Category: archives

  • Veteran deputy clerk to retire

    By: Jennifer Potash    After 22 years at the front desk, or the front lines some might say, of the Princeton Borough Clerk’s Office, Deputy Clerk Margaret "Peggy" Whitlock is stepping down.    She plans to retire by the end of year.    The daily tasks of directing people to the appropriate offices in Borough Hall, working on…

  • University officials to present five-year development plan

    By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University is continuing with its plans to build a science zone in the southeast corner of campus and a pedestrian bridge to link both sides of Washington Road.    University officials are scheduled to come before the Princeton Regional Planning Board on Thursday to present the university’s master plan for development over…

  • PU works overtime to get Hughes’ first win

    Northrop nails game-winner to beat Columbia By: Justin Feil    NEW YORK – For one second, said Roger Hughes, the thought crossed his mind to go for the two-point conversion and the win with 47 seconds left in the fourth quarter and his Princeton University football team trailing Columbia, 24-23.    Then the Tiger head coach sent…

  • Overcrowded rental units move to council stage

    By: Jennifer Potash    Overcrowded rental units in the John-Witherspoon neighborhood and the associated quality-of-life problems are expected to be brought before the Princeton Borough Council tonight.    Neighborhood residents held two meetings during the summer to discuss the problems and how the borough government could help, and are expected to be at tonight’s meeting.    Minnie Craig,…

  • Rose Corkery, 97

       HILLSBOROUGH — Rose Corkery died Friday, Sept. 29, 2000, at Raritan Health and Extended Care in Raritan. She was 97.    Born in Patterson, she moved to Hillsborough 15 years ago.    Mrs. Corkery was a homemaker.    Her husband, William Corkery, died in 1981; her daughter Rosemary died in 1963.    Surviving are two daughters, Margaret Pauley of…

  • Marguerite Barberian

    Services Wednesday    Marguerite Barberian, 71, died Saturday at Tandem Health Care, Lawrenceville.    Born in Trenton, she was a longtime Lawrenceville resident.    She retired in 1995 after 35 years of service as a secretary for Public Service Electric and Gas.    She was a member of the PSE&G Retired Members Club.    Daughter of the late Artin and…

  • John Pirolozzi, 86

       HILLSBOROUGH — John R. Pirolozzi died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 86.    Born in Italy, he lived in Staten Island, Plainfield and Scotch Plains from 1951 to 1999, before settling in Hillsborough in 1999.    Mr. Pirolozzi was a supervisor for the Public Works Department in Scotch Plains for more…

  • Henry F. Satterthwaite

    Services Wednesday    Henry F. Satterthwaite, 81, died Friday at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident.    A lawyer, he had a private practice and was an attorney for the Washington Township Planning, School and Utilities boards and East Windsor Township Planning Board.    He served in the…

  • To bake — or not to bake

    Therein lies the challenge By:Michelle Ruess    It was the first challenge of the new school year: Bake a cake to be given as a cakewalk prize during the annual back-to-school barbecue.    So, eager to assimilate with the school community, I volunteered. After all, I thought, this task perfectly illustrated why I had abandoned my full-time…