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  • West Windsor makes record open space purchase

    Ten sites with a total of 538 acres will be purchased in the southern section of the township. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR – The township’s purchase of more than 530 acres from a local landholder for $11.8 million – the largest open-space acquisition in its history – was announced Monday afternoon by Mayor…

  • Harry Potter casts his wizardry at book store

    At stroke of midnight, pandemonium strikes. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR – The crates of books arrived just in time.    Children and adults jostled one another as bookstore employees tore open the cardboard boxes and distributed hardback copies to outstretched hands like United Nations peacekeepers distributing medical supplies from the back of a truck.…

  • Exotic flavors of Ethiopia delight palates of Garden State

    By:Pat Tanner    Princeton resident Stuart Smith and his partners opened the highly successful Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant in New Brunswick four years ago. Since that time, people from all over the East Coast have come for the cooking of Ethiopian chef Aster Kassa.    The partners chose Ethiopian cuisine for a number of reasons.    "It is probably…

  • Katherine H. Miller

    Funeral set Wednesday    Katherine H. Becker Miller, 86, of Pennington died Sunday at home.    Born in Ewing, she lived there more than 50 years.    Wife of the late Theodore F. Miller, daughter of the late Charles and Caroline Hoffman Becker, and sister of the late Irene Abbott, Carroline Becker, Bernetta Barrette, Margurite Girard, and Horace,…

  • John J. Moran Jr.

    Served 27 years with Hopewell Township Police    John J. Moran Jr., 56, died Thursday at Capital Health System at Mercer Hospital, Trenton.    Born in Titusville, he was a lifelong area resident.    Sgt. Moran retired Jan. 31 after 27 years with the Hopewell Township Police Department. Following graduation from Trenton Police Academy in 1974, he served…

  • Checkpoint nets DWI, drug arrests

    Three arrested; 130 checked By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – As part of a checkpoint for drunk drivers Saturday, East Windsor police made an arrest for DWI and an arrest for drug possession.    One other DWI arrest resulted from added DWI patrols undertaken at the same time, according to traffic safety Sergeant Todd Hoagland.…

  • Grace Fidler, 78

       MANVILLE — Grace Fidler died Saturday, July 8, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 78.    Born in Ashland, Pa., she moved to Manville in 1959.    Mrs. Fidler was employed as a seamstress early in her life before becoming a full time wife and mother.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman…

  • OBITUARIES, July 11, 2000

    Grace MacNeil, Alan J. Hagenbuch Grace MacNeil Girl Scout official    NATCHEZ, Miss. – Grace Mansfield Surget McKittrick MacNeil, a former resident of Princeton, died June 30 in Natchez. She was 92.    She was long involved with the Girl Scouts, on the national and international levels, as well as in Princeton.    While a resident of Princeton…

  • Howard L. Calkin

    Lived in Pennington 34 years    Howard L. Calkin, 62, died Friday at Capital Health System at Mercer Hospital.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Pennington for 34 yeas.    Mr. Calkin was a sales representative for the past 20 years with Bradley Caldwell, Hazelton, Pa. Previously, he worked 11 years at the Pennington Quality Market.    He…