Category: archives
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Rose Feller Kornblum
Rose Feller Kornblum, 94, died Thursday, March 15 in Monmouth Junction. She resided in Philadelphia for many years before moving to Monmouth Junction. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Edward, is deceased. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Dolores and Wally Share of Sunrise, Fla.; her son and daughter-in-law, Stanley and Betty Kornblum…
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Pennington set to act on sewer rate hikes
The increase would be about $80 for a typical family. The public hearing is scheduled for April 30. By: John Tredrea The annual sewer bill for a typical Pennington Borough family would go up about $80 under an ordinance introduced by a unanimous Borough Council vote Monday night. The ordinance is scheduled for a public…
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Howard Boyer
Howard Boyer, 82, of Monmouth Junction died Tuesday, March 13 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Ashley, Pa., he had lived in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and South River before moving to Monmouth Junction 15 years ago. He was in charge of maintenance at Deans Apartments in Monmouth Junction for the past 13…
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Hopewell Borough planning update
By: Catherine P. Moscarello As a result of action taken at the March 7 meeting of the Hopewell Borough Planning Board, a long-time fixture on Hopewell’s main street should begin to get a facelift. Represented by Daniel Haggerty of Stark and Stark, John "Skip" Rawson came to the end of a long struggle in his…
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School board adds saved snow dayto extend Memorial Day weekend
After a request from the Youth Services Commission and Project Graduation, the board decided not to let students end their school year a day earlier. By:Laura Toto The decision came during Monday night’s meeting as board members discussed what to do with two unused snow days scheduled in the school calendar. Initially, board members thought…
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Packet staffer earns national honor
Cynthia Cannon earned a first-place award for a story about a Princeton University student who suffered a massive heart attack at the age of 16. Cynthia Cannon, an editor with The Princeton Packet Inc., recently earned a first-place award in Suburban Newspapers of America’s 2000 Editorial Contest a competition that included more than 1,000…
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Team approach started for ‘special’ ed plan
A program at the John Witherspoon School has started to integrate students classified as learning disabled back into the mainstream classroom. By: Jeff Milgram While the students at the John Witherspoon Middle School get ready to mount a production of Shakespeare’s classic tale "Romeo and Juliet," a class of eighth-graders there is studying Elizabethan society.…
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AROUND CRANBURY: Triplets, Frenchmen and Edgar Allen Poe
AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor Our columnist reflects on the recent happenings in Cranbury. By:Lorraine Sedor Edgar Allan Poe comes to the Cranbury Public Library this evening (Friday) at 7. Actor Christopher Gambino brings the poet to life in a one-man show that is free and open to the public. Christopher is the son of…
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Montgomery’s thin blue line has wide cracks
Mismanagement, policy violations and punishment of whistle blowers alleged. By: Vic Monaco and Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY A police chief points a loaded handgun at a lieutenant and, within about a week of the incident being reported, he takes what turns out to be a permanent leave of absence amid allegations that he sexually harassed…
