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  • Poll worker honored for decades of service

    Laura Wooten has signed in Princeton voters for more than 60 years. By: David Campbell    Laura Wooten, who celebrates her 83rd birthday today, has been a regular in local politics for more than 60 years — at the polls.    Ms. Wooten moved to Princeton from Goldsboro, N.C., when she was 4 years old and has…

  • Robert J. Silverman

       Robert J. Silverman O.D., 51, of Cranbury, died Saturday, Dec. 13, at Centrastate Medical Center, Freehold.    Born in Boston, he grew up in Holbrook, Mass. After college, he moved to New Jersey, living in Manalapan and Freehold before moving to Cranbury three years ago. He graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and received his…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Dec. 19 issue. Union workers without contract for four years To the editor:     Election day in East Windsor is over and the ballots are counted. Mayor Mironov and her council members are back in office. For me this causes a merry-go-round of feelings.    As a resident, I am glad because my taxes…

  • Letter: Community came together

    To the editor:     On behalf of the Monroe Township Board of Education I would like to express my most sincere appreciation for the many groups and individuals who supported our high school bond referendum on Dec. 8. With the support of Mayor Pucci, the council, Kids First, PTAs and numerous other ad hoc groups…

  • Man admits to burglaries

    Trenton man enters guilty plea to charges of burglary and sentenced to three years in state prison. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — A Trenton man charged with burglary by township police on Sept. 20 of last year has pleaded guilty and received a sentence of three years in state prison.    Detective Sgt. Lawrence Linke said…

  • Capture is good news, not justification

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Saddam Hussein’s capture, although important, will not end resistance to United States forces in Iraq and does not justify a bad war. By: Hank Kalet    Saddam Hussein was a brutal, bloody tyrant and the Iraqi people are better off without him.    American forces deserve a lot of credit for staying on…

  • Princeton rescue squad needs emergency aid

    Building hit by flood; fund drive falls far short of goal By: Jennifer Potash    Fund-raising woes and serious flood damage from recent storms are not the kind of year-end tidings the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad had wanted, but both have combined to cause a major headache for the volunteers.    The squad headquarters, a…

  • Some toasting, some teasing at salute to Mayor Reed

    Retiring Princeton Borough mayor honored at community gathering. By: Jennifer Potash    Representatives from the business community, academia and all levels of government gathered Tuesday to fete — and occasionally roast — retiring Princeton Borough Mayor Marvin Reed.    Held in Princeton University’s Rockefeller College, the goodbye event was jointly sponsored by the borough, Princeton Regional Chamber…

  • WW receives open-space reimbursements

    By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — Just in time for the holidays, the township has received more than $5 million from the state as reimbursement for open-space purchases.    The state Department of Agriculture reimbursed the township $5.4 million from its Farmland Preservation fund and the state Department of Environmental Protection recently chipped in $400,000 from…