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  • Helen Ward

       Helen Brabston Ward, 86, died Monday, Dec. 8, at the Princeton Care Center.    Born in Monmouth Junction, she lived in Cranbury for 66 years. Ms. Ward was a member of St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Hightstown. She enjoyed dancing, bowling and playing piano. Ms. Ward retired from PNC Bank of Cranbury in 1979.…

  • Richard A. Talle

       Richard A. Talle, 82, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, at home.    Born in Kansas, Mo., he lived in Edison for 43 years, moving to Rossmoor in 1998. He was a 1940 graduate of St. Mary’s University in Minnesota, and had a 38-year career at General Motors in Linden as an accountant, retiring in 1984. While living…

  • LIFESTYLE: Slip sliding away

    Kids take advantage of the season’s first snowfall with some wet and wild sledding. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Kevin Chambres and his daughter Gillian climbed up a hill near Woodlot Park Monday afternoon and plopped down an inflated snow tube.    Gillian positioned herself on the tube and Mr. Chambres did the same, before pushing forward, causing…

  • Fifth-grade teacher Phyllis Katzke succumbs to cancer

    Perry L. Drew School mourns the loss of dedicated fifth-grade teacher. By: David Pescatore    While the school district mourned the Dec. 5 death of Hightstown High School Principal William Roesch, the Perry L. Drew School family lost one of its own.    Fifth-grade teacher Phyllis Katzke, 57, died Monday after a lengthy battle with gynecological cancer.…

  • Hughes builds his transition teams

    By: Jennifer Potash    Several Princeton-area residents and officials are serving on Mercer County Executive-elect Brian Hughes’ transition teams.    Mr. Hughes, a Princeton Township resident, announced the transition teams Wednesday.    "The transition is well under way and the transition team members are hard at work," Mr. Hughes said.    Michael J. Herbert, the municipal attorney for Princeton…

  • OBITUARIES, Dec. 12, 2003

    Marietta I. Stockett, M. Ruth Johnson, John S. Samus, Robert H. Spencer, Alfred I. Cohen, Jean A. Ennis. Marietta I. Stockett Retired from university     Marietta I. "Kitten" Stockett of Princeton died Monday.    Born and educated in Baltimore, she was a Princeton resident since 1969.    She worked at Princeton University, retiring in 2001.    She was…

  • Legislators refine the art of avoidance

    EDITORIAL: Legislature keeps adding unpopular riders to popular bills.    Did you ever notice how often an entire body of politicians — like, oh, say, the Legislature — readily agrees that something needs to be done about a severe problem — like, oh, say, ethics, or, oh, say, the Transportation Trust Fund — yet somehow manages…

  • Area business, community leaders set economic agenda

    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt sees central New Jersey as a potential East Coast Silicon Valley. By: Gwen McNamara    EAST BRUNSWICK — Central New Jersey has the potential to become the Silicon Valley of the East Coast — a hotspot for research and development and model for economic vitality and sustainability — if only all the…

  • Bill targets rainchecks

    A statement from Sen. Byron M. Baer the Democratic Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.    Sen. Byron M. Baer, the Democratic Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, issued a statement following the committee’s approval of a bill that would require retail stores that issue rainchecks for advertised sales to post signs and inform customers of…