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  • Start of Vikes season pushed to January

    By: Rich Fisher    The Cranbury School basketball seasons have sprung a leak.    Literally.    Due to a leak in the wall in the school’s new gym, the Viking basketball teams have barely been able to practice this winter. Athletic Director/boys coach Jay Gilligan has altered the schedule, so that the December games count only as scrimmages,…

  • Alfred C. Chatten

       Alfred C. Chatten, 86, died Dec. 9 in the Jackson Health Care Center, Jackson.    Born in Trenton, he had been a resident of Pennington and Groveville before moving to Wrightstown 22 years ago.    He worked for the Fort Dix Fire Department during World War II and retired in 1977 after working as a television technician…

  • Princeton Packet Football Player of the Year

    Davis’ all-around effort led Hun football team By: Bob Nuse    Because of what he could do on the field, Dave Dudeck was quite excited to have Emir Davis on his Hun School football.    But even more important than what he could do on the field, Dudeck was happy to have Davis on his team because…

  • Mason C. Blaich

       Mason C. Blaich, 82, died Sunday, Dec. 7, in Merwick Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Princeton.    Born in Buffalo, N.Y., he lived in Cranbury for over 34 years. He was a chemist at Bristol Myers-Squibb for over 40 years, retiring in 1986. Mr. Blaich was a member of the Cranbury Lions Club and the First…

  • Brother boosts Montgomery offense

    Yetter joins older sibling on Cougar ice hockey team By: Justin Feil    Mike Yetter was at the Montgomery High ice hockey team’s final game last year to see his brother Jimmy play. He watched as the Cougars came within a whisker of upending Morris Knolls in the second round of the state tournament before losing…

  • Pageant to portray the first Christmas

    Actors re-enact Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem on Main Street this Sunday. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Christians believe the birth of the messiah happened about 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem. Cranbury re-enacts the holy event every other year on Main Street.    It’s the time of year again when the biblical figures Mary and her carpenter…

  • Images of history

    Artist displays views of house tour. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Local historians say the October House Tour was a success.    Hundreds gathered, Cranburians and non-Cranburians alike, to embrace the historic homes in an old farming town.    As a gift to the homeowners whose houses were part of the tour, the Historical and Preservation Society commissioned artwork…

  • Sylvia Jaffe

       Sylvia Jaffe, 90, of Monroe died Saturday, Dec.6, at the Elms of Cranbury.    Born in New York City, she was a resident of Clearbrook for 24 years.    She is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Bruce Joel and Chantal Jaffe of Spotswood, and Kent Edward and Theresa Jaffe of Highland Park, Ill.; a sister,…

  • Alfred L. Cohen

       Alfred L. "Mitch" Cohen, 74, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, at home.    Born in Port Chester, N.Y., he lived in Potomac, Md., and Norwalk, Conn., before moving to Monroe 15 years ago.    Mr. Cohen retired 18 years ago as a general manager of the Washington, D.C. branch of NATPAC Inc, Ozone Park, N.Y., where he worked…