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  • Fire Department to parade Friday

    Fire Department to parade Friday Princeton Fire Department Chief Henry Tamasi and members of the department have announced that the annual fire department parade and inspection will take place Friday. The parade will begin at 7 p.m. at the corner of Chestnut Street and Nassau Street, and proceed down Nassau Street to Monument Drive in…

  • William Dey obituary

    Services set for Friday at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Hightstown By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN — William J. Dey, 30, of Virginia Beach, Va., died Sunday during an air show in Willow Grove, Pa. He was a lieutenant and pilot in the U.S. Navy, stationed at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia.    Born in Princeton,…

  • Myles Gable, 46

    Myles Gable, 46    Myles Gable, 46, died June 13 at The Medical Center at Princeton.    He was born in Los Angeles and lived in East Brunswick before moving to Kendall Park 24 years ago. He was the owner of Indichem Inc. of Kendall Park, a chemical supply company he co-founded with his wife in 1974.…

  • Maria B. Caputo, 94

    Maria B. Caputo, 94    Maria B. Caputo, 94, died June 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    She was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Kendall Park for the past 10 years. She was a homemaker and wife of the late Giuseppe Caputo.    Surviving are her daughter, Theresa Saffiotti, with…

  • Township copper is high on choppers

    Lt. Buchanan takes flight By: Jane Karlicek    Some people have a fight instinct. Others may have a flight instinct.    Princeton Township Police Lt. Robert Buchanan has both.    When Lt. Buchanan is not fighting crime with the Township Police Department, as he’s done for the past 20 years, he’s up in the air, behind the controls…

  • Who we are

       Steve Bates is the managing editor of The Lawrence Ledger, a position he has held since November 2000. Prior to that, he served as news editor for the South Brunswick Post and The Cranbury Press, a Packet Group Publication. He is a graduate of Steinert High School in Hamilton and The College of New Jersey…

  • Joyce W. Lyons

    Funeral services Tuesday    Joyce W. Lyons, 67, died Friday at home.        Born in Trenton she lived in Titusville since 1956.        She was a graphic artist with Riegel Printing Co. and Circle R. Printing Co., both of Ewing.        She was a member of Titusville Presbyterian Church and graduated from Trenton High School.    …

  • Hightstown resident killed in air show crash

    William Dey was killed Sunday when his F-14 Tomcat fighter jet crashed at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Pennsylvania By:Mark Moffa WILLOW GROVE, Pa. — William Dey, 30, a resident of Hightstown and U.S. Navy pilot, was killed Sunday when his F-14 Tomcat fighter jet crashed during an air show at the Willow…

  • Bill promotes sprawl and traffic

    THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers    Traffic. Ugh.    In New Jersey, we’re all familiar with traffic. We just hope our elected officials in Trenton will help reduce it. Unfortunately, the transportation bill now in our state Legislature is a blank check to fund more sprawl and traffic. But it’s not too late to…