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  • Malcolm Kirkpatrick

       JAMESBURG — "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away," said Marcia Kirkpatrick, as she sat at the kitchen table of her Rossmoor home Wednesday surrounded by photographs of her late husband, Malcolm.    After many years of military and public service, including a nine-year stint as the mayor of Jamesburg, Mr. Kirkpatrick, 87, died July…

  • Marion Cruger

       Marion E. Pullen Cruger, 91, of Jamesburg, died Sunday, July 30, at Old Bridge Manor, Old Bridge.    A lifelong Jamesburg resident, she was a member of the Jamesburg Presbyterian Church. Ms. Cruger attended St. Peter’s Day Care Center at the Ponds, and was an avid bingo player and baker.    Her husband, Charles, died in 1984.…

  • Goodnight, McKnight

    Dome soon gone but not forgotten By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Demolition has begun at Ethel McKnight Elementary School, and the dome-shaped edifice is expected to be just a memory by the end of August.    "They took out the asbestos over the weekend," custodian Sonny Festa said early this week. "The walls are down."…

  • Golfers shoot for cure to disease

    Jasna Polana hosts Jack Keating Memorial By: Kyle Moylan    As the operating director for the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation, it’s Kathy Heptinstall’s goal to make people aware of the disease and to find ways to raise money for research into a cure.    Heptinstall told a friend . . . and he told a friend . .…

  • Department of Homeland Security funds PU research

    An effort to enhance the ability of computers to detect communications of terrorists By: Hilary Parker    If knowledge is power, then the Department of Homeland Security is seeking to strengthen its war against terror by funding a three-year, $3 million project that will support research at a number of universities and research laboratories, including Princeton…

  • Father and son sue borough police officers

    By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — A local father and son have filed a lawsuit against four police officers and the borough, claiming the officers entered their house without a warrant and without probable cause and subsequently injured the son.    Dominick Mandarano and his father, Stephen, claim the incident occurred June 30, 2004, at their Clover…

  • Lighthearted novel has a solemn origin

    Loss inspires creation By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE —The inspiration for Harry Freund’s debut novel, "Love With Noodles: An Amorous Widower’s Tale," came more than four decades ago in Israel.    Mr. Freund, then in his early 20s, was in Sde Boker, a town north of the Negev Desert, visiting family friend and Israel’s first prime minister,…

  • Wild Oats store reopens after basement flood

    By: Hilary Parker    Just in time for hot pedestrians looking to buy a nice, cold drink on the north end of Nassau Street, Wild Oats Natural Marketplace officially reopened at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.    The store was "packed with loyal customers" almost immediately, said Wild Oats spokeswoman Sonja Tuitele.    Wild Oats was forced to close July…

  • West Windsor sewer rate hike approved

    Increase placed at 8.8 percent By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — The increased cost of natural gas is just one reason why West Windsor residents will see a hike in their sewer bills in 2006, Joanne R. Louth, the township’s chief financial officer, said.    At its Monday meeting, the Township Council reluctantly approved the 2006…