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  • 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
  • Births

       A baby boy was born on Jan. 20 to Tracy Azinge and Franco Roberts, of Monmouth Junction, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. * * *    A baby boy was born on Jan. 21 to Ahobali and Mukkala and Navin Swaroop, of Monmouth Junction, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. * * *…