Category: archives

  • Book Notes

    Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish By: Joan Ruddiman    A story from 2006 will long be remembered not just for the horror, but also for what came after.    A crazy man took Amish girls hostage in their one-room schoolhouse and attempted to assassinate them all before he killed himself. The story was too…

  • Cecelia Laszlo

       Cecelia Laszlo, 85, of Monmouth Junction, died Thursday, Dec. 21, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Monmouth Junction, she was a lifelong area resident. Ms. Laszlo was a member of Grange and American Legion Post 401.    Her husband, Stephen Laszlo Sr., and son, Stephen Laszlo Jr., are deceased. She is survived by…

  • 2006 in review

    Bordentown City made major repairs this year By: Cara Latham    BORDENTOWN CITY — This year was marked by reconstruction and infrastructure repair in the city, including the completion of a project to replace the deteriorated retaining wall along the Conrail railroad tracks from Farnsworth Avenue through Second Street.    An $800,000 grant from the state Department…

  • Towns getting ready to tackle the coming year

    By: Purvi Desai    Town governments have the chance to start anew with reorganization meetings next week, and around the area, newly reorganized governments hope to preserve more land, stabilize taxes and control growth.    Three municipalities may choose new mayors — the Millstone, Upper Freehold and Plumsted township committees can appoint someone new to satisfy the…

  • NAMI fundraiser scheduled for Jan. 7 at TCNJ

    For tickets, call 799-8994 or visit www.namimercer.org By John Dunphy    "(H)erded like cattle and treated with less concern" was the fate bestowed on the mentally ill of the 1800s as they were warehoused in asylums "pervaded by a fetid odor so heavy, so nauseating, that the stench seemed to have almost a physical existence of…

  • YEAR IN IMAGES

    Celebrating the best and most improtant photographs from 2006 — in a way you’ve never seen them.

  • 2006 in review

    Mansfield wrestles with legislative issues By: Stephanie Prokop    MANSFIELD — From legislation on portable housing storage units to road repairs, to hopes of completing a new Municipal Building shortly, Mayor Arthur Puglia of Mansfield said the township has covered a lot of ground in 2006.    Optimistic about the new year, Mayor Puglia said this week…

  • ‘The opposite of ambiguous’

    Friends, family, colleagues, remember life of Roosevelt’s first female mayor By: Cara Latham    ROOSEVELT — Former Mayor Freda Hepner was scrupulously intent on having an honest government in Roosevelt — so much so that she was even ridiculed by her peers for once refusing coffee from one of the borough’s vendors.    Ms. Hepner, who died…

  • Hopewell Borough Master Plan hearing is set for Jan. 10

    Two separate plans for redevelopment on East Broad Street discussed this month By Aleen Crispino    A public hearing on the 2006 Hopewell Borough Master Plan, slated for Dec. 6, was postponed by unanimous vote of the Planning Board.    The hearing, followed by a board vote, was rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 10, when the…