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  • Volunteers needed to assist Hispanic taxpayers with IRS forms

    By: Courtney Gross    A TaxAide program sponsored by the AARP, the Princeton Latin American Task Force and the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund is looking for bilingual volunteers to assist Princeton-area residents with their taxes next year.    Maria Juega of LALDEF said the program, serving roughly 100 households in the Princeton community, provides…

  • Borough Council introduces ordinance to raise water/sewer rate

    By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — The average homeowner will pay $126 more a year for water and sewer service if the Borough Council adopts an ordinance it introduced at a special meeting Thursday night.    A public hearing is scheduled for Dec. 27. Introduction of the measure came 10 days after the council voted 4-2 against…

  • 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…