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  • Dolores Castagna

       Dolores Castagna, 76, of Trenton died Sunday in the Chandler Hall Hospice, Newtown, Pa.    Born in New York City, she was retired from Educational Testing Service, Princeton, after many years of service.    Mrs. Castagna also was member of the Columbiettes at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Hopewell.    Daughter of the late Anthony and Julia Giangone, she…

  • Follow pain with overhaul of tax system

    Editorial    Gov. Jon Corzine’s $30.9 billion state budget offers little to smile about.    The spending plan includes a healthy dose of tax increases — $2-plus billion, including a penny increase in the sales tax — and spending cuts designed to plug what is now a more than $4.5 billion hole.    And there’s plenty of pain…

  • Distinct personalities mark mayoral primary

    Sikorski and Sarafin to face off Tuesday By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — There may be one overriding issue in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election for mayor — outsourcing borough services — but there are two very distinct personalities.    Councilman Walter Sikorski is a retired teacher who often waits until his colleagues have finished debating an issue…

  • Minute Maid sale finally gets done

    Tract, key to borough, fetches $8.5M By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The former Minute Maid property on Mercer Street, one of only two significant tracts of developable land in the borough, has been sold for $8.5 million.    But little is known about the parties who made the purchase or their plans for the 37-acre tract,…

  • Positive outlook is key to surviving cancer

    The risk of developing cancer and the risk of dying from it have decreased since the early 1990s … Much of the reduction is credited to a decline in tobacco use, which is blamed for one-third of cancer deaths By: Doreen Babott, M.D., in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    Francis Foy recalled his initial thoughts…

  • Caliper executives’ book seeks out source of achievers’ success

    Authors of "Succeed on Your Own Terms" explain results of interviews with 50 successful people By: Jake Uitti    PLAINSBORO — What makes top achievers so successful?    This is the question Herb Greenberg and Patrick Sweeney, co-authors of the newly issued book "Succeed On Your Own Terms," published by McGraw-Hill, tackled through interviews with more than…

  • Standards show in MHS disappointment

    Cougars baseball falls in sectional semifinals By: Bob Nuse    This year, the run through the North Jersey, Section 2 Group III baseball tournament ended in the semifinals for Montgomery High.    The fact that the Cougars left Tuesday’s 8-5 loss to Morristown feeling disappointed shows just how far the program has come.    "We’re at the point…

  • Quark Park art and science garden project begins to gain energy

    Twelve exhibits of scientist-artist teams, to be located at former Writers Block site, focus of fundraiser tonight By: Hilary Parker    The vacant lot behind the Hulfish Street parking garage will take on a new incarnation this summer as Quark Park, an outdoor sculpture garden featuring 12 exhibitions from scientist-artist teams.    The brainchild of Kevin Wilkes,…

  • Taxi boss shares his fare-y tales

    ‘Whenever the meter starts to run, you never know what could happen’ By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — In his cabs, Charles Cohen collects fares and plenty of bizarre stories.    "Whenever the meter starts to run, you never know what could happen," the owner of C&C Taxis said.    Most of the weird stuff happens after…