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  • Obituaries

    June 29, 2006 William F. Fazekas    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — William F. Fazekas, 74, died Sunday at Compassionate Care Hospice in Trenton.    Mr. Fazekas was born in Trenton and had been a resident of Robbinsville since 1946.    He retired after 38 years with Verizon and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.    He was…

  • Flood waters breach canal wall in Stockton

    Numerous roads, bridges remain closed. By: Linda Seida    For the second time in 13 months, flood waters from the Delaware River have ripped a hole in a wall of the Delaware and Raritan Canal in Stockton, but this time the breach is three times as wide as the first one in April 2005.    Public officials,…

  • Largest class yet graduates

    Hillsborough commencement includes 601 students By:Donna Lukiw    Hillsborough High School’s largest senior class ever graduated June 21, with 601 students participating in ceremonies held at the school’s athletic field.    "We are leaving our comfort zone," Salutatorian Lisa Merolla said in her speech. "I have faith in everybody here that we will be awesome. We are…

  • Minna Kimmel

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Minna Gross Kimmel died June 19 in Foothill Acres Rehab and Nursing Center in Hillsborough. She was 94.    Born in New Brunswick, she moved to Bloomfield in 1936 living there for 65 years before relocating to Hillsborough in 2001.    Mrs. Kimmel was a former employee of the Bloomfield Public Library, the Lummus…

  • Ann Slaby

    By:    MANVILLE — Ann E. Slaby died June 26 at Bayshore Health care Center in Holmdel. She was 84.    Born in Bound Brook, she had lived in Manville for many years before moving to Holmdel.    Ms. Slaby retired from Jelco Co. in Raritan in 1981. Prior, she and her husband had owned and operated Joe…

  • Regina Wisniewski

    By:    MANVILLE — Regina A. (King) Wisniewski, 80, died Wednesday, June 28, at her residence. She was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Ms. Wisneiwski was a homemaker.    Ms. Wisniewski is predeceased by her devoted husband Joseph A. Wisniewski, who died in 1996, daughter Mary Finch, who died in 1998 and her siblings, Ann Alford, Frank,…

  • Police charge man in station break-in

    Hillsborough man seen inside gas station By:Donna Lukiw    A Hillsborough man has been charged in connection with a burglary at a Manville gas station early Tuesday morning.    Patrick Harris, 21, of New Amwell Road, was charged with burglary and criminal mischief after police responded to an activated burglary alarm at 2:07 a.m. Tuesday at the…

  • Washington Township Council: Year One

    First year of new government marked by trials, triumphs By: Purvi Desai    WASHINGTON — One year since the township changed from a partisan township committee form of government to a nonpartisan mayor-council form, there’s been both accomplishment and conflict — and mixed opinions from locals about both.    The former government consisted of five committee members…

  • Arthur Kavanagh

    By:    MANVILLE — Arthur Kavanagh died June 19 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 85.    Born in Bayonne, he was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mr. Kavanagh had worked as a milkman, delivering milk to the Manville area for Brookside Dairy of Manville for over 25 years, retiring in 1997.    He served his…