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  • Contract approved for Patterson Center fix up

    Renovations to senior center may be completed by late summer. By: Jennifer Potash    With a contractor on board, Princeton Borough officials are optimistic the Suzanne Patterson Senior Center renovations will be completed by late summer.    The Borough Council voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve the contract of $609,000 with the low bidder, Consolidated Building Corp. of…

  • Town to consider zoning change

    Monroe- Amendment would allow new PRC By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — A large crowd is expected Monday when the Township Council considers changing the Master Plan to permit a planned retirement community to be constructed in the area around Old Church Road.    The meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the main meeting room in…

  • PU women’s water polo readies for tourney time

    Tigers rebound at end of spring trip By: Justin Feil    With just the meat of its schedule left, Luis Nicolao hopes that the Princeton University women’s water polo team has gotten its bad performances out of the way all in one big week. The Tigers were 0-4 on their trip to California over spring break,…

  • Pamela C. Matis

       EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Pamela C. Matis, 55, died March 21 at Pocono Medical Center.    Born in the Bronx, N.Y., she lived in East Windsor from 1982 until moving to East Stroudsburg two years ago.    Mrs. Matis was an administrative assistant for the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, retiring in 1984 after 13…

  • Marcia Lerner

       MONROE — Marcia Lerner, 91, died March 19 at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Slonim, Poland, she came to the United States in 1932 and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Delray Beach, Fla., in 1979. She moved to Monroe last August.    Wife of the late Morris Lerner, she is survived by…

  • MHS boys ready for uphill climb

    Inexperienced Cougars begin second season of varsity lacrosse By: Justin Feil    The season hadn’t even begun yet, and the Montgomery High boys’ lacrosse team seemed to have an understanding of what a tough task it faced. The Cougars return just two players who saw significant time from last year’s 2-15 squad, the first year of…

  • When Lamps Became Sculpture

    Ms. Ryan manages to do something that may seem an artistic oxymoron: she blends the classical with the whimsical, and she turns lamps into unexpected centers of attention. The Ryan bases, which come in dozens of shapes, colors and sizes, are all hand-blown by glass artists to the designer’s specifications. Lampshades are liberated from the…

  • Major wins major award

    Hightstown resident Jo-Ann Perrine was recently honored with the highest honor possible in the Civil Air Patrol — the Gill Robb Wilson Award. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The first thing that strikes a person about Jo-Ann Perrine is that she’s an in-charge kind of woman. Her Main Street home neatly ordered, she tackles stacks…