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  • Pension costs continue growing

    Municipal and school officials say they have planned for the added expenses in next year’s budget. By: Paul Koepp    Over the last three years, towns and school boards across the state, including South Brunswick, have been facing steep increases in state-mandated payments into the pension plans of their employees, and next year will be no…

  • Helen Bohonowsky

       MANVILLE — Helen (Sobey) Bohonowsky Day died July 28 at home. She was 87.    Born in Vandergrift, Pa., she lived in Scarsdale, N.Y., and Newark, prior to making her home in Manville.    Mrs. Bohonowsky was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    She was a member of the Union of Polish…

  • Obituaries

    August 9, 2007 Helen Catana    TRENTON — Helen A. Barber Catana, 95, died July 30 at the Water’s Edge Rehabilitation Center.    Born in Trenton, Ms. Catana was a lifelong Trenton and Deutzville resident. She was a member and the president, for over 10 years, with the Deutzville Senior Citizens.    Daughter of the late David R.…

  • Student arraigned in fatal hazing

    House master pleads not guilty By: Lea Kahn    In a brief procedural step that lasted a couple of minutes, Rider University student Adriano DiDonato, of Princeton Township, was arraigned on charges of aggravated hazing in state Superior Court in Trenton on Wednesday morning.    Attorney Paul Norris, who represents Mr. DiDonato, said Wednesday afternoon his client…

  • Junction Pond drowning ruled an accident

    A 6-year-old boy from Linden who was visiting a friend was found dead in an in-ground swimming pool. By: Paul Koepp    A party turned tragic Sunday afternoon when a boy celebrating his 6th birthday drowned in the swimming pool of a Monmouth Junction residence.    The death of Dominic Gullo, of Linden, was ruled an accident,…

  • Rocking for the River

    A benefit at Havana in New Hope will support the Riverkeeper’s efforts to protect the Delaware. By: Susan Van Dongen TEN FOOT TALL    Defending and advocating for the health of the Delaware River has been the purpose of the non-profit Delaware Riverkeeper Network for more than 20 years. Led by Maya K. van Rossum, the…

  • OBITUARIES

    Dennis Akroyd Jr.    Dennis Akroyd Jr., 75, of Lawrenceville, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Southern Ocean County Hospital after a lengthy illness.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong resident of Lawrence Township as well as his summers in Waretown.    He was a graduate of Trenton Central High School.    Mr. Akroyd served in the U.S.…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of Aug. 9, 2007. Political implications to reading assignment To the editor:    I was walking through Borders the other day and noticed a "required reading" section for local area high schools. Curious, I looked up the summer reading project for my soon-to-be 10th-grader and found "An Inconvenient Truth." It was the only…

  • Dorothy E. Pyrtek

       HILLSBOROUGH — Dorothy E. Pyrtek of Hillsborough died Aug. 3 in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 81.    Born in Elizabeth, she lived in Linden, Fords and Edison, moving to Hillsborough in 1995.    Mrs. Pyrtek was a homemaker.    She was a member of the Hillsborough Senior Citizens Chapter B and the Hillsborough Senior Rockettes.    Her…