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DATES TO REMEMBER
For the weeks beginning Feb. 13 Feb. 6 Fish and Chips: The Monroe Township High School PTO presents a fish and chips and chicken and chips dinner and the music of the Jason Callaghan Jazz Duo from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the MTHS cafeteria. Dinner is eat in or take out. Cost is $14…
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John Melodick Jr.
John Melodick Jr., 56, died Monday, Feb. 2, at home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Mr. Melodick resided in Middletown and Newark before moving to Monroe 25 years ago. He was a supervisor for PSE&G in Edison for 35 years. Mr. Melodick was a communicant of Immaculate Conception R.C. Church in Spotswood. He was an Army…
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OBITUARIES, Feb. 6, 2004
Elizabeth Cook, Bettie P. Myers, Hans K. Sander. Elizabeth Cook Longtime Princeton resident Elizabeth Hance Hewson Starkey Cook of Princeton died at home Monday. She was 88. Born in Red Bank, she moved to her home on The Great Road in Princeton Township in 1948. She maintained long-term residences in Gulfstream, Fla., and Bay…
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West Windsor takes close look at open space
Report may eventually be integrated into Master Plan. By: Shanay Cadette WEST WINDSOR Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh hopes a report on the present and future use of open space that was completed last year will eventually be integrated into the township’s Master Plan. The Planning Board heard details of that report culled together by…
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Vikes win first game in new gymnasium
By: Rich Fisher The new gym is here, and with it came a victory for the home team. The Cranbury School boy’s basketball team christened the long-awaited debut of the new gymnasium by taking a 59-50 victory over Pond Road last week. The Vikings rallied from a 12-point deficit after one quarter. "They finally woke…
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Borough hires planner for redevelopment
Community Grants and Planning, planning firm will prepare a redevelopment plan for Hightstown. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN The borough redevelopment plan is ready to enter its second stage, and Randall Gottesman is fired up. "This is very exciting," said Mr. Gottesman, president of Community Grants and Planning, the East Windsor planning firm charged with…
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Bardachino wins MCT title at 152 pounds
By: Kyle Moylan If Hightstown High Wrestling Coach Mike Russo plays the lottery at all this week, chances are his daily number will be 152. "That seems to be the lucky number," Russo said after John Bardachino won at the weight class in the Mercer County Wrestling Tournament. Bardachino became the second Hightstown wrestler in…
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Stephen Spiegler
Stephen Robert Spiegler, 70, died Saturday, Jan. 31, in Laguna Niguel, Calif. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in Queens and Wantagh, N.Y., before moving to Monroe in 1995. Prior to his retirement, he was a high school teacher of English for the New York City Public School System. He received both his bachelor’s and…
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Technician honored
AHA awards Bill Gardener for defibrillator program. By: Al Wicklund MONROE The township and Bill Gardener, Monroe’s Emergency Medical Services clinical coordinator, received awards Tuesday from the American Heart Association at an AHA luncheon held at the Forsgate Country Club. The association presented citations for Monroe Township’s program that placed defibrillators throughout the community.…
