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  • Irving Zugermayer

       HILLSBOROUGH — Irving P. Zugermayer died July 1 at Foothill Acre Nursing Home in Hillsborough. He was 92.    Born in Egg Harbor, he grew up in Somerville and lived in Wayne and Milbridge, Minn., before moving to Hillsborough three years ago.    Mr. Zugermayer worked as a sanitary engineer for Somerville, Morristown and Jersey City Sewage…

  • Children’s Theatre slates events

    Productions will take place at CHS Performing Arts Center    Hopewell Valley Children’s Theatre soon will present its eighth season at Hopewell Valley Central High School Performing Arts Center.    Fern Dorfman returns as artistic director and choreographer. Jay Dorfman shares his talents as musical director.    "Disney’s Jungle Book Kids" will be presented by the Junior Group…

  • Board approves LIS split for one year

    Sheila MacDonald named interim principal of lower school. By: Rebecca Weltmann    The Board of Education agreed unanimously July 12 to a new leadership structure at Lawrence Intermediate School that it will study during the 2006-07 school year.    The proposal set forth in early June by Superintendent of Schools Philip Meara asked the school board to…

  • Manville High 2005-06 Year in Sports

    One final look back at school year By: Rudy Brandl    It’s hard to believe another school year has passed. It doesn’t seem like that long ago when the Manville High football team ended its two-year, 20-game losing streak with a 25-0 victory over Newark Central.    Believe it or not, that happened over 10 months ago.…

  • Post (401) season draws near

    By: Rich Fisher    The Middlesex County American Legion playoffs begin on Sunday and the only thing South Brunswick Post 401 is certain of, is that it will be playing that day.        Whether it is the start of a best-of-three series, or a winner-take-all one game affair remains to be seen. That likely won’t be…

  • Week of July 13

    By: Robert C. Peacock    Robert C. Peacock, 74, of Lawrenceville, died Saturday at St. Mary’s Hospital in Langhorne, Pa.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifetime Trenton area resident.    Mr. Peacock was a bricklayer and master stone mason and he designed and built his own house. He attended the Jacobstown Baptist Church in Jacobstown and…

  • Nottingham gets numerous hits

    District 12 12-year-old Tournament By: Tim Falls    The Lawrence 12-year-old All Star Team finished its run in the District 12 Final Nine with a loss to Nottingham, Monday evening.    Nottingham advanced to face Florence in a loser’s bracket game, while Washington and West Windsor were still alive in the winner’s bracket. Ewing and Lawrence were…

  • Petty guides H-EW to Babe Ruth championship

    By: Sean Moylan    ÿ8H-EWÿSteven Kowalski has an unwavering faith in his teammates on the Hightstown-East Windsor 13-year-old Babe Ruth team.    That faith, combined with a nasty curveball, enabled Kowalski to pitch Hightstown-East Windsor to an 11-1 win over Lawrence in the Babe Ruth District One championship game, played at the Trenton Babe Ruth Complex this…

  • Town may sell rights to farm land

    Ballot question will ask voters for input By: Joseph Harvie    The Township Council is working on a ballot question that will ask voters to allow it to sell the farming rights to the 200-acre Van Dyke farm, if the township buys the land.    Councilman Chris Killmurray said Tuesday that selling the farming rights would allow…