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Jews celebrate Sukkot with a view to the sky
The holiday begins at sundown today (Friday). By: Al Wicklund MONROE A 16-by-20-foot sukkah, a hut for the celebration of the joyful Jewish holiday Sukkot, is being built this week by Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe. Meanwhile at Congregation Etz Chaim-Monroe Township Jewish Center, 11 Cornell Ave., the children…
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‘Turning’ local history into home and hearth
Cranbury family enjoys both the modern and historic elements of their home. By: Matt Kirdahy According to historical accounts, in 1889, the owners of the Victorian house at 28 N. Main St. turned their home 90 degrees, then built an addition facing North Main Street. That’s why the Weidner family, the current homeowners, have what…
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Photographic Pioneers
Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo Secession movement are featured in ‘Camera Work’ at the Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pa. By: Amy Brummer "Notre Dame," 1908, Alvin Langdon Coburn In 1902, a quiet revolution began in Manhattan. Alfred Stieglitz and a group of photographers were challenging attitudes about photography as a fine art, promoting it as…
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Gertrude Nora
Gertrude O. Nora, 89, died Friday, Oct. 3, at Monroe Village Health Care Center, Monroe. She previously lived in Edison. Born in Newark, she attended primary grades in a one-room schoolhouse in Cliffwood, where her father owned Oschwald Brick Works. Her grandfather, Joseph Oschwald of Newark and Little Silver, constructed the Carlton Theater, Red Bank,…
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Help made available for workers losing jobs
Department of Labor to aid workers recently unemployed by closing of Minute Maid plant. By: David Pescatore As the shock subsides from the announcement surrounding the closing of the Minute Maid beverage plant in Hightstown, workers are left to ask, "Where do I go from here?" Several agencies will be stepping in to help Minute…
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Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week
Carnevale a winner in overtime for North girls’ soccer By: Bob Nuse There apparently is no truth to the rumor that Jessica Carnevale prefers to have all of her West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ soccer games go into overtime. "I actually prefer regulation games when we win," the WW-P North sophomore said. "After fighting hard to…
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October 10, 2003
By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to include all reported transactions, Packet Online does not guarantee its completeness or independently verify its contents. Avenel, Ronald Kovalsky, 317 Remsen Ave, $196,000, 6/27/03 Avenel, Baldev Toor, 29 Apollo…
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Council seeks way to repair fire-damaged house
John Street structure was heavily damaged more than a year and a half ago. By: Jennifer Potash For more than a year and a half, a burned-out residence on John Street has remained in disrepair. Now, in order to reach some resolution, the borough will launch an effort to get the house repaired and occupied…
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For the Oct. 10 issue
Dorothy Marie Suttmeier, Wilfred S. Powers, Bernice T. (Vinchkoski) Kiernan, Jennifer Lyn Nelson, Susan M. Kelting, Jean L. "Jeannie" Powell, Margaret Austin Drake, Mary Litus Smith, Rev. George Russell, Harold Neil Sachs Dorothy Marie Suttmeier MONROE TOWNSHIP Dorothy Marie Suttmeier, 82, died Friday, Oct. 3, at Capital Health System at Fuld in Trenton. Born…
