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  • E-mail leads to ethics complaint

    Kanaby may face a three-month school board suspension. By: Eileen Oldfield    Hillsborough Board of Education member David Kanaby may face a three-month school board suspension unless the state education commissioner intercedes on the School Ethics Commission’s suspension recommendation.    The ruling stemmed from an e-mail Mr. Kanaby sent to former Superintendent Karen Lake regarding personal days…

  • Buses for private school students could start late

    By: Cara Latham    MILLSTONE — School officials Monday told more than 50 parents — some of whom were very angry — ‘about the possibility that students attending private schools might not have transportation during the first week of the school year.    The news comes as school officials try to find a solution to the private…

  • ‘Stardust’

    ‘Stardust’

    Director Matthew Vaughn has adapted a novel by comic book artist Neil Gaiman into a sweet escapist fantasy. By Elise Nakhnikian    I was surprised not to see any kids at the crowded weekend afternoon screening where I saw Stardust. This neo-classic fantasy seems tailor-made for tweens — in fact, director Matthew Vaughn says he did…

  • Lucy Marchioni

       BRIDGEWATER – Lucy Marchioni died Saturday at Bridgeway Care Center. She was 93.    Born in Raritan, she was a former resident of Somerville, Ortley Beach, Dunnedin, Fla., and Manville.    Mrs. Marchioni was predeceased by her husband, Eugene (Gene) Marchioni, a son Eugene Jr., her grandson, Gary Zujkowski, her siblings, Ann Febo, Theresa Russo, Anthony, Louis,…

  • Washington reconsiders dissolving MUA

    By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — Township officials are reconsidering the dissolution of the Municipal Utilities Authority.    An alternative to dissolution could be an interlocal agreement between the Township Council and the MUA.    The Township Council voted 3-2 in March in favor of dissolving the MUA, which controls the township’s sewage disposal, pipes and pump stations…

  • Jacqueline Ciluffo

       FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Jacqueline Ciluffo died Aug. 4 at the Regency Heritage Care Center in Franklin. She was 84.    Mrs. Ciluffo worked as a secretary for the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and worked for Middlesex County Division of Vocational Service for many years.    Survivors include a son, Arthur Spivack of Jamestown; two daughters, Geri (Spivack)…

  • Harriett Kimple

       Harriet Halbert (Merrill) Kimple, 88, died Friday, July 20, after a brief illness    Her husband, Jim, her son, John, and granddaughter, Alison, were with her when she died.    She was the daughter of Whitney and Gertrude Merrill of Brooklyn, N.Y. Ms. Kimple graduated from Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, where she met James "Jim" Kimple. They…

  • Veterans helping veterans

    Bordentown Township group offers support to soldiers By: Anthony Coppola    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Michael Engi, president of the Bordentown Township Vietnam Veterans of America, doesn’t want today’s troops to suffer the same hardships he did.    That is why his chapter has established a care program for soldiers and their families.    "We aren’t looking for sympathy…

  • Former cop appeals June court decision upholding his firing

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP—John Carter, a former Bordentown Township police officer, is appealing a decision made recently by the state Supreme Court to uphold his firing in 2004.    Mr. Carter said Wednesday he filed an appeal last week with the court asking for reconsideration.    In June, the state Supreme Court reversed last year’s Appellate…