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  • Suit seeks to derail proposed garbage train

    Trash may come through Montgomery as well By: Helen Pettigrew    Metuchen, a borough in Middlesex County, has filed a lawsuit against Union County to stop the construction of a marine transfer station in Linden that would bring mile-long trains of New York City garbage through Metuchen — and, possibly, Montgomery Township.    Metuchen Mayor Edmund O’Brien…

  • Antionette Musa, 63

       SOMERVILLE — Antionette "Toni" (Baglioli) Musa died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000, at Somerset Medical center, Somerville. She was 63.    Born in Martinsville, she lived in Hillsborough for many years before moving to Somerville in 1963.    Mrs. Musa worked as a field expediter for 16 years at the former Bridgewater plant of Mack Truck.    She showed…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: The prettiest houses in town

    By:Lorraine Sedor    The Cranbury Lions Club announced the winners of its annual holiday decoration contest. Winners were chosen by a panel of judges who toured town and came up with the following list of the season — prettiest homes:    Peter and Kathryn Turner, 135 N. Main St.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Liedtke, 121 N. Main…

  • Cranbury digs out winter storm

    CRANBURY — Residents faced the tasks of plowing and shoveling over 16 inches of snow. By: Brian Shappell    The snowstorm that ushered out 2000 last week dumped upward of 16 inches of snow on Cranbury and kept many in town busy.    The first to notice the rush preparing for the storm were the workers at…

  • Historical society mulls move to second site

    Exhibition space would be doubled, and a full room devoted to Einstein By: Jeff Milgram    The Historical Society of Princeton is considering a $3.5 million plan that would double the exhibition space at Bainbridge House and permit the museum to devote a room to noted physicist Albert Einstein.    Under the plan, which has been in…

  • Help with English is on the horizon

    By:Amanda Bok    Learning English for adult, non-English speaking members of the community has just become a little easier.    That’s because starting Monday, the John F. Kennedy School will launch a series of classes in English as a Second Language to adults from the community free of charge, and to adults from surrounding areas at a…

  • Virginia Fullop, 75

       MANVILLE — Virginia Fullop died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000, at Integrated Health Services of New Jersey at Somerset Valley in Bridgewater. She was 75.    She was born in Frederick, Md., and had lived in Manville since 1960.    Mrs. Fullop was a housekeeper at the Carrier Clinic in Montgomery prior to her retirement.    She was an…

  • WW-PS, Lala maintain traditions

    Pirate girls win second straight Viking tourney behind repeat MVP By: Justin Feil    If it’s holiday tournament time, then West Windsor-Plainsboro High South must be winning and Katie Lala must be clearing shelf space for another trophy.    The Pirate senior notched her second straight Most Valuable Player award at the Viking Classic at South Brunswick…