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  • William Weimer Baker

        William Weimer Baker, 81, died Sunday, Oct. 26.    He was born April 1, 1927 to the late William H. and Maude (Weimer) Baker, in Deans. Mr. Baker graduated from Jamesburg High School in 1944 and continued his schooling at the Peddie School in Lawrenceville. He attended Rutgers University as an engineering student after serving in…

  • John R. Hughes

    FIELDSBORO — John R. Hughes, 49, died Saturday at home surrounded by his family.     Born in Trenton, John he raised in Chambersburg and lived in Fieldsboro for the last nine years. He was a senior computer services technician for The Hun School of Princeton. He enjoyed tinkering with computers and woodworking.     He is…

  • Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    South Brunswick residents will head to the polls on Tuesday and cast ballots for candidates on the local, county, state and national level.    Polls will open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. throughout the township. Anyone on line at a polling place before 8 p.m. will be allowed…

  • Fire destroys Rossmoor homes

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — Emergency crews from around the area responded to a fire that damaged a four-unit building at Rossmoor during the early hours of Wednesday morning.    Along with Monroe firefighters and police, emergency crews from Plainsboro, Jamesburg, Cranbury and Hightstown rushed to the scene, at about 2 a.m., after one…

  • Police blotter

       Maureen Sullivan-Willis, 55, of Bluebird Drive, was charged with driving while intoxicated and careless driving after police stopped her for nearly striking the curb on Amwell Road at 11:44 p.m. Oct. 19.    Ms. Sullivan-Willis was taken into custody after she failed field sobriety tests, police said. At police headquarters, she was found to have a…

  • Gay-Straight group publicly thanks supporters following slur incident

    By Geoffrey Wertime and Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writers    ROBBINSVILLE — A five-person contingent of the high school’s Gay-Straight Alliance has thanked the board and the community for their support over the last several weeks.    Juniors Laura Sanders, Laura Williams, Emily Rivers, Caitlin Kerka and senior Mike Landolfi drew applause after reading a statement from the…

  • Edna Keris Kalinowski

    HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Edna Keris Kalinowski, 85, died Saturday in the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.     Born in Trenton and a lifelong area resident, she was a retired nurse technician employed in the maternity ward at St. Francis Medical Center. She had received many awards for her excellent performance done in the…

  • AHS boys’ soccer team clinches spot in states

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     If there’s anyone on the Allentown High boys’ soccer team that had a feel for what the opposing goalie was thinking during a shootout, Bob Dubina figured it would be Connor Darrell.     Darrell scored the go-ahead goal in a shootout on Saturday and then made the clinching save…

  • Beech Woods Park should be closed

    Frank Chrinko, Kendall Park    the ghoulishly gruesome discovery of dead bodies buried in Beech Woods Park is truly a tragic event. How could this have happened in our normally bucolic town?    The family that suffered in this instance goes far beyond the parents who were murdered, their son and his girlfriend. All of South Brunswick…