Category: archives

  • Grieving dad hopes teens will hear his plea

    Keith Berman’s daughter, Stephanie Dara Berman, was killed last summer in a car accident. Now, Mr. Berman is trying to channel his emotions into helping teen-agers make the right decisions about drinking, driving and living. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — Hightstown High School junior Stephanie Dara Berman was like many other 16-year-olds.    She didn’t like…

  • Montgomery ‘reflects’ on a deer solution

    The Township Committee is considering its own solution to its deer population troubles. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — A roadside reflector system being considered by the township and being used by some Princeton Township residents to reduce deer-traffic accidents costs $6,000 a mile, or less if bought in bulk, and might be eligible for full…

  • Arts festival showcases Cranbury talent

    By:Nick D’Amore    For one day, the Cranbury School annex became an art gallery, a jazz club, the pit section orchestra and a city street corner.    This year’s Cranbury Arts Council’s Art and Music Festival was held Sunday and showcased the young talent that abounds in Cranbury.    Student’s artistic skills were put on display in the…

  • Rose Golebiewski

       BORDENTOWN — Rose Palewicz Golebiewski, 82, died Monday, Feb. 12, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Lawrenceville, she lived in Trenton before moving to Bordentown in 1961.    She retired in 1962 as a floor tile inspector with American Biltrite, Trenton.    She was a member of St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Bordentown City,…

  • Top executives named at Church & Dwight

    The Princeton firm, which produces several household products, has announced the appointment of two executives that will change the structure of its board and upper management. By: George Frey    Church & Dwight Co., the Princeton firm that makes Arm & Hammer baking soda products as well as other household products, has announced the appointment of…

  • Ramiro Bradley

       TRENTON — Ramiro Vasquez Bradley, 42, died Monday, Feb. 5, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Mr. Bradley was born and educated in Trenton, attending Trenton High School and then going on to graduate from Kansas State University with a B.S. in Sociology. While in college, he held the World Class Heavyweight weight-lifting…

  • Hightstown group changes focus, fights prejudice

    EDITORIAL: The Community Alliance Toward Cooperation and Harmony has changed its name and mission. It’s a group worthy of citizen participation.    We applaud formation of the Community Alliance Toward Cooperation and Harmony (CATCH) and encourage Hightstown residents to join the effort.    The group, originally dubbed "The Committee to Recall Janice Mastriano," has opted for a…

  • Princeton Township deer shoot is about to begin

    Affected landowners were issued notices Thursday. By: David Weinstein    The shooting of deer in Princeton Township by hired sharpshooters is about to begin. Related stories: • Montgomery ‘reflects’ on a deer solution (Feb. 16, 2001) • In Iowa, a sharpshooting success story (Feb. 16, 2001)    Township Administrator Jim Pascale said landowners whose properties abut land…

  • SEC says adviser cheated clients

    A Skillman woman has been accused of misappropriation of $4.1 million she received from clients she served as an investment adviser. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — Alexis Arlett, a resident of the Skillman area, has been accused of misappropriating about $4.1 million from clients she represented as an investment adviser.    She and her husband, Michael…