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  • Tragedy strikes

    Monroe man dies in tree accident By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — A 28-year-old Monroe man died Tuesday after a tree fell on him while he was working on Woodland Road, police said.    Jerrold Love of Buckelew Avenue was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:38 p.m. after a tree he was removing with his father…

  • Tuesday Monorah lighting set by Palmer Square

    By: Courtney Gross    Palmer Square will host a menorah lighting and Hanukkah celebration Tuesday at the North Plaza on Hulfish Street beginning at 5 p.m.    The ceremony will include guest speakers David Newton, vice president of Palmer Square Management; Dovid Dubov of Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Mercer County; and Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchard.    Music…

  • Carving a Name

    Woodworkers from Bucks County and beyond go against the grain in a juried show at New Hope Arts Center. By: Jillian Kalonick    The ketchup packets in "The Kneeler" keep mysteriously disappearing.    Andrew Wilkinson’s intricately crafted piece, which is on view as part of the national juried exhibition Works in Wood at New Hope Arts Center,…

  • Falcons display strong work ethic

    By: Ron Parent    One might think that going through a 1-18 season in a coaching debut and returning to the same competitive division the very next year would drag anyone’s spirits down.    But in spite of such things, Monroe Township High School girls basketball coach Leigh Vogtman says she comes to work each day with…

  • Ralph Lantier

       Ralph J. Lantier, 86, of Monroe, died Thursday, Dec. 7, at his home.    Born and raised in LaFargeville, N.Y., Mr. Lantier moved to Monroe Township 45 years ago. He was employed as a machine operator for over 30 years by the Nestle Co., Freehold, retiring in 1980. Previously, when Mr. Lantier was a resident of…

  • Families gather, remember during 8 days of Hanukkah

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Hanukkah is not the most important of holidays on the Jewish calendar but certainly one of the most exciting for Ben Genek and his family.    It’s a time when the family shares in all the events of the celebration that begins today at sundown. Hanging dreidels, menorahs, and Hanukkah…

  • Edith Elzer

       Edith (Anderson) Elzer, 86, of Monroe died Tuesday, Dec. 5, at home.    Born in Staten Island, N.Y., she lived in Staten Island and Plainfield before moving to Rossmoor in 1986. Up until 1998, she was a winter resident of Largo, Fla. She was a member of the Community Church, the Women’s Guild, and the 9…

  • Geneva Brown

       Geneva (Odell) Brown, 88, of Monroe, died Sunday, Dec. 10, at her home.    Born in Jamesburg to Pauline and Edgar Odell, Ms. Brown lived most of her life in Jamesburg before moving to Rossmoor in 1991. She was employed by New Jersey Bell Telephone as an operator in Jamesburg and was voted "Miss Voice with…

  • Whitman is tested during visit to West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

    Students have chance to ask former governor and EPA administrator some tough questions By: Molly Petrilla    West Windsor-Plainsboro students had the chance to ask the former governor of New Jersey some tough questions Thursday morning when she visited High School South.    Christine Todd Whitman — who served as governor from 1993 to 2001 and headed…