Category: archives

  • Troubled owner sells senior-care facilities

    By: David M. Campbell    PLAINSBORO – The Forrestal Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Chancellor Park at the Windrows, an 83-unit assisted-living facility, are under new management.    Massachusetts-based CareMatrix Corp., plagued by financial troubles, announced Aug. 31 that it and an affiliate company, Chancellor Senior Housing Group, had closed a $90 million deal to divest…

  • Ethel M. Katona

       Ethel M. Katona, 90, died Sept. 14 at Forrestal Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Plainsboro.    Born in Trenton, she was a longtime Lawrenceville resident.    Mrs. Katona had worked at McKinley Hospital in Trenton.    She was a member of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Trenton.    Daughter of the late Alexander and Ilona Tarkanyi Baki, former wife…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Fund-raising – from flower sales to antique fairs

    By:Lorraine Sedor    The Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society and the Cranbury Lioness Club are hosting an Antiques Appraisal Fair on Saturday, Nov. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church Hall on South Main Street. The organizations plan to have three to four antiques professionals on hand to give assessments on…

  • James Thoden, 45

       MANVILLE — James P. Thoden died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center. He was 45.    Born in Jersey City, he had lived in Hillsborough for many years, before moving to Manville in 1984.    Mr. Thoden was employed as a senior traffic signal electrician for Somerset County, Traffic Division, Finderne Garage. He…

  • Enjoy fruits of the harvest in New Jersey wines

    PICKING THE BEST By:Art Brown Jr.    Late summer and early autumn are perfect times of the year to spend a leisurely weekend sampling locally produced wines at one or more of the 17 wineries located throughout the Garden State. Chances are, this year you’ll pick some of the best wines to come out of New…

  • Here’s looking at you, kid

    Meadow Gate Farm in Lawrence Township, with its herds of alpacas, will be the site for a fund-raiser for the D & R Greenway Saturday By:Christian Kirkpatrick    Alpacas look like shaggy little camels, but they have the temperament of shy cockerspaniels. When a strange human comes to visit a group of them in their pen,…

  • Bears’ reprieve wrong message on animal control

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 15 By:    Now that the state Fish and Game Council has caved in (you’ll pardon the expression) to Gov. Christie Whitman’s qualms about next week’s scheduled black bear hunt, one has to wonder whether Princeton Township’s efforts to control the local deer population could suffer a similar fate.    The circumstances surrounding the…

  • Vincent Masiello

    Services Monday and Tuesday    Vincent Masiello, 77, died Saturday at St. Mary Medical Center, Middletown, Pa.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime Hamilton resident before moving recently to Lawrenceville.    Mr. Masiello retired after 30 years with American Bridge Co., Trenton.    He was an Army veteran of World War II.    He was a member of…

  • From loneliness to making positive change

    Loneliness can lead to personal growth and to the creation of a rich inner life By:Dr. Alice Goodloe Whipple    Loneliness is widespread, especially in western cultures, which emphasize independence, individualism and competition. The values of togetherness, interdependence and community, although given lip service, are really not the core values promulgated by our society.    It is…