Category: archives
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Lawsuit on Hodge Road traffic-calming devices dismissed
A resident claimed the decision to locate two speed humps in front of his property was "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable." By: Jennifer Potash A Hodge Road resident’s lawsuit to stop Princeton Borough from installing two traffic-calming devices adjacent to his property was dismissed Friday by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg. Judge Feinberg granted…
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Red tape foils silly push for toll-free holiday
PACKET EDITORIAL, May 29 By: Packet Editorial We have one question to ask the folks who’ve been pushing so hard to make July 4 a toll-free day on the Garden State Parkway. What’s the point? It isn’t like removing the tolls, even on the richly symbolic occasion of Independence Day, is going to prove anything.…
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John D. Cerami
John Daniel Cerami, 49, of South Brunswick, died Sunday at JFK Hartwyck at Cedar Brook Nursing Home in Plainfield. Born in New Hyde Park, N.Y., he lived in Colonia for 20 years before moving to South Brunswick in 1975. He was a craftsman in the trades of carpentry and plumbing. His father, Anthony Cerami, is…
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Kid cartoonist
A self-described jokester and class clown, Benjamin Perry started working as a political cartoonist in the sixth grade. By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY At 14, township resident Benjamin Perry has plans to conquer the world and has been trying hard to do so since the second grade. "In 20 years I want to see…
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Rocco Casella
Rocco Casella, 83, died Saturday, May 26 at the Medical Center at Princeton. Born in New York, he lived in Harlem and then the Bronx for 15 years before moving to Spotswood in 1975. He was a painter out of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades Local No. 18 in Manhattan for over…
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Fitness, day-care center planned in Plainsboro
The 90,000 square-foot-facility is proposed for Forrestal Center. By: Gwen Runkle PLAINSBORO The Township Planning Board last week viewed a preliminary concept plan for the Wellness Center at Plainsboro, a 90,000-square-foot facility at Forrestal Center, and forwarded it to the Master Plan Subcommittee for changes to be made in land-use classification. The two-story facility…
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New life for old Mercer Oak
A 20-foot sapling will stand in for the legendary tree. By: David M. Campbell There were no speeches or fanfare Friday morning as volunteers lowered the 20-foot sapling grown from an acorn of the original Mercer Oak into place at Princeton Battlefield State Park, near where the original oak once stood. But the handful of…
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Irene P. Larson
Irene Pinkocze Larson, 79, of Monroe, died Wednesday, May 23 in North Lavallette. She was born in Carteret and lived in Avenel before moving to Monroe 14 years ago. She had been employed as a retail manager for 36 years in many stores, including Spencer Gifts in Menlo Park, the Tall Girl Shop at Woodbridge…
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Parents to demonstrate for school crossing guard
By: Jeff Milgram A group of parents of Littlebrook School students is planning to hold a walk to school Wednesday to help demonstrate that the intersection of Snowden Lane and Rollingmead is dangerous enough to warrant a crossing guard. The walk is set to get under way at 8:15 a.m. The group, calling itself Princeton…
