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  • Talented girls add another title for Title Town

    By: Sean Moylan    TOMS RIVER — Fifteen minutes after the Florence Township Memorial High girls’ varsity softball team won its first state title since 1987, Florence head coach George Chwastyk stood on a grassy hill behind the beautiful softball field at Tom’s River East and hugged the state Group I championship trophy.    "It’s kind of…

  • Lillian Polakiewicz

       MANVILLE — Lillian E. (Dickinson) Polakiewicz died June 4 in Greenville, S.C. She was 87.    Born in New Brunswick, she had been a resident of Manville since 1946.    Mrs. Polakiewicz retired from Sears where she worked in sales.    She was a member of the Manville Senior Citizens Club in the 1950s, and served as vice…

  • Stuffing a Wild Bikini

    Kelsey Theatre puts on a ‘Psycho Beach Party’ that would make Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon blush. By: Anthony Stoeckert TIMEOFF/ANTHONY STOECKERT Nicole Patrick plays Chicklet Forrest in Psycho Beach Party at Kelsey Theatre.    Kelsey Theatre will soon be filled with surfers, beehive hairdos, drag queens and a schizophrenic teenager — all for a good…

  • George R. Lovas Jr.

       MANVILLE — George R. Lovas Jr. died June 8 at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. He was 37.    He was born in Perth Amboy and was a resident of Manville for the past 12 years, formerly living in Woodbridge Township.    Mr. Lovas was a foreman for the Somerset County Road and Bridge Department for…

  • OBITUARIES

    From the June 14 edition Edgar C. Price    HIGHTSTOWN — Edgar C. Price, 85, died June 10 at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Trenton, he grew up in Hamilton, lived in Windsor for a number of years and moved to Hightstown where he lived for 57 years. He was a World War…

  • Council repeals new liquor servers’ ID law

    Officials expect a streamlined version of the ordinance to be introduced at Borough Council’s June 26 meeting. By: Audrey Levine    Borough Council on Monday repealed a recently approved ordinance requiring anyone serving alcoholic beverages to wear photo identification.    The concerns of the business owners convinced the borough to take a look at the ordinance and…

  • Edith Jones

       Edith B. Jones, 83, of Monmouth Junction, died Saturday, June 9, at Compassionate Care Hospice, Trenton.    She was born in Buffalo, N.Y. She was a former country western singer and was known for her ability to yodel.    Her husband, Fred Jones, is deceased. She is survived by her three daughters, Lynn Christian of Old Bridge,…

  • Mark Iorio bows out of race for Township Committee

    Township Republican organization has until Sept. 13 to fill his ballot spot By John Tredrea    Hopewell Township Committeeman Mark Iorio (R) has decided not to seek a second three-year term on the Hopewell Township Committee.    Saying he needs to spend more time with his growing family and running his marketing business, Mr. Iorio came to…

  • The big idea

    By: Rebecca Weltmann    For the past few decades, municipalities throughout the state of New Jersey have engaged in interlocal service agreements with neighboring communities and counties. Recently, the state has further encouraged such agreements as a piece of the puzzle to help solve the state’s property-tax crisis.    For governing bodies — towns, schools, counties —…