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  • Hagerty’s closing cut flower section

    Hagerty the Florist, Inc. will close the cut flower and arrangement section of its business, which has existed on South Main Street for the past 70 years. By:Casha Caponegro    The recent economic slump plaguing the nation has resulted in business cutbacks and layoffs throughout the country. This has been especially prominent in large companies, like…

  • Town eyes fall cleanup of arsenic

    An arsenic contaminated stream corridor in Cranbury-Millstone Park may be cleaned up in the fall. By:Amanda Bok    An arsenic contaminated stream corridor in Cranbury-Millstone Park may be cleaned up in the fall.    Officials said they may hold the cleanup during the late fall months when the park has less use and the soil is clear…

  • New business in old building

    HIGHTSTOWN – More than 70 years after it was built for The Hightstown Gazette, the one-story building at 114 Rogers Ave. now has new occupants. Jeff Bond purchased the building after Kathryn Dennis, publisher of the Gazette, moved operations to her home. By: Mark Moffa, HIGHTSTOWN – More than 70 years after it was built…

  • Albert Michael Punk

       PLUMSTED — Albert Michael Punk, 49, died Saturday at home.    Born in Elizabeth, he lived his entire life in the Allentown area on or near the family farm in Imlaystown.    He taught in the East Windsor Regional School District for over 25 years.    He was a graduate of Allentown High School in 1969, Bloomfield College…

  • Summer concert series to open

    A band-a-week program, starting with the Pocono Mountain Men July 6, will be presented by the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission next month. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — A band-a-week program, starting with the Pocono Mountain Men July 6, will be presented by the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission next month.    The commission’s Music in the…

  • Retail life not so grand after supermarket closes

    Princeton North Shopping Center merchants feel the loss. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The recent closures of the Grand Union, once one of just two large grocery stores in the township, along with the Montgomery Diner and the Hit or Miss clothing store, have left many smaller businesses in the Princeton North Shopping Center without…

  • Morgan Hanley Lidle

       VALATIE, N.Y. — Morgan Hanley Lidle, 56, died Thursday, June 14, in Albany Memorial Hospital.    Born in Hightstown, she lived there until moving to Philadelphia in 1975, then to Valatie in 1999.    Mother of the late Alix Christina, and daughter of the late Harold Hanley, she is survived by her husband, David Lidle of Valatie;…

  • School board hires new football coach

       MONROE — The Board of Education voted Wednesday to hire Jim Griffin as the district’s new high school football coach. By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — The Board of Education voted Wednesday to hire Jim Griffin as the district’s new high school football coach.    Mr. Griffin will replace Milt Theodosatos, whose contract was not renewed Wednesday.…

  • New business in old building

    The former Hightstown Gazette building is now home to a new business — an exhibit design company. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — More than 70 years after it was built for The Hightstown Gazette, the one-story building at 114 Rogers Ave. now has new occupants.    For the first time in its history, the two-room concrete…