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  • Salary raises OK’d for Stockton employees

    By: Carl Reader    STOCKTON — The Borough Council took a look at proposed salary figures for its members and its employees at its Feb. 25 meeting and decided the numbers and decimal points were in the right places.    Mayor and council approved their own salaries. Mayor Gigi Celli will receive an 8 percent increase from…

  • Rose Griffiths

       STONYBROOK, Pa. — Rose Tulamello Griffiths, 76, died Sunday, March 3, at home.    Born in Trenton, she was an original homeowner in Levittown.    She retired from Nabisco Co.    Daughter of the late Angelo and Theresa Tulamello, grandmother of the late Virginia and sister of the late Norma Chiarello, she is survived by her husband of…

  • Letters

    Past boards took care of aging facility To the editor:    As a past West Amwell School and South Hunterdon Regional School Board member, I am writing regarding the South Hunterdon bond referendum.    First, I fully endorse and support the bond referendum for some of the following reasons. The science rooms are inadequate and outdated from…

  • Two financial firms open new Princeton offices

    By: George Frey    Two financial companies opened new offices in Princeton recently.    H&R Block, the nation’s largest tax preparer, moved its Princeton office to larger quarters at 21 Chambers St. to offer more services about a month ago, and Order Execution Services LLC, a company that executes brokerage trades with the major exchanges, opened an…

  • Gerald Franklin

       Gerald H. Franklin, 64, of Monmouth Junction, died Sunday, March 3, at his residence.    Born in Rockaway, N.Y., he lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Monmouth Junction nine years ago. He was a special education bus driver in Brooklyn for 30 years before retiring in 1988.    His parents, Daniel and Florence Franklin, are deceased.…

  • Windrows foreclosure auction expected soon

    Bank of America, the lender that has financed the operations and marketing of Windrows, is expected to hold a foreclosure auction March 12 on 189 unsold units. By: David Campbell    PLAINSBORO — Foreclosure proceedings on The Windrows at Princeton Forrestal are nearly complete, Windrows project director Christine Dwyer said this week.    "The residents as well…

  • Finn named envoy to Afghanistan

       President George W. Bush has nominated Robert Finn, a visiting lecturer in Near Eastern studies at Princeton University, as ambassador to Afghanistan.    Dr. Finn was ambassador to Tajikistan from 1998 to 2001. He served at the U.S. Embassy in Croatia, opened the U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1992 and was deputy coordinator of the…

  • Ada Abriss

       Ada Abriss, 96, died Saturday, March 2, at her residence in Jamesburg.    Arrangements will be announced by Gleason Funeral Home, 1360 Hamilton St., Somerset.

  • University names associate provost

       Jed Marsh, associate dean of the Graduate School at Northwestern University, has been appointed associate provost at Princeton.    He will be responsible for special projects and institutional research, according to Provost Amy Gutmann.    He started his new duties on a part-time basis Friday and will begin working full time on April 1.    "Jed brings with…