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  • Harold Sonnichsen

       Harold Sonnichsen of Winchester, Mass., died May 26.    He was born in 1912 in Wadena, Minnesota. He was a North Main Street, Cranbury resident from 1945 to 1960.    He graduated Harvard with a Ph.D. I in organic chemistry.    He worked with Dupont where he developed the white glue known as Elmer’s. He also worked as…

  • Urbanek focused on winning

    WW-P grad golfing well this summer By: Bob Nuse    Perhaps some time away from the golf course was just what Mark Urbanek needed.    Not that the West Windsor-Plainsboro High graduate was struggling with his game. It’s just that the time away gave him a chance to regain his focus and work on the little things…

  • June E. Coar

       June Elizabeth McCarthy Coar of Monroe died in Point Pleasant June 1.    Born in Newark, she lived most of her life in Monroe. She was a founding member of the Monroe Township First Aid Squad and a member of the Monroe Township Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary.    She is survived by her daughter, Brenda Certo of…

  • THE READING CORNER

    Some hot reading selections for the sweltering summer ahead By:Arlene Bice    Editor’s Note: Arlene Bice is the owner of the By the Book shop on Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown City. An avid reader, this is the second of Ms. Bice’s four annual book suggestion columns she is writing for the Register-News. Look for her next…

  • Evelyn Tilden Patten

       YARDLEY, Pa. — Evelyn Tilden Patten, 100, died June 10 at Manor Care Health Services.    Born in Detroit, she was a long-time Trenton area resident and lived in Lawrence Township and Dennisport, Mass.    Mrs. Patten became president of the Patten Machine and Foundry Corp. following her husband’s death in 1970 and retired in 1993.    She…

  • Walter Boiko, 70

       Walter Boiko, 73, of Jamesburg died Friday at Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in New York, Mr. Boiko lived in the Jamesburg and Monroe area for over 50 years. He was the owner of Old Town Cleaners I Freehold, retiring in 1985. He was a communicant of St. James R.C. Church, Jamesburg. He was an…

  • TANGENTS: Shopping for the father who has it all

    By: John Saccenti    Including myself, there are two people in my home with blue eyes. We both tend to babble and the ratio of food in stomach to food on shirt during meals is equally bad for both of us.    My daughter is just 7 months old. She’s tiny now, not quite as long as…

  • Roebling’s Fifth Avenue gets shadier

    Planting provided by the township’s Shade Tree Commission By:Vanessa S. Holt        ROEBLING — There are some shady dealings going on in Roebling. In fact, there should be a lot more shade when the Shade Tree Commission completes the installation of more than 50 trees on Fifth Avenue.    “Over the years, disease has taken many…

  • Artist leaves legacy of life

    Famed sculptor George Segal dies at age 75. By:David Weinstein        Renowned artist, sculptor and township resident, George Segal, died Friday in his Deans home. He was 75.     Bronx-born and 4 years old when America’s economy crashed to the ground in 1929, Mr. Segal’s entrancing sculptures often exhibited a country’s quiet despair recalled from…