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  • Irene May Laird Pankevich

       Irene May Laird Pankevich, 85, died Thursday, July 20 in Carlisle Regional Medical Center.    She was the widow of Constantine V. Pankevich, Jr. and daughter of the late John Rue and Ada G. Laird. Irene was born at home on 118 Witherspoon Street, Princeton in 1921. In 1939 she married Con Pankevich of Cranbury and…

  • West Windsor to offer emergency response training

    By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — The Police Department is accepting applications for the Community Emergency Response Team III Class that will begin Sept. 25.    The CERT program is designed to train citizens to be better prepared for emergency situations, police said.    CERT members assist first-responders in the community should a disaster occur by helping…

  • Condo maintenance dispute continues

    Rossmoor residents continue battle By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — Some Rossmoor residents say a dispute over new rules that shifted the responsibility for repairs and maintenance from the condominium associations to the homeowners has yet to be completely reconciled.    In 2003, 13 of Rossmoor’s 15 condominium associations voted to adopt the updated bylaws prepared by…

  • Dolores A. Bilbao

       Dolores A. Dingler Bilbao, 77, of Cranbury, died Thursday, July 20 at the University Medical Center of Princeton.    Ms. Bilbao was born in Perth Amboy and had lived in Hopelawn, Allentown and Monroe before moving to Cranbury in 2005.    She was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence Bilbao, in 1993.    She is survived by her daughter,…

  • ‘A place for friends’ on Internet has policy concerned, youth busy

    Special report: Cops and kids on MySpace.com By: Cara Latham    HIGHTSTOWN — The first thing Hightstown High School junior Morgan Kaminsky, 16, does when she gets home from school is go online and log onto MySpace.com.    "I have about 600 friends," she said, adding that some of the users on her "friends" list are other…

  • Menacing page prompts probe

    Special report: Cops and kids on MySpace.com By: Cara Latham    "Kill the people of Hightstown High School."    That group name, particularly chilling in the post-Columbine High School age, was easily found during a recent search of MySpace.com by a Herald reporter.    The profile of the group, which has three members, comes complete with a naked…

  • Taking a ‘Night Out’ of crime

    Monroe joins national event By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE —The Monroe Township Police Department and emergency services are throwing drugs and crime a going away party.    Residents are invited to attend the township’s first celebration of National Night Out, which will be held Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Thompson Park.    National Night Out is…

  • Tierney, U.S. lax come up just short of goal

    Canada posts upset at Worlds By: Justin Feil    Trevor Tierney did not want to be part of this piece of history.    The Princeton University graduate has played on championship teams at every level, so being the first United States team to lose a World Championship in 28 years wasn’t something he anticipated.    "It makes me…

  • East Windsor transportation study proposes improvements

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council has unveiled a transportation study Mayor Janice Mironov says will guide the municipality through the coming years of growth and additional demand sure to be placed on the community’s roads.    The study cites proposed improvements with an estimated cost of $13 million.    Funded through a $65,000…