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  • Site panel gives OK to plan for Marriott

    Proposal calls for a 120-room suite hotel on a 3½-acre site directly behind the AmeriSuites hotel on Route 1. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The township Site Plan Review Advisory Board gave thumbs up Monday to a plan to build a Marriott Residence Inn along the Route 1 corridor.    The board recommended that the…

  • Township seeks compliance with yard-waste rules

    Princeton Township Committee tables ordinance that would regulate how residents put logs, leaves and branches out for collection. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Township Committee tabled an ordinance Monday night that would regulate how residents put logs, leaves and branches out for collection by the township’s Public Works Department.    For now, the committee wants to…

  • Culture coming to Cranbury

    Latin beats and mambo set for Saturday night By: Casha Caponegro    Latin beats and mambo rhythms will emanate from 39 Cranbury Neck Road Saturday night.    The Cranbury Arts Council will sponsor its second candlelight picnic concert, Music of the Americas, from 7 to 9 p.m., with gates opening at 6 p.m.    This year’s concerts will…

  • Beamer memorial set for Saturday

    Memorial dedication Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. By: Casha Caponegro    Todd Beamer lived in Cranbury for only a few years before he was tragically killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.    But the heroic legacy he left behind as one of the United Airlines Flight 93 passengers who fought the terrorists will be forever…

  • Plainsboro unveils plan for its Sept. 11 memorial

    Three plaques with trees behind them will honor the three Plainsboro residents who died. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — In recognition of the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of last Sept. 11, the Township Committee unveiled plans at its meeting Wednesday for a memorial to honor the three township residents who died in the…

  • Esther M. Toro

       TRENTON — Esther M. Toro, 67, died Sept. 6 at home.    Born in Utuado, Puerto Rico, she was an area resident since 1955.    She had worked with Circle F Industries and Switlik Parachute Co.    Daughter of the late Martin Valentin and Crecensia Arroyo, stepdaughter of the late Manuel Gonzalez and sister of the late Elvin…

  • Rudolph Solomon

       EAST WINDSOR — Rudolph Solomon, 91, died Sept. 4 at the Plaza Regency at the Windrows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Plainsboro.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived in New Rochelle, N.Y., and Scarsdale, N.Y., before moving to East Windsor 26 years ago.    Before retiring, Mr. Solomon owned Circle Button Co. in New York City.    He…

  • Wall falls, killing worker at Lowe’s

    By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Lawrence Scipione, 62, of Union was killed Wednesday when a 13-foot-high, 30-foot-long section of cinderblock wall fell on top of him while he was working at the Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse being built in the new Square at West Windsor shopping center on Route 1 near Meadow Road, police…

  • Week of Sept. 9, 2002

    From Hopewell, Princeton and Princeton Junction HOPEWELL    Bill Carlton, manager of Weidel Realtors Hopewell office, recently announced that Yolanda M. Roman has joined Weidel’s Hopewell team as a sales associate and marketing councilor.    "I joined Weidel because of their dominant presence in the area, their high standards of service and availability of excellent educational and…