state Department of Education’s adequate yearly progress standards for the 2006-2007 school year, according to a DOE report issued Aug. 16.    Approximately 75 percent of the state’s 2,215 schools have met the benchmarks set by the federal No…

  • Voters to decide how to finance library

    If approved, the referendum would make the library’s budget subject to the same annual review as other city departments By Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The fate of the Lambertville Public Library is in the hands of voters.    At the polls in November, voters will face a ballot question that asks if the library should be…

  • Jones family left standard of athletic excellence

    Eric, Jared, Warner II, Ebony starred at HHS By: Rudy Brandl    Jemmie Jones never wanted her oldest son Eric to play football as a youngster. Some 20 years later, the mother of four standout athletes who have graduated from Hillsborough High School is happy she finally gave in.    She and her husband, Warner I, never…

  • District close to privatized custodial service

    By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — School board officials say they are reaching out to the Washington Township Education Association — the union that represents the district’s custodians — to discuss the impact on bids the district received from private companies for custodial services.    The board received four bids last month, with All Clean Inc., of…

  • Selma Blumberg

       Selma Fyier Blumberg, 78, died Monday, Aug. 20, at Park Place Center, South Brunswick.    Born in Brooklyn, she moved to Kendall Park 50 years ago.    Prior to retiring in 1995, she was a cashier at Mini-Check in Kendall Park for 15 years. Prior to that, she was a South Brunswick crossing guard for several years.…

  • Frank P. Cascia Jr.

       HILLSBOROUGH — Frank P. Cascia Jr., 42, died Aug. 1 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    He was born in New York City.    Surviving are his wife, Colleen; four children, Cassandra Ann Rost and her husband Tim, of Delaware, Frank Paul Cascia of Hillsborough, James Daniel Cascia and 21-month-old Carmella Cascia, both…

  • Planners nix Matrix warehouse

    The developer says it will ‘vigorously defend our rights to develop this property.’ By: Paul Koepp    The Planning Board has unanimously rejected a developer’s application to build a warehouse at the northwest corner of Route 130 and Friendship Road.    The 9-0 vote satisfied residents of the neighboring Four Seasons senior community, who packed the Municipal…