Category: archives
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Florence bank robbed Wednesday
Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred at 9:19 a.m. Wednesday at the Sterling Bank on Broad Street in Florence Twp.
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Jeanette K. Grover
Jeanette Claire Kiplinger Grover, 75, of Pennington, died at home Oct. 20. Born in Canby, Minn., she graduated from Klamath Falls High School in Oregon, and studied nursing at Oregon State University. Employed by the Princeton Housing Authority from 1972 to 1989, she was a fulltime mother and homemaker. She was a bridge player, a…
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Thomas Kotarsky
MANVILLE — Thomas E. Kotarsky, 69, died Oct. 21 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Born in Elizabeth, Mr. Kotarsky resided in Manville for the past 56 years. He served in the National Guard during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Mr. Kotarsky was a design draftsman for over 45 years. He began his career with Diehls…
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Borough council changes Minute Maid zoning
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWNThe Borough Council, as expected, has unanimously authorized the rezoning of the former Minute Maid site on Mercer Street from an industrial zone to a highway/commercial zone. The action Monday night came despite the fact that the new owners of the property filed a formal complaint over the change with…
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Alfred N. Meiss
CRANBURY Alfred N. Meiss, 90, died Sept. 30 at Haven Hospice in Edison, of congestive heart failure. Born in Philadelphia, he grew up in Laurel Springs, and spent the past 57 years in Cranbury. In the early 1960s, he was active in local environmental planning and was instrumental in establishing Cranbury’s first planning board,…
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Florence bank robbed Wednesday
Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred at 9:19 a.m. Wednesday at the Sterling Bank on Broad Street in Florence Twp. Police released these surveillance pictures of the robbery.
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Police seeking man following assault on woman
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH — Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a female victim in the wooded area between the Amwell Center strip mall and Bloomingdale Drive between 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Oct. 18. According to police, the victim reported that the man pushed her to the ground…
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Hillsborough joins Millstone Valley preservation effort
by Audrey Levine Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH — The 27.5 miles of historic land along the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway will be better preserved through a new Corridor Management Plan, which the Township Committee unanimously pledged participation in through a resolution approved Oct. 14. According to Liz Palius, president of the Millstone Valley Preservation Coalition, several…
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Mark Christopher Sisack
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP Mark Christopher Sisack, 42, died Oct. 13 at his home. Born in Trenton and a lifelong area resident, he had previously worked as an environmental technician for the G.E. Space Center and more recently was the owner of Optimum Heating & Air Conditioning. He was a graduate of Hightstown High School and…
