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  • Climber has high hopes

    Local man plans to climb world’s tallest mountains By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — There is no feat too big for Thomas Guerriero, not even Mount Everest.    The 30-year-old Monroe resident plans to climb Mount Everest — and six other mountains — as part of his lofty endeavor to scale the highest summit on each of…

  • Phyllis Blatt

       Phyllis Blatt, 73, of Monroe, died Sunday, Jan. 7, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Ms. Blatt was born in New York City. She lived in Westbury, Long Island, N.Y., and Somerset prior to moving to Monroe two years ago. Ms. Blatt was an administrative assistant at Rutgers University Mental Health Center…

  • PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: Decision time: right or wrong?

    Recent losses of New York NFL teams in playoffs could tell more about life By: Arnold Bornstein    If you’re a fan of the New York Jets or Giants, and you had hopes of seeing either team make it to the Super Bowl, your dream was smashed in the playoffs’ opening round.    But it might also…

  • Elizabeth Kutch

       Elizabeth Kutch, 82, of Cranbury, died Sunday, Jan. 14, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Hatfield, Mass., she lived in Cranbury since she was 4 years old. She grew up on a farm where Rossmoor is currently located. Ms. Kutch formerly worked for the state of New Jersey, Department of Corrections,…

  • MHS fencers happy with early progress

    Heath, Sokel leading first team By: Bob Nuse    Brendan Heath and Jason Sokel have been fencing together for a long time.    The two started taking lessons in the same class seven years ago, and this year are part of Montgomery High’s first varsity team. Both would like to have more time to fence with MHS,…

  • Norman Rosenberg

       Norman Kent Rosenberg, 65, of Monroe, died Saturday, Jan. 13, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    He was born in Queens, N.Y., to Benjamin and Shirley (Schwartz) Rosenberg on Dec. 22, 1941, and lived in East Brunswick before moving to Monroe. He was a graduate of Forest Hills High School in New York…

  • Alice Swiatocka

       Alice M. (Pasternak) Swiatocka, 89, of Monroe, died Monday, Jan. 8, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Laurel, N.Y., Ms. Swiatocka lived in Jamesburg before moving to Monroe in 1951. She was employed for 20 years as a machine operator for Kimberly Clark Co., Spotswood, retiring in 1959.    Her husband, John, died…

  • Town eyes budget work

    Property revaluation’s impact on spending plan will be key By: Lacey Korevec    Township officials say the municipal tax rate won’t increase this year, and may even go down. However, they won’t know for sure until they find out the results of a townshipwide property revaluation next week.    The committee will hold an open meeting at…

  • Goeke fitting in fine

    Forward aids PHS hockey By: Justin Feil    Jeff Goeke does not look much like Sam Finnell, but the Princeton High School forward has followed quite nicely in Finnell’s footsteps.    In Goeke, the Little Tigers boys’ ice hockey team has found a forward that can do all the little things to fill in the line that…