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  • Local vote tallies mirror nationwide trends

    Local vote tallies mirror nationwide trends

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    Area voters came out in force for Tuesday’s primary election, with a large number of coveted independent votes ending up in the Democratic column.    And results in East Windsor and Hightstown mirrored the nationwide trends, with Arizona Sen. John McCain taking the most Republican votes and New York Sen. Hillary…

  • John Robert Hopkins

       HAMILTON — John Robert (Hoppy) Hopkins, 86, died Monday at his home.    Born in Lawrenceville, Mr. Hopkins moved to Mercerville in 1951 and was retired from General Electric/Trane Co., with 37 years of service.    He was an Army Air Corps veteran, and a member of the North Trenton American Legion Post 458, their Booster Club,…

  • John DeHart

       John E. DeHart, 87, died Saturday, Feb. 2, at home.    He was born in Belle Mead, where he worked as a dairy farmer for most of his life. Prior to retiring, he as employed by American Hoechst, Bridgewater, where he worked for 15 years. He has been a resident of Monroe for the last seven…

  • Craft and vendor fair

       Music Boosters will sponsor Hightstown High School’s second annual Craft and Vendor Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9 at Hightstown High School, 25 Leshin Lane, Hightstown.    All crafters and vendors are welcome. The cost per 6-foot table is $35, or $45 for two tables. There also will be a silent…

  • Local man pleads guilty to defrauding 9/11 fund

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    An East Windsor man has pleaded guilty to defrauding the September 11th Fund of more than $1 million.    Painter Mario Mastellone, 41, was charged with illegally obtaining public money and entered his guilty plea Jan. 31 before a federal judge in the District Court of New York in Manhattan, according…

  • ‘Watch dogs’ chase away messy geese

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Manville’s taking a watch-dog approach to the messiest of avian intruders — Canada geese — infiltrating the high school football and soccer fields.    Though the geese have often used the fields for nesting in the past, some dog-shaped plywood cutouts placed by the district have been helping to keep the…

  • Orren Jack Turner

    Photographer     Orren Jack Turner of Princeton died Wednesday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 88.    Born and raised in Princeton, he was a lifelong Princeton resident.    A master photographer, he was past president of the Professional Photographers Association of New Jersey, a member of the American Society of Photographers, and the…

  • Fun at the Monroe Library
  • Fun at the Monroe Library