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  • David Talmud

    By:    David Talmud, 79, of Monroe, died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Poland, he came to the United States in 1959, settling in Brooklyn, N.Y. He moved to Monroe in 1996.    He worked as a dental technician from 1959 until retiring in 1984. He was a member of the…

  • ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’

    Jim Carrey is green again as Dr. Seuss’ Grinch.   [PG] By: Kam Williams    Funnyman Jim Carrey (Me, Myself & Irene) delivered one of the best performances of his career in green-face as The Mask, a fast-talking, wisecracking blowhard. Mr. Carrey again dons a verdant hue to spew insults as The Grinch, the insufferable grouch originally created…

  • Orchard Hill raises big bucks for UNICEF

    $4,800 collected from third-, fourth- and fifth-grade classes By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY – The third-, fourth- and fifth-grade classes at the Orchard Hill Elementary School raised almost $4,800 for UNICEF as part of a school project this fall.    The students were shown a video about the UNICEF program before the collection began, according to Ginny…

  • HHS freshman hockey notches 14-1-1 season

    They didn’t like to practice. They didn’t like hot weather. It did not even look like there would be enough players for a team. By:Neil Hay        From these unconventional beginnings, however, we present the 2000 Hightstown freshmen field hockey team, one of the best squads ever produced.    Except for two years in the early…

  • Position filled … before enabling law passed

    By: Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN – The Borough Council this week appointed a new deputy municipal court administrator – just after introducing a change to borough laws allowing it to make such an appointment.    "We had the need to appoint a deputy municipal court administrator," said Candace Gallagher, borough clerk. "The mayor and council needed…

  • Cranbury mourns Dr. Tudor, veterinarian, town servant

    By: Sara Peters    The Cranbury community is saying goodbye to a devoted doctor, scholar and servant of the community.    Dr. David Tudor, 82, a longtime veterinarian, died Nov. 17 at Hartwyck at Oaktree Nursing Home in Edison.    “He was a wonderful husband and a wonderful father,” said Emily, his wife of 59 years. “He never…

  • Amtrak schedule change anything but minor

    Many forced to take slower ‘milk run’ line from Philadelphia to Princeton Junction By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR – Princeton Junction commuters call it the "milk run." It’s the SEPTA local out of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia with a changeover at Trenton to an NJ Transit train to make the stop at Princeton…

  • Anna Fenity

    By:Staff    PLAINSBORO – Anna H. Fenity, 90, died Nov. 18 at the Hamilton Continuing Care Center.    Born in East Windsor, she was a lifelong Hightstown and Plainsboro area resident.    She worked with Unexcelled Manufacturing Co., Cranbury, during World War II.    She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Plainsboro and Keenagers of West…

  • Madeline DeMauro

    By: Staff    HAMILTON – Madeline LoRusso DeMauro, 71, died Nov. 16 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in the Bronx, N.Y., she was a longtime New Milford resident before moving to Hamilton several years ago.    Daughter of the late Pasquale and Angela Colavito LoRusso and sister of the late Lillian Davoli, Saveria…