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  • 12th suspect arrested in school drug sweep

    West Windsor man turns himself in By: David Campbell        WEST WINDSOR — The last of the 12 young men charged with selling drugs on or around the grounds of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South turned himself in Tuesday, following Monday’s arrests by law-enforcement officials.    Anuraag Kalra, 22, of Bernard Place turned himself in at…

  • Frederick Johnson

    By: ALLENTOWN — Frederick E. Johnson, 87, died Monday at home. Born in Hightstown, he was a longtime Allentown resident. He worked for Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton for 31 years and retired from Bennett and Mount Hardware in 1978. He then worked for Reed’s Sod Farm for 10 years. Mr. Johnson was an exempt firefighter…

  • Margaret Stella

    By: VILLAGE OF BLACK FOREST, Pa. — Margaret “Peg” Stella, 62, died Monday at her son’s home in Hamilton Square.    Born in Hatboro, she lived in Sarasota, Fla., Hightstown and Runnemede before moving to Village of Black Forest.    She co-owned Black Forest Inn and was a former executive secretary for Norelco, Hightstown.    She was secretary/treasurer…

  • Carjacking suspect nabbed in Pa.

    Charges filed by Lawrence police after Sunday arrest. By: Lea Kahn    A Trenton man faces multiple charges, including carjacking and weapons offenses, in connection with two carjacking incidents that occurred in March and April, according to township police.    Garrick D. Brown of Trenton has been charged with two counts each of carjacking, possession of a…

  • Henry G. Freda

       PENNSAUKEN, Pa. — Henry G. Freda, 70, died April 26 at home.    He lived in Princeton before moving to Pennsauken.    Son of the late John and Rosina Petrecca Freda, he is survived by three children, Maureen Freda Peterson of Bowie, Md., Kathryn Freda of Olympia, Wash., and Mark of Princeton; four grandchildren, Brandon, Dawn, Rebecca…

  • Family buries car crash victim

    11-year-old died in accident Sunday By: Jack Baney        A township family was expected to lay to rest this morning their 11-year-old who died in an early Sunday morning accident on the Garden State Parkway in Eaglewood Township that also injured his 18-year-old brother and two of his cousins.    Karl Delos Santos, a fifth-grader at…

  • Alice Kirk Sharlin

       EWING — Alice Kirk Sharlin, 83, died April 26 at home.    Born in Elizabeth, she was a long-time Trenton area resident.    She was a member of Women for Greenwood House and was named its Woman of the Year in 1990. She also was a member of Greenacres Country Club and Har Sinai Temple.    Daughter of…

  • Improving Cardinals lift record to 6-7

    Baseball By: Steve Feitl        At 6-7, the Lawrence High School baseball team is a whole lot better than the team that was 1-4 just three weeks ago.    Never was that more apparent than on Saturday when the Cardinals turned heads around Mercer County by stunning Lawrenceville Prep School, 6-2.    The Cardinals fell in a…

  • Nicholas A. Frascella

       AKRON, Ohio — Nicholas A. Frascella, 85, died April 9.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Akron 60 years.    He retired after more than 40 years as a supervisor for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.    He was a member of St. Martha’s Catholic Church.    He graduated in 1938 from the College of Wooster, where he…