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  • Gypsies and toreador

    By: Christian Kirkpatrick    Under skies as changeable as a wanton woman’s affections, the Opera Festival of New Jersey inaugurated its 17th season Saturday with a gala dinner and the opening of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen.”    Food for the 200 patrons was served in a tent on the grounds of the Princeton Theological Seminary, less than a…

  • Police fight parole of killer of two officers

    A press conference was held June 19 in Princeton. By: Jennifer Potash    The state’s highest-ranking law enforcement officers, as well as a coalition of local chiefs of police, urged the state Supreme Court to reverse a state appeals court ruling to parole Thomas Trantino, the killer of two Lodi police officers in 1963, at a…

  • Lillian Berman, 85

    Lillian Berman, 85    Lillian Berman, 85, of Monroe died Sunday at Cranbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Monroe.    Born in New York, she moved to Monroe a few years ago.    She is survived by her nieces and nephews.    Services were private under the direction of The Crabiel Home for Funerals.

  • Jean M. Smith

       Jean M. Smith, 66, died Friday at home.    Born in Blakely, Pa., she lived in Lawrenceville for 14 years.    She was a dietician for Mounmouth County in Freehold.    She was a graduate of Marywood College, Scranton, Pa., and of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey as a certified registered dietician.    She was…

  • Joseph Byrne Sr.

    By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN – Joseph E. Byrne Sr., 75, died Saturday at Cranbury Center.    Born in Hightstown, he was a lifelong area resident.    Mr. Byrne retired in 1986 from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.    He was a Navy veteran of World War II.    Mr. Byrne was a member of the Hightstown V.F.W. Post 5700, the…

  • Back to ‘roots’ for Kathryn Flicker

    New director of state Division of Criminal Justice By: Jennifer Potash    After nearly 20 years spent prosecuting criminals in Mercer County, Kathryn Flicker, the newly appointed director of the state Division of Criminal Justice, enjoyed a rousing homecoming Friday at the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex.    She began her career in the 1970s as deputy…

  • Jeanne Dilatush Field, 84

    Jeanne Dilatush Field, 84    Jeanne Dilatush Field, 84, died June 10 in Fairhope, Ala.    Born in Robbinsville, she lived in Cranbury for many years before moving to Mobile, Ala., 18 years ago.    Her husband, Robert A. Field, and her sons, Charles R. and Robert A. Field, are deceased. She is survived by two sons, Philip…

  • Andrew F. Dragoset, 91

    Andrew F. Dragoset, 91    Andrew F. Dragoset, 91, died Saturday at St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston.    He was born in New York, and lived in Monroe and Middletown before moving to West Caldwell two years ago. He also had a home in Delray Beach, Fla.    He was a 1929 graduate of Pace Institute, New York,…

  • Gypsies and toreador

    Opera Festival season opens with gala and ‘Carmen’ By: Christian Kirkpatrick    Under skies as changeable as a wanton woman’s affections, the Opera Festival of New Jersey inaugurated its 17th season Saturday with a gala dinner and the opening of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen.”    Food for the 200 patrons was served in a tent on the grounds…