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  • OBITUARY

    Robert N. Thompson Robert N. Thompson II, 47, died Friday, May 26. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Robert and Lovina Thompson and lived in Cranbury for 16 years. Prior to that, he lived in Bridgewater.     He was employed by Edison Motor of Edison. He also worked for Edison Generator and from 1977…

  • Kathryn J. Chase

       Kathryn J. Chase, 73, died May 25 at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Manilla, Philippines, she lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Lawrenceville 39 years ago.    She was a teacher with the Princeton Board of Education and formerly worked with Educational Testing Service.    She supported the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen and American…

  • Attracting party ‘loyalists’

    Sabrin seeks Senate seat as conservative GOP By:Jennifer Potash    While the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate has been characterized as a battle among moderate Republicans, Murray Sabrin, a conservative, believes he can walk away with the win.    The former talk show host and professor of finance at Ramapo College recently sat…

  • Texas teams end PU baseball season

    Four seniors graduate with one Ivy title By: Justin Feil    The Princeton University baseball team left Houston happy to have been to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1996, but unhappy with the results.    In its tournament opener, the Tigers, seeded fourth in their regional, held a lead over the country’s ninth-ranked and…

  • Montgomery softball season ends in Group II semifinal

    Cougars fall, 6-1, to No. 2 seed Carteret By: Justin Feil CARTERET — By the end of Tuesday’s Group II semifinal, Doug Ruhlman just wanted to let everyone play.    The Montgomery High softball co-coach could only watch as the Cougars bowed out of the state tournament with a 6-1 loss at Carteret.    “I just wanted…

  • Boys academy acquires option on Our Lady site

    A development application is expected soon, but at least a million dollars must be raised. By: Vic Monaco    The Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart plans to file a site development plan for the former Our Lady of Princeton site with the township this month, after announcing it has an option to buy the property.…

  • Rebecca Marie Coleman

       Rebecca Marie Coleman, 2, daughter of Jonathan A. and Kathleen Lanza Coleman of Lawrenceville, died Saturday at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick.    In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Laura E., and a brother, Robert J., both of Lawrence; her paternal grandparents, Robert and Gina Coleman of…

  • HOT TOPICS

    Is McDonald’s good for the corner of Whitehead Road and Brunswick Pike? Tell us what you think    A developer has asked the Lawrence Zoning Board of Adjustment for a use variance so that it can build a McDonald’s restaurant on a vacant lot at the corner of Whitehead Road and Brunswick Pike. The site, formerly…

  • Zenon Pidhajecky, 53

       MANVILLE — Zenon A. Pidhajecky died Saturday, May 27, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 53.    Born in Engelstadt, Germany, he lived in Astoria Queens before moving to Manville 20 years ago.    Mr. Pidhajecky was a computer engineer at Radio Shack of Hillsborough for eight years. He had previously worked at Collins Radio,…