Category: archives

  • Mitchell earns nod as Rams’ top female athlete

    Junior Sarah Mitchell, a three-sport star, was named Hightstown High’s Female Athlete of the Year last week. By: Neil Hay    Imagine what must have gone through Sarah Mitchell’s mind last Thursday night.    Along with her friends and teammates, family, classmates and faculty, the 17-year-old junior is sitting in the Hightstown High School auditorium. As the…

  • Kathleen Kelly Such

       TRENTON — Kathleen Kelly Such, 63, died June 6 at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital.    Born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., she lived in Trenton most of her life.    Mrs. Such retired in 1992 after 25 years as a waitress with Van Dynes Luncheonette in downtown Trenton. She previously was a waitress for Gus’ Luncheonette in…

  • EDITORIAL

    High school is not as bad as you think    The four years of high school haven’t been easy.    There have been lessons in science, history and math, tests, essays, clubs to join, college applications to fill out and a lot of pressure to do well.    And that doesn’t include having to do the everyday things…

  • Domenico Ristorante – Monroe

    Even the breadcrumbs are something to rhapsodize about at this neighborhood Italian restaurant that delivers both quantity and quality at reasonable prices in Monroe. By: Pat Tanner Domenico Ristorante 146 Applegarth Road Monroe (609) 490-9500 Food: Very good Service: Standard Prices: Inexpensive to moderate Cuisine: Italian Ambiance: No frills Hours: Lunch: Tue.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.;…

  • Frederick T. Barrett Sr.

    Frederick T. Barrett Sr., 75, died Wednesday at Seacrest Village, Tuckerton. Born in Pennington, he lived there until 1995. Mr. Barrett was a graduate of Hopewell Township Central High School and Pennington Prep School. A Marine Corps veteran, he served in China with combat intelligence from 1945 to 1947. He owned Barrett Plumbing and Heating…

  • Dr. George Bruton Kaylor

       DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Dr. George Bruton Kaylor, 53, died June 1 at Hospice By the Sea in Boca Raton.    Born in New York City, he lived in Chesterfield before moving to Delray Beach six years ago.    A retired chiropractor, he had offices in Hamilton and Lawrence for 20 years until 1995.    He was a…

  • Nora Hymes Greenblatt

       MONROE — Nora Hymes Greenblatt of Clearbrook, Monroe, died June 7.    She was a longtime Princeton resident and one of the founding members of the Jewish Center of Princeton.    She was an accomplished musician who taught music at the Chapin School and was the accompanying pianist for the Princeton Ballet Society, playing complete scores of…

  • James F. ‘Jim’ Collins Sr., 85

       James F. "Jim" Collins Sr., 85, of Roseburg, Ore., died June 2 in Roseburg, Ore., while under the care of Mercy Manor Alzheimer Care Facility.    Mr. Collins lived in Monroe for 30 years. He retired from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority as a field inspector. Mr. Collins enjoyed playing pool and had many friends in…

  • Frederic (Fritz) Clinton Weidner, 59

       Frederic (Fritz) Clinton Weidner, 59, died in his home in East Vassalboro, Maine, Saturday, June 1.    Mr. Weidner graduated from Cranbury Elementary School, Hightstown High School, and Dickinson College. He received a doctorate degree in psychology from Temple University, Philadelphia.    He was he son of Jean B. Weidner and the late Dr. Charles Leslie Weidner…