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  • John J. Bernard

       John J. Bernard, 81, of Titusville, died Sunday at St. Frances Medical Center in Trenton.    A former resident of Brick, he had been a Titusville resident since 1993.    Born in New York City, he was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy as a radarman 3rd Class on the USS Burleigh until…

  • Virginia C. Fort

       Virginia C. Fort, 69, of Columbus, died Friday at home.    Born and raised in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident, having raised her family in Pennington before moving to Columbus in 1999. Mrs. Fort spent her entire career in the nursing profession. She graduated from Helene Fuld Nursing School in 1958 and was employed…

  • Kreps principal looks forward to second-year challenges

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — Avis Leverett isn’t one to stand in the spotlight. And as her first year as Melvin H. Kreps Middle School principal comes to a close, she remains committed to reserving that attention for her students.    ”They are the focal point,” Ms. Leverett said. “As principal, I’m…

  • George B. Brecht

       EAST WINDSOR — George B. Brecht, 72, died Saturday at home.    Born in Trenton, he was educated in public school there until the age of 14, when he gained employment with Brauigar News for 22 years.    Services will be held 11 a.m. today at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 21 Rev. William L. Powell Drive, Hightstown.…

  • Cranbury to conduct warehouse survey

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The township is conducting a survey of its warehouse district in an effort to gather data that would refute the Council on Affordable Housing’s findings concerning jobs and warehouse ratios.    The survey is in response to the revised third round rules that COAH. The rules were handed down…

  • Carmen J. Fragoso

    Teacher     MONTGOMERY — Carmen Julia Fragoso died Thursday at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark. She was 51.    Born and raised in New York City, she lived in North Bergen, Ohio, Florida and Michigan before moving to Hillsborough in 1984 and finally the Belle Mead section of Montgomery in 1991.    She was a substitute…

  • Location key when it comes to determining gas prices

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The price of gas on a given day can be difficult to gauge, especially given that prices often fluctuate wildly from station to station, even when they are less than a mile a part.    The phenomenon is due to an oil refinery practice called zone pricing — when oil companies…

  • Angelica (Quinones) Mercado

       Angelica (Quinones) Mercado, 67, died Thursday, June 5, at her home in Monroe.    Ms. Mercado was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, came to the United States, and settled in the Bronx, N.Y., where she lived for many years before moving to Monroe in 1970. She was a confidential secretary for the administrative offices of Monroe…

  • Plumsted budget would keep tax rate level

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The Township Committee has introduced its 2008 municipal budget, which will reduce spending and draw from the surplus to keep the tax rate the same as last year’s.    At a rate of 9 cents per $100 of assessed value, the owner of a home assessed at the township…