Category: archives
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Breaking barriers on bicycles
Princeton Township’s community-policing effort takes to two wheels. By: David Weinstein Patrol Officer Geoffrey Maurer has been a member of the Princeton Township Police Department for almost four years, spending most of that time in a patrol car, issuing summonses, clocking vehicles with radar and cruising the streets. But, in just three months as a…
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Facolns can’t apply pressure to South Brunswick
By:Carolyn Hartko MONROE — When two teams that are relatively equal in ability face each other across a soccer field, a single goal can often completely shift the momentum. That was the concern for South Brunswick High School boys’ head coach Mark Ziminski as his team sat on a 2-0 lead against Monroe at Thompson…
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Faith Padget, 57
MANVILLE — Faith "Faye" Ann Padgett died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 57. Born in Somerville, she lived in Manville all her life. Her father, John Wisniewski, died in 1997. Surviving are her husband, Floyd Padgett; one daughter, Kathleen Jacob of Manville; her mother, Helen Gosk Wisniewski of Manville;…
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Mold-plagues school slated to open Monday
By: Jeff Milgram MONTGOMERY – The Orchard Hill Elementary School will open Monday, a week after it was closed when mold and mildew were found on furniture and carpets in about 10 classrooms. Five rooms, however, will remain closed until test results show acceptable mold levels, school district Business Administrator James Strimple said Thursday. "We…
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Family of aces
PU golfer nets hole-in-one By: Justin Feil For a month, Megan Milam had to listen to her mom’s teasing. Beth Milam, the mother of the Princeton University sophomore, had made a hole-in-one at the Idaho Falls Country Club’s No. 2 in July. "We couldn’t see mine go in," said Beth, who used a 7-iron to…
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OBITUARIES, September 15, 2000
Elizabeth E. Cunningham, Bruce M. Gorry, Leonard F. Gallucci, Juanita S.W. Corum, Caridad Valdesuso, Jane. L. Evans. Elizabeth E. Cunningham Longtime Princeton resident Elizabeth E. Cunningham of Princeton Borough died Monday at home. She was 90. Born in Roston, N.Y., she was a resident of Princeton since 1933. Wife of the late John G. Cunningham…
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Historical Society presentationexamines life of Louis Armstrong
By:John Patten HIGHTSTOWN – Much of popular American culture in the 20th century grew from the roots firmly planted in the 1920s by the Swing Age. And more than anyone else, Louis Armstrong fed the growth of swing and jazz music. How the charismatic and engaging youth from New Orleans could draw audiences from…
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Township, borough police join in drug bust
By: Mark Moffa HIGHTSTOWN – In a joint investigation with the East Windsor Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Hightstown police officers raided a Reed Street house Sept. 9, arresting an alleged marijuana dealer. Hightstown Detective Glen Moore said East Windsor Detective Jeff Valentino obtained two search warrants – one for 127 Reed…
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Ethel M. Katona
Services Sunday Ethel M. Katona, 90, died Thursday 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…
