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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…