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  • Leonard M. Oppenheim

    Former Princeton resident     HILLSBOROUGH — Leonard M. Oppenheim, formerly of Princeton, died Wednesday in Summerville at Hillsborough Assisted Living. He was 83.    He retired from Nashua Printing in Newark in 1986.    Born in Allentown, Pa. he served in the Army Air Forces during World War II as an air traffic controller in Africa.    He…

  • John O’Connell

       John O’Connell, 82, died Monday, Oct. 1, at his home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived there until moving to Holiday Heights in Toms River in 2000.    He was a self-employed tool and die maker working from his own company, J&D Hardware Co. in Brooklyn, for 45 years retiring in 1990.    During World War II…

  • Media blitzer

    On-air and off, area man has seen, and filmed, it all By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    It was 1975 in New York City.    Dick Cunningham completed his first broadcast as anchor of the ABC radio network’s national news broadcast.    When the red back-lit “on air” sign turned off he thought to himself, “Is this all…

  • School News

       The South Brunswick High School marching band opened its competitive season in Piscataway, placing first in its division and winning Best Visual, Best Overall Effect and Best Color Guard.    With a score of 81.05, the band won the Mayor’s Trophy for Best Overall Band, as well as Best Overall Effect in Show and Best Color…

  • Area pantries looking for help

    Holiday drives set to begin By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer     Trying to feed a few extra relatives at the Thanksgiving dinner table can be a stressful proposition for many, but it pales in comparison to the challenge faced every year by area food kitchens as the holiday season approaches.    The First Presbyterian Church of…

  • Mary Barondess

    Daughter lives in West Windsor     SOMERSET — Mary Barondess died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Brunswick. She was 89.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was a resident of Brooklyn until moving to Regency Heritage Nursing Home in Somerset at the age of 88.    A bookkeeper, she worked in her home…

  • Frances Akerman

       Frances Akerman, 82, of Cranbury, died Tuesday, Sept. 25, at The Elms at Cranbury.    Her husband, Willard, died in 2000. She is survived by her daughter, Joy Akerman of East Brunswick.    Funeral services were private. Arrangements were by The Crabiel Home for Funerals, 170 N. Main St. at Riva Ave., Milltown.

  • Princeton Future meets Saturday

    Princeton Future meets Saturday and Kevin Wilkes has issued this invitation in the LETTERS column of Friday’s edition of The Packet: Many of us enjoy the company of our neighbors; many of us delight in the beauty of our town. Some of us lament the passing of the ages; some of us bemoan our personal…

  • Post People

       Sandra Barsoum, of Dayton, a junior at New Jersey City University, has been appointed to the New Jersey City University Board of Trustees.    A political science major who has served as sophomore class president and a Model United Nations delegate, Ms. Barsoum will serve for one year as a nonvoting member of the board and…