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  • Marguerite C. Lee

       Marguerite C. (Smock) Lee, 88, died Wednesday, May 17, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Maplewood, she lived in Spotswood and then Jamesburg for 20 years, moving to Monroe in 1963.    She was a longtime members of the First Baptist Church of Jamesburg and the Ladies Christian Fellowship, and she was a…

  • Memorial Day parade to fete career military officers

    Carrying out the theme of honoring retired career military officers, the Memorial Day parade’s four grand marshals represent the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Air Force. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Retired career military officers will be honored Saturday when the annual Memorial Day parade steps off promptly at 10…

  • Expansion of Lawrence-Hopewell Trail draws support

    Township officials held the public hearing on the plan to build a 900-foot-long segment of the trail in order to comply with a request of the state Department of environmental Protection’s Green Acres Program. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    A plan to build another leg of the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail through a wooded area at the edge…

  • Progress reported on Montgomery’s planned veterans memorial

    A goal of completing project for Memorial Day 2007 By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Veterans Memorial Committee is making progress toward its goal of building a memorial to honor residents who have served in the armed forces and Merchant Marine during times of war.    "We are pleased to announce this Memorial Day week…

  • Towns hosting Memorial Day events over holiday weekend

    Princeton and West Windsor plan parades    Area communities are planning a variety of events to commemorate the Memorial Day weekend. Princeton    The annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony will be held in Princeton Borough starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.    The parade will travel down Nassau Street from Princeton Avenue to the Princeton Battle Monument at…

  • Bunn Drive condo proposal again opposed at hearing

    Applicant maintains 96-unit project will help meet shortage of age-restricted housing By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment hearings on a controversial proposal to build 96 age-restricted condominiums on 14.1 acres off Bunn Drive continued Wednesday but a verdict on the application will likely not be made for at least two more meetings,…

  • Student pay-to-play idea may be dead issue

    Superintendent: ‘Why do you want to upset the whole community over something that’s never going to go forward?’ By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — The discussion of school board member Bob Laverty’s idea to require students to pay to play sports and participate in other extracurricular activities might be over before it officially began.    "I didn’t…

  • Hearing on proposal for Gulick House site continued to July 19

    The proposal calls for a 150-bed, 100,924-square-foot, assisted-living facility on the property on the corner of Route 206 and Province Line Road. By:Audrey Levine Staff Writer    The controversial assisted-living facility proposed at the historic William Gulick House site may be reduced in size, said Steven Rother, attorney for the applicant CareOne LLC and 3641 Lawrenceville…

  • D&R Canal bird walks set for June 4

       A guided bird walk along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in the vicinity of Lake Carnegie will be held Sunday, June 4, beginning at 8 a.m.    Leader Lynn Hunt has selected this 3.2-mile round-trip route for the variety of habitats — woods, open lakeshore, marsh and scrub.    Participants are invited to meet at Turning Basin…