Category: archives

  • Letters to the editor

    For the week of March 15 By: Hospital auxiliary appreciates support To the editor:     On behalf of the Millstone Township Hospital Auxiliary, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone in town who supported our organization during the year 2000. Through the efforts of a group of only 21 women and the generosity…

  • Scenic Byways program means little for Lawrence Road

    According to Township Historian Winona Nash, the state program is not the best fit for Lawrence Road.    Lawrence residents seeking recognition for the southern end of Route 206, also known as Lawrence Road, should focus on the historic aspects of the road, not its scenic virtues. By: Lea Kahn    That’s the opinion of Township Historian…

  • Wallace D. Hayes, 82

       HIGHTSTOWN — Wallace D. Hayes, 82, a professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University who made numerous contributions to the understanding of supersonic flight and supersonic aircraft design, died Friday, March 2, at home.    While a doctoral candidate at California Institute of Technology in 1947, he developed a theory of supersonic flow…

  • Victoria Smith, 81

       HIGHTSTOWN — Victoria Smith, 81, died Sunday, March 11, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Enterprise, Fla., she lived in Hightstown three months.    She was a member of Emmanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church, Deland, Fla., and was a deaconess, church mother and member of the missionary board.    Wife of the late…

  • Local woman’s trek will raise funds for breast cancer research

           BORDENTOWN CITY— Inspired by a family survivor of breast cancer, Susan Molloy will be walking this summer to raise funds toward breast cancer research. By:David Koch    The city resident will be participating in the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day walk in Colorado beginning on Aug. 3 with 1,999 other walkers.    The walk will be 60…

  • Central High’s School’s Model U.N. came home with four awards

    Hopewell Valley students brought home four awards from the Ivy League Model U.N. Conference sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania By:Marie Goyden    Hopewell Valley students brought home four awards from the Ivy League Model U.N. Conference sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and held in Philadelphia over five days in late January.    Model U.N. is…

  • Land preservation options outlined

    Upper Freehold residents hear from state, county and non-profit organizations. By: Frank C. D’Amico    UPPER FREEHOLD — Township officials say Upper Freehold is at the forefront of land preservation efforts in the state, and they want it to stay that way.    The township covers 47 square miles — 30,080 acres; 5 percent, 6,000 acres, is…

  • Court upholds ex-officer’s award

    Washington Township loses appeal of $164,950 compensation case brought by former policeman. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — A township police officer was harassed, made to fear for his safety, and left mentally and emotionally scarred as a result of actions by Police Chief Paul Krych and Lt. Ralph Fiasco, according to a judge’s decision that…

  • OBITUARIES, March 16, 2001

    James Bottomley Jr., Cornelia ‘Nealy’ Gillette, Donald J. Rogers James Bottomley Jr.    WEST WINDSOR — James LePage Bottomley Jr. of the Princeton Junction section died Monday at The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 75.    Born in Philadelphia, he was a resident of the Ardmore, Pa., area for many years before moving to West Windsor…