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  • OBITUARIES, Dec. 24, 2002

    Tatiana C. Jakowenko, Mildred T. Cranstoun, Dorothy M. Marbach Tatiana C. Jakowenko West Windsor resident 22 years     WEST WINDSOR — Tatiana Cherney Jakowenko died Wednesday at home. She was 90.    Born in Chernegov, Ukraine, she came to the United States in 1949 and was a resident of Stratford, Conn., before moving to West Windsor…

  • Santa will remember HHS teams, athletes

    It should be an exciting winter season By: Rudy Brandl    Did Christmas coming early or did the basketball and wrestling seasons starting late?    Well, since Christmas always falls on the same day every year, the hoop and mat campaigns must have started late.    A late Thanksgiving Day means a late start to the winter athletic…

  • Pretty in Pink

    Artist Susan Wainer brightens a gray season with a splash of color. ‘Daughters of Eve,’ on view at the Lambertville Library’s ABC Gallery, is a celebration of femininity in glorious shades of pink. By: Susan Van Dongen "I was interested in portraying the emotional lives of women and the things we interact with in our…

  • WW-P School District plans annual job fair

    By: Gwen Runkle    Want to work in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District? Then come on out to the district’s third annual job fair Jan. 11.    The fair will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Thomas R. Grover Middle School on Southfield Road in West Windsor.    "We usually hold our fairs in…

  • HHS wrestlers fired-up for counties

    Gewain, Detsis, D’Amelio open season with titles By: Rudy Brandl        This year’s Somerset County Wrestling Tournament figures to be the most competitive and exciting in many years. And all the action will be packed into one long day at Hillsborough High.    Four mats will be used when action begins Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m.…

  • Texas tops Tigers

    PU men’s basketball drops third straight game By: Justin Feil    The Christmas list for the Princeton University men’s basketball team has been pared down to just one big item.    A win.    "It’s incredibly important," said Ray Robins, who had nine points and two rebounds in the Tigers’ 57-54 loss to No. 9 Texas on Sunday.…

  • NJ Transit announces holiday train schedule

       NJ Transit will adjust its rail schedule to accommodate travel during the Christmas holiday period.    A special Northeast Corridor early getaway train will run Tuesday, Christmas Eve, departing New York at 1:54 p.m., stopping at Newark, Metropark and all other stops and arriving at Trenton at 3:09 p.m.    On Christmas Day, trains on the Northeast…

  • Township OKs new fire truck

    Brand new fire engine plan is accepted. By: Rebecca Tokarz and Sharee Joy DiMenichi    A new fire truck for the Cranbury Fire Department will cost less than expected.    The Township Committee unanimously approved a bid Monday of $814,000 from the Pierce Co. in Wisconsin for purchase and outfitting of a ladder truck. The bid came…

  • Police search for culprit in Rocky Hill hit-and-run crash

    Resident struck while walking his dog; expected to make full recovery By: Steve Rauscher    ROCKY HILL — A 35-year-old cabinetmaker was cut down in a hit-and-run collision on Washington Street in the borough Monday night.    Brad Alexander, a newly married, longtime borough resident was walking his dog, Ellie, across the well-traveled road near the Rocky…