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  • OBITUARIES: Joan Rupp

    Joan Rupp    Joan C. Rupp Varga, 69, died Tuesday, March 29, with family at her side at her home in Monroe, after a lengthy battle with cancer.    Born in New Brunswick, she was raised in Highland Park, and lived in New Brunswick and South Brunswick before moving to Monroe 15 years ago. She was a…

  • Mourning a leader

    Catholics mull pope’s legacy. By: Leon Tovey    Local Catholics reflected quietly on the passing and legacy of Pope John Paul II this week by attending daily and special Masses and praying for the soul of the 84-year-old pontiff whom many praised as the most important leader of the church in living memory.    The Rev. Charles…

  • Jimenez sparks Falcons’ first win

    By: Ken Weingartner    Tuesday was all about "firsts" for the Monroe High baseball team.    Jarred Jimenez batted first for the first time in his high school career, hit the first pitch of the game for his first homer of the season and helped lift the Falcons to their first win of the year.    Jimenez was…

  • Family Tradition

    Kathy Shumway-Tunney follows in the footsteps of her ancestors, painting the likes of Anna Quindlen, Peter Kann and others. By: Susan Van Dongen Self Portrait by Kathy Shumway-Tunney    Just as a forensic artist makes pictures from physical evidence, pastel artist Kathy Shumway-Tunney creates portraits of people using psychological clues. Her paintings try to convey the…

  • DISPATCHES: MOM worst of bad bunch of options

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet MOM proposal likely to cause problems in South Brunswick and surrounding communities.    Everyone in Monmouth and Ocean counties seems to want a new rail line, only no one down there is willing to bear the burden of having it run through their community.    That is the lesson that should be taken…

  • Wistful winner

    A PU senior, fresh from his big poker payoff, expresses concern about gambling on campus. By: Robert M. Bernstein    Winning $700,000 playing poker in the Mexican Riviera would make most Princeton students ecstatic.    Princeton University senior Mathew Cherackal, however, acknowledges his good fortune and accepts his winnings with a grain of salt.    Some students have…

  • For the April 8 issue

    Louis Forman, Elizabeth MacLaren, Nyah Mercedes Vargas. Louis Forman    TAMARAC, Fla. — Louis Forman, 91, died March 29 at the University Hospital in Tamarac, Fla.    Born in Albany, N.Y., Mr. Forman resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., most of his life. He had been a resident of Florida for the last 25 years.    He was a retired…

  • Tee-Ar sidewalk plan in Princeton Township takes a step

    By: Rachel Silverman    Princeton Township approved a $36,000 Tee-Ar Place improvement project Monday night as it moved forward on the last of four renovation projects set to spruce up the neighborhood between Princeton Shopping Center and Franklin Avenue.    The ordinance, which was introduced March 7, calls for the installation of sidewalks on the eastern side…

  • Clearing the outdoor air

    Borough Council moves to ban smoking in new downtown plaza. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Borough Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday night that would extend many current regulations for public parks to the outdoor plaza expected to open soon next to the Princeton Public Library — an ordinance that includes a proposed ban on smoking.…