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  • Community mourns a ‘model citizen’

    By: Nick D’Amore    Cranbury lost a lifelong resident and one of its most active members Sunday when Stanley Thomas, 54, died at his Cranbury home.    Many of those who worked with Mr. Thomas in the Cranbury Lions Club or Boy Scout Troop 52 remember him has a "can-do" individual who was always ready and willing…

  • Bibliophile

    Micawber Books celebrates its 20th anniversary. By: Michael Redmond    Micawber Books on Nassau Street first opened its doors on Sept. 7, 1981 — 20 years ago today. In a town with a history as long and rich as Princeton’s, it usually takes time to be recognized as a community institution. Twenty years isn’t much time,…

  • Hightstown set for start of Edwards’ new regime

    FOOTBALL: Only 38 players turned out for the varsity and junior varsity Ram teams, meaning new coach Skip Edwards will have to deal with the same old problems. By: Neil Hay    Skip Edwards, the new head football coach at Hightstown High School, will have to contend with the same problem his predecessors had.    Low numbers.…

  • WW-P High School North’s senior class is a peerless group

    The new high school now has its first graduating class. By: Gwen Runkle    The first day of school at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North on Thursday marked more than just the beginning of another school year — this is the first year the school has a senior class.    And surrounded by hallways decked out with…

  • Lawrence Ellenport, 86

       Lawrence Ellenport, 86, died Saturday at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Newark, he had been a resident of Irvington, Union and Scotch Plains prior to moving to Monroe eight years ago.    A veteran of World War II where he had served in the Army as a sergeant, Mr. Ellenport was a…

  • Celebrating differences and similarities

    The Levine family of East Windsor is an example of the diverse ways in which people of the Jewish faith celebrate the High Holy Days. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — It is a chance to repent and begin again for thousands of area Jews, including the Levine family of Oxford Drive in East Windsor.…

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 7

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 7 By: Garage will fail in public hands To the editor:    The central problem with the proposed borough parking garage/business/residential complex is that there is no one at the top who is risking his own money to make it work, no entrepreneur who will personally be at the site day…

  • Week of Sept. 7, 2001

    From Pennington and Princeton PENNINGTON    Shari Goldfarb, Gloria Nilson/GMAC Real Estate agent in the Pennington office, received the June Sales Associate of the Month award for her sales for the office. Goldfarb    Wendy Field, manager, said, "On behalf of the entire Gloria Nilson /GMAC Real Estate team, I want to congratulate Shari on her award.…

  • OBITUARIES, Sept. 7, 2001

    Michael F. Jiménez, John W. Trombetta, Aviva Sussman, Harold H. Feist. Michael F. Jiménez Taught history at university    PITTSBURGH — Michael Francis Jiménez, a former faculty member at Princeton University’s Department of History, died Saturday after a long battle with kidney cancer. He was 53.    Born in Merced, Calif., he spent most of his childhood…