Category: archives
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Grand jury will review shooting incident
By:Michael Arges EAST WINDSOR – It is uncertain to what extent East Windsor police were involved in the Dec. 7 shooting death of Fort Lee resident Richard Lawrence Holtz at the Ramada Inn on Monmouth Street in East Windsor. Suspected of the stabbing death of his girl friend, Michelle Schroeder-Carta, in his apartment, Mr.…
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Elizabeth Goletz
Elizabeth Fischler Goletz, 92, of Monroe, died Dec. 8 at her home. A native of Yugoslavia, she had lived in the Jamesburg-Monroe area for the past 70 years. She retired in 1976 from Buxton’s Country Shop in Monroe, where she was employed as a commissary worker. Previously, she was employed by Carter-Wallace Corp. in Cranbury.…
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A traveling trouper for kids
Montgomery teen’s performances raise money for charity By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY Jason Marcus is not your ordinary high school sophomore. In addition to his everyday studies and life as a student at Montgomery High School, the 15-year-old devotes a large part of his time to the Kids for Kids Project, a theatrical group based…
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Helen Wunnenberg
Helen E. (Pillar) Wunnenberg, 91, of Cranbury and Toms River, died Dec. 7 in Princeton Nursing Home. Born in Bayonne, she resided in Toms River for many years, before moving to Cranbury five years ago. Ms. Wunnenberg and her husband, Arthur, owned and operated Artie’s Market in Forked River for many years. She was a…
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Starbucks brews protest over elderly hiring
By: Jennifer Potash Frank Giavratano of Hamilton Township thinks Starbucks Coffee ignored his application for employment because of his age. So, the 62-year-old protested in front of the coffeehouse on Nassau Street in the rain Thursday morning. Mr. Giavratano said he applied for a job at two Starbucks locations at Mercer Mall in Lawrence…
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SPORTS TAKES
By:Staff Croddick named All-American Julia Croddick, a senior forward on the Peddie field hockey team, capped off her four-year career with numerous awards. Topping the list of Croddick’s honors is her recent selection as a member of the Mid-Atlantic High School Regional All-American Team. She was also chosen First-Team All Prep by the New Jersey…
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Wizards keep up magical basketball play in HEWYBL
HEWYBL basketball action By: Staff The Wizards won their third in the row on Saturday, 21-8, against the Knicks in HEWYBL basketball action. Center Dominic Nagle stood tall and helped maintain control, in addition to scoring 4 points in the third quarter. Dondre Whitmore drove the ball hard with speed and grace and scored a…
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Council approves ordinances
By: Mark Moffa HIGHTSTOWN – Borough Council passed four ordinances last week to strip the borough administrator of duties including purchasing power and to address police salaries, the South Street construction project, and a handicapped parking space. Ordinance 2000-32 removes purchasing power from the borough administrator and places the authority in the hands of…
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Alfred Perone, Sr.
Alfred F. Perone, Sr., 81, of Hightstown, died Wednesday at the Forrestal Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Plainsboro. Mr. Perone was a resident of Princeton all his life until 1990, when he moved to Cranbury. For the past 2 ½ years he resided at the Forrestal Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Plainsboro. Mr. Perone…
