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  • Township closing in on budget adoption

    Public hearing opened on $23 million spending plan By: Jane Karlicek    The Princeton Township Committee opened the public hearing on its proposed $23 million municipal budget Monday night — but the hearing won’t be closed until May 22.    The budget is not yet ready for final adoption because the budgets for joint agencies, those that…

  • Vote on CCRC delayed again

    Planning Board may hire consultant to review ordinance By: Jane Karlicek    The introduction of a controversial ordinance to govern continuing-care retirement communities has been delayed again, as the Princeton Regional Planning Board has decided to consider hiring a consultant to review the proposed ordinance.    The board, which made its decision after debating the issue long…

  • Edward J. Ostrowski

       Edward J. Ostrowski Sr., 82, died Sunday at Tandem Health Care Center, Lawrenceville.    Born in Trenton, he was a Trenton and Lawrence Township area resident.    Mr. Ostrowski was a self-employed carpenter in the Trenton area for more than 40 years.    He was an Army veteran of World War II serving with the 1262nd Headquarters Co.…

  • Thomas Bartaris

       Thomas “Gus” Bartaris, 72, of Lawrenceville died Friday at home.    Born in New York, he moved to Lawrenceville 40 years ago.    Mr. Bartaris retired from Lawrence Bar and Liquors in 198s. Previously, he owned and operated Fair Banks Furs, New York, for 20 years and Pick and Dig Nursery in Lawrenceville.    He was an Army…

  • Fire’s lessons: Check alarms

    Not all Windsor Regency residents heard the fire alarms when a fire broke out Easter Sunday. What should you do to protect your family? By:Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR — When a fire broke out in unit 45-14 of the Windsor Regency Condominiums Easter Sunday, some nearby residents say they didn’t know any danger existed…

  • Joseph Ely

    By: HIGHTSOWN — Joseph A. Ely Jr., 71, died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Hightstown, he was longtime area resident. He worked for the service department of The Peddie School. Son of the late J. Addison and Anna Cubberley Ely, he is survived by two brothers and sisters-in-law, Richard…

  • Planners reject Country Classics

    Van Cleef may apply again By:Jack Baney    The Planning Board voted Thursday night to deny Van Cleef Limited Family Partnership’s application to build 449 houses on Amsterdam Road as part of its Country Classics development.    Under terms of the board’s decision, Van Cleef still has the right to reapply. At the meeting, several board members…

  • Albina Welter, 79

       HILLSBOROUGH — Albina Welter died Wednesday, May 4, 2000, at home. She was 79.    Born in Pittston, Pa., she moved to Hillsborough in 1955.    Mrs. Welter was employed at Baker & Taylor Books in Somerville for 15 years.    She was a communicant of Mary, Mother of God Church in Hillsborough.    Her husband, William Welter, died…

  • A new love affair with Latin

    ‘Dead’ language is making a comeback in schools By: Jeff Milgram        Latina, quondam linqua poetarum Romanorum, imperatorum et ecclesiae catholicae redit.    If you can understand that sentence, you may be one of the rare people who studied Latin, rather than one of the popular modern languages such as Spanish, French, German or Italian, in…