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  • Caroline Hogan

       Caroline C. Hogan, 88, died Friday, May 17, in West Palm Beach, Fla.    Born in Paterson, she was a lifelong Hawthorne resident before moving to West Palm Beach in 1998.    She was a member of St. Anthony’s Church, Hawthorne.    Daughter of the late Catherine and Henry Scherer and wife of the late William L. Hogan,…

  • Josephine Kosztyo

       Josephine T. Pasela Kosztyo, 81, died Monday, May 13, at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong Trenton and Lawrence resident.    Mrs. Kosztyo retired in 1986 after 49 years with Carter Wallace Co. in Trenton and Cranbury. She previously worked with Young’s Rubber, Trenton, and was a cafeteria…

  • Mae Seaman

       Mae Russell Seaman, 94, died Thursday, May 16, at Chandler Hall Health Services in Newtown, Pa.    Born in Bridgeport, Conn., she lived in Ewing many years before moving to Lawrence in 1976.    Mrs. Seaman and her late husband, Walter, founded Fountain Lawn Memorial Park in Ewing. She also retired after many years as a secretary…

  • WW-P board toasts proposal for senior off-campus lunches

    Proposal pushed by students, high school administrators and the superintendent. By: Gwen Runkle    A majority of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education members reacted favorably to a proposal to allow high school seniors to travel off school grounds for lunch starting next fall, after hearing little public opposition Tuesday night.    Only one parent, Susan…

  • Betty Napravnik

       LACEY — Betty Napravnik, 82, died April 29 at her daughter’s home in Temecula, Calif.    Born in Trenton, she lived in Bambridge, N.Y., Hightstown, Goleta, Calif., and Columbus, Ohio, before moving to Forked River in 1972.    She graduated from Hamilton High School and worked for the state Division of Motor Vehicles in the early 1940s…

  • Form and Passion

    The Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition celebrates its 10th year. By: Daniel Shearer Above: "Wingspan," by Warminster, Pa., resident Melanie Eyth, the Phillips’ Mill Photography Exhibition’s third-place winner. Top: "Forms," by Media, Pa., resident Keith Sharp.    Several generations of artists have come to view Phillips’ Mill with a reverence usually reserved for religious shrines. Perched at…

  • Tiger women chase national lax title

    Owens, PU seniors begin final Final Four tonight vs. UNC By: Justin Feil    When Chris Sailer talks about the North Carolina team that her Princeton University women’s lacrosse team will face approximately 7:30 p.m. today in the NCAA tournament Final Four at Loyola College, she sounds much like she’s talking about her own Tigers.    "We’re…

  • Portraits of Dignity and Humanity

    Respected photographer Lou Draper died last winter. An auction is being organized to raise money to publish a book of Mr. Draper’s work. By: Mel Leipzig    Editor’s note: Lou Draper was a well-respected photographer and head of the photography department at Mercer County Community College. He died last winter at age 66.    Mel Leipzig, a…

  • Washington school board accepts budget cuts

    Will not appeal reduction approved by Township Committee, but will not adhere to suggested items to cut. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The Board of Education will not appeal the Township Committee’s decision to reduce its budget, but the district does not plan to accept the governing body’s recommendations regarding items to cut.    The Township…