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  • Ethel Scurato

       Ethel Scurato, 87, died Wednesday, May 31, at Cranbury Center, Cranbury.    Born in Monmouth Junction, she lived in Monmouth Junction all her life. She was a communicant of St. Cecilia’s R.C. Church, Monmouth Junction.    Her husband, Salvatore Scurato, is deceased. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Sal and Sharon Scurato of Plainsboro; a…

  • Letters for the week of June 8

    Welcome hospital, not Wal-Mart, to town To the editor:     I have been reading with dismay the excuses that Lawrence Township is raising in defense of resisting the move of Capital Health Systems Mercer hospital to Princess Road. In particular, I find myself amazed at the hypocrisy in Municipal Manager Richard Krawczuns statement, as reported…

  • Panel lists open space priorities

    Van Dyke Farm tops open space list By: Audrey Levine    The 192-acre Van Dyke Farm on Davidson Mill Road tops the list of high-priority sites that the Open Space Advisory Committee wants to see preserved, according to Jane Snyder, the committee chairwoman.    The recommendation is contained in the 2006 Open Space Acquisitions List, which was…

  • Relay for Life in New Egypt

    American Cancer Society gears up for annual event this weekend By: Rebecca Weltmann    PLUMSTED — Seven years ago, Debbie Benham didn’t think she had to worry about cancer. Her family had no history of cancer and she displayed no symptoms. Then a routine mammogram turned her life upside down.    At age 45, doctors diagnosed Mrs.…

  • Daniel Brown

       MANVILLE — Daniel Brown died May 27 at St. Peters Medical Center in New Brunswick. He was 57.    He was born in Elizabeth and lived in Manville for the past 28 years.    Mr. Brown had worked for 26 years at the Lockheed-Martin Aerospace Corporation in Princeton.    He served in the United States Navy during the…

  • Council mulls adding driveway requirements

    A proposed ordinance would require that every driveway improvement be made using an impermeable material, with off-street parking for at least two vehicles. By: Charlie Olsen    For 84-year-old West Camplain Road resident Bill Knox, the proposed requirement that all future residential driveway improvements be paved isn’t an issue of convenience — it’s an issue of…

  • Carlo J. Canestri

       Carlo J. Canestri, 68, of Kendall Park, died Monday, June 5, at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Newark, he resided in South Brunswick since 1973. Mr. Canestri graduated from East Side High School and attended Rutgers University, Newark. He was a Triple A Ball Player for the Newark Bears, and…

  • Mustangs knocked out again on Black Friday

    Venuto takes pride in 11-year state streak By: Rudy Brandl    The start of the Memorial Day weekend has turned into Black Friday for the Manville High baseball team during the last decade.    Manville has qualified for the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs 11 straight years under head coach Steve Venuto, but the team has only…

  • A child’s dream fulfilled

    Jerri Barclay reitiring from Cambridge. By: Marisa Maldonado    There are two activities that Jerri Barclay does with her first-graders at Cambridge School that her returning students remember. One is the autobiographies she has them write, which include information on their lives and predictions as to what their teenage and adult years will be like.    When…