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  • Richard E. Case

       Richard E. Case, of Pennington, died May 24 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Newtown, Pa.    Born in Lambertville on Feb. 22, 1925, he was the son of the late Ernest and Winifred Case.    Raised in Lambertville, where he attended public schools, he graduated from Lambertville High School and went right into the service. After coming…

  • Jean Mokros

       Jean Mokros, 75, died Saturday at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton.    Born in Trenton, Mrs. Mokros had been a resident of Hopewell since 1952. She was employed by Mobil Research Federal Credit Union for many years and most recently, prior to her retirement, worked for Patient Market Group, Inc. She…

  • Emily Young

    Granddaughter lives in West Windsor     HIGHTSTOWN — Emily Young died May 22 at home in Meadow Lakes of congestive heart failure. She was 90.    Born in Wilmington, Del., she remained in the New York City area from the time her parents settled in Brooklyn to when she moved to New Jersey in 2002.    She…

  • School district eyes alert-system upgrade

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional School District may have found a way to get more “Connect-Ed” to the community.    Superintendent Ron Bolandi said at the May 12 school board meeting that the district is in need of a public outreach upgrade to replace the currently “ineffective system.”    The…

  • Borough plans no changes to farm animal ordinance

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — A new law restricting the keeping of chickens and other farm animals in the borough will remain as is, despite recent comments from both a borough councilman and a local resident with a controversial coop.    That was the word this week from Borough Administrator Candace Gallagher following a…

  • Gail Gadekar-Bloxom

    Former West Windsor resident     NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — Gail Gadekar-Bloxom died May 22. She was 45.    Born in Suffern, N.Y., she formerly resided in West Windsor and graduated from West Windsor Plainsboro High School and Mercer County Community College.    Moving to Newfoundland, Pa., in 2000, she managed the Waterford Wedgwood store in Tannersville.    An avid…

  • Margaret E. Policare

       Margaret E. Policare, 90, formerly of Bordentown, died May 16 at Pembrooke Nursing Home in West Chester, Pa.    Born in Pennsylvania, she moved to Bordentown Township in 1957 and to Rhode Island in 1989.    She worked in customer service for McGraw-Hill Companies in East Windsor for many years. She enjoyed knitting & crocheting.    Daughter of…

  • Restored aid is little help

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Officials in Cranbury and Jamesburg say taxpayers won’t see much impact from the governor’s plan to restore some state aid to towns with smaller populations.    Tom Vincz, spokesman for the state Treasury Department, said that for municipalities with a population of less than 10,000, 25 percent of what was expected…

  • County issues rabies advisory

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    MONROE — The Middlesex County Public Health Department issued a rabies advisory on Tuesday after a skunk found in Monroe tested positive for the virus.    The skunk was found in the vicinity of Linwood Drive and Cranbury Station Road. It’s the fifth rabid animal reported in Middlesex County this year.…