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  • OBITUARIES, Oct. 20, 2000

    Frank J. Boccanfuso, Eleanor Lippincott, Elizabeth Lowthian, Elizabeth Q. Nicol, Pauline S. Conover, Carl M. deGrazia, Daniel C. Dillion Jr. Frank J. Boccanfuso Retired police officer    LAWRENCE – Frank J. Boccanfuso died Tuesday at Capital Health System Fuld Campus in Trenton. He was 71.    Born in Princeton, he was a longtime Princeton resident and a…

  • Haunted Trail and Bizarre set for Woodlot Park

    Two nights of spooky revelry, Oct. 27 and 28 By: Sara Peters    As Halloween draws closer, a bright, familiar place for picnics and dog-walking will transform into a dark, eerie territory where ghosts dwell and ghouls lurk in the shadows.    Halloween enthusiasts can look forward to two nights of spooky revelry when the 2000 Annual…

  • EDITORIAL: ‘Silly’ season will soon be giving season

    By:    We’re in the middle of what’s often called “the silly season,” also known as election season.    For voters, that can mean mailboxes filled with fliers, soundbites thrown at us from the television and the constant message that if we don’t vote for a particular candidate, it could mean the end of the world.    But,…

  • Flu vaccines available to some within 2 weeks

       Flu shots will available to eligible residents in Princeton and Montgomery during the next two weeks but those in West Windsor and Plainsboro will have to wait a little longer.    The Princeton Regional Health Department, in conjunction with the Princeton Senior Resource Center and The Medical Center at Princeton, will hold two clinics for Princeton…

  • Township to fire municipal building contractor

    Major deficiencies, delays cited by frustrated Princeton officials. By: David Weinstein    Paphian Enterprises, the general contractor for Princeton Township’s new municipal complex at Witherspoon Street and Valley Road, has been declared in default of its $6.2 million contract and will be removed from the job, according to Township Administrator James Pascale.    In a hand-delivered letter…

  • Residents get a lift for visits to doctors

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE – People in need of non-emergency medical treatment often face a problem getting to the doctor’s office for appointments.    In the central part of a state notoriously short on mass transportation, the township Transportation Department’s medical transport program can be the answer to the problem.    Each month the department’s medical transport…

  • TENNIS: Falcons ready to pick up the pace

    By:T.J. Furman    Things have calmed down somewhat around the Monroe girls tennis team lately, but it’s about to get busy again.    After several three- and four-match weeks, the Falcons have played only two teams from Oct. 4 to 17. The next two weeks, however, are a full schedule for Monroe, with six matches from Wednesday…

  • Teacher contract work contrinues

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE – The township Board of Education will consider the Monroe Township Education Association’s latest offer for a new three-year contract Monday, Schools Superintendent Stuart Schnur said Thursday.    "The board will meet in closed session Monday to review the latest proposal," Dr. Schnur said.    Because of the privileged status of the negotiating…

  • JFK School’s Reading Buddies program to hit the small screen

    By:Sara Peters     JAMESBURG — Teachers filed out of the faculty lounge, sipping the last drops of their morning coffee. The sound of the principal’s voice, making the Tuesday morning announcements, echoed through the hallways. Around them, students raced the bell to keep from being late.     Elsewhere in the John F. Kennedy School, a…