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  • Florence Marcson

       EAST WINDSOR — Florence Marcson, 93, died Thursday, May 10, at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community.    Born in Montreal, she was a longtime resident of Ontario, and Princeton before moving to East Windsor in 1993.    She was a fabric designer at Canadian Art Products Co., Ontario, more than 10 years.    She was a member of the…

  • Lions taking to the links for charity golf tournament

    By: Brian Shappell    Don’t expect many of the familiar faces of Cranbury to be in village offices, businesses or parks on June 4.    That’s because the place to be will be the Cranbury Golf Club in West Windsor for the Cranbury Lions Club Golf Classic.    The third annual event will benefit the more than 40…

  • Band on way to Kutztown competition

    The members of the Concert Band, Jazz Orchestra and Advanced Choir are anxious to take a road trip to Kutztown, Pa., for the Music in the Parks competition. By:Brian Shappell    Upper-grade students in the music program at the Cranbury School could barely wait to get on the bus Friday.    However, the members of the Concert…

  • Dorothy L. Solarski Skwarek

       HAMILTON — Dorothy L. Solarski Skwarek, 80, died Saturday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong Trenton and Hamilton area resident.    She worked for Young’s Pharmaceutical Co.    She was a member of Hopewell American Legion Post Ladies Auxiliary.    She enjoyed traveling and was an avid reader and…

  • Eleanore Fetcher

    Eleanore D. Fechter, 69, died Tuesday, May 15, at Chandler Hall Hospice, Newtown, Pa.    Born in Trenton, she lived in Mercerville before moving to Lawrenceville 15 years ago.    A graduate of Cathedral High School in 1949 and the Real Estate Institute, she was a real estate associate and appraiser with Richardson Realty Co. for 30…

  • High school principal heads south

    Michael Matyas resigned as the principal of Hightstown High School, effective at the end of the school year, in order to take the principal’s post at Moorestown High School. By: Michael Arges    After a one-and-a-half-year stint as principal of Hightstown High School, Michael Matyas has resigned effective at the end of this school year.    He…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Student plant seeds for community

    AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: Our columnist reflects on the current happenings in Cranbury. By: Lorraine Sedor    The annual Drug-Free Fair takes place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the School. There are plenty of fun activities for kids of all ages. Take some time to stop by!        Pat Wood, a former…

  • Dey home full of memories

    The township plans to use the Dey homestead, built in the 1870s, and its surrounding property for a museum. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Cynthia Dey Murphy is "delighted" to hear Monroe Township is going to preserve the Dey homestead, the center of the farm her parents and grandparents worked.    Now a resident of South Carolina,…

  • Conservation knows no party affiliation

    THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers: A recent poll shows concern for the environment is becoming a non-partisan issue in other parts of the county besides the Northeast.    After Missouri elected him to the U.S. Senate in 1934, Harry S. Truman read biographies of his new colleagues and discovered among them college graduates,…