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  • 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…

  • Morris Segal

       Morris Segal, 86, died Saturday, Aug. 18 in his home in South Brunswick.    Born near the Poland-Russian border, he came to the United States in 1924 and settled in the Bronx before moving to South Brunswick. He lived in North Brunswick for 36 years before returning to South Brunswick in 2003.    He was a veteran…

  • TOWNSHIP BRIEFS

    By Audrey Levine Variances’ terms extended    The Township Committee unanimously approved an ordinance last week to extend the length of time zoning variances can last from one to five years.    The ordinance allows builders, for both residential and commercial properties, to apply for zoning variances that will last five years, thus providing more time if…

  • Edition of Aug. 23, 2007

    Grace T. Ogden    Grace T. Ogden of Titusville died Saturday at home.    Born in Norwich, Conn., she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Ogden.    She was a graduate of the Academy of The Holy Family, Baltic, Conn., and a 1927 graduate of the Mercer Hospital School of Nursing. Together with her…

  • Police close Dayton spa

    Third alleged brothel raided at Liberty Mall. By: Paul Koepp    South Brunswick police raided The Sunny Day Spa on Aug. 16 in the Liberty Mall on Route 522 in Dayton following a two-week investigation into prostitution activities, the third time in less than a year such a business had been shut down in the same…

  • Antoinette Drong

       MANVILLE — Antoinette M. (Pekala) Drong died Aug. 14 at home. She was 82.    Born in Fern Glen, Pa., she was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mrs. Drong worked as a mounter for many years at RCA in Bridgewater, retiring in 1990.    Her husband, Stephen F. Drong, died in 1995; and her siblings, Paul Pekala,…

  • Recycling is Monday, Aug. 27!

    Don’t forget to put your recyclables curbside on Monday morning! Green buckets Newspapers, magazines, junk mail, office paper, paper bags, telephone books and gray cardboard (coated paperboard) such as cereal, pasta, detergent and cracker boxes and beverage carriers. No need to separate items. Small flat pieces of brown cardboard also accepted. Tied or bagged newspapers…