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  • Bettie C. Schrader, 92,

    longtime resident of Princeton, died on January 4, 2009 in Philadelphia. She grew up in Columbus, OH and received her undergraduate degree from Ohio State University in 1938 as well as a Masters in Political Science in 1940. In 1940 she married W. Benton Schrader; they moved to Princeton in 1949 where he was a…

  • Audrey Bell Boerckel

       Audrey Bell Boerckel, 85, of Titusville, died at home on Jan. 2.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she moved to Valley Stream, N.Y., when she was 3. She graduated from Valley Stream Central High School in 1942. She was valedictorian of her class. She then attended the Berkley Secretarial School in New York City and remained…

  • Hopewell Township: Kudos on dealing with COAH

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    There is almost no open land left in Pennington or Hopewell Borough — not much room for affordable housing or anything else.    Both boroughs are less than 1 square mile in size. Hopewell Township, though, is about 58 square miles in size, and much of it is open…

  • Professional Dog Trainer Hopeful Marley & Me

    Professional Dog Trainer Hopeful Marley & Me

    ‘Make Sit Happen’ Dog Obedience participants in ‘Dog About Town’ training class @ Ann Van Middlesworth Park, Hillsborough

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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Pair charged with car break-ins

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Michael Flanagan, 23, of Merritt Drive and Andrew England, 19, of Millstone River Road, have been charged in connection to a series of car burglaries, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest announced Friday.    The two men were charged with third-degree conspiracy, third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, three counts of third-degree criminal mischief…

  • Dorothy Varney Niece

       Dorothy Varney Niece, 84, died Jan. 2 at the Fairview Care Center, Chestnut Hill, Pa.    Born in Hempstead, N.Y., she lived in Titusville for 52 years.    Mrs. Niece was an elder and active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Titusville and was organist there from 1956 to 2007. She was also treasurer of the…

  • CRANBURY: Blaze damages house

    CRANBURY: Blaze damages house

       Firefighters from three counties battled a fully involved house fire in Cranbury earlier today on Hightstown-Cranbury Station Road, according to NJFirefighters.com.    Check back to centraljersey.com for more information.

  • CRANBURY: Blaze damages house

    CRANBURY: Blaze damages house

    Photo by Dennis Symons Jr. (courtesy of www.njfirefighters.com) Firefighters battle an afternoon blaze on Hightstown-Cranbury Station Road in Cranbury.