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  • Important news for wearers of soft lenses

    Whether this recent outbreak of infections is caused by a new strain of fusarium, or is the result of other factors, is also under investigation by the CDC By: Andrew Lipka, M.D., in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    If you are one of the more than 30 million Americans who wear soft contact lenses, you…

  • Obituaries

    For the week of May 19 Anita M. Feldman    HIGHTSTOWN — Anita M. (Nuzzi) Feldman, 79, died Saturday at home.    Born in Hoboken, Ms. Feldman was a longtime resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Skillman, and had been a Hightstown resident for about seven years.    Ms. Feldman was the vice president of Midlantic Container Co. of…

  • Community Calendar

    For the week of May 18 Scrapbook workshop    Friday, May 19 — Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Crosswicks Road, Bordentown, will host a scrapbooking workshop from 7:30 p.m. to midnight. There is a cost. Contact Kristin Murray at 291-8234 with questions and to register. Beef and Beer    Friday, May 19 — The Beef and Beer fundraiser…

  • Rt. 33 review on tap

    Master Plan panel may take over By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — A report on proposals for the future development of Route 33 could go to the Master Plan Committee in the next few weeks, Township Engineer Ernie Feist said Tuesday.    Mr. Feist, who was appointed to head the mayor’s Route 33 Task Force following the…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 19

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 19 Many participate in recycling event To the editor:     On Saturday, May 13, the Princeton Environmental Commission (a joint borough and township body) and the Princeton Township Public Works Department held a very successful electronic and computer collection and document shredding event. Over 200 township and borough residents came…

  • MCT upset run ends for North

    Knights softball falls to Steinert By: Bob Nuse    The run through the Mercer County Tournament finally came to end for the West Windsor-Plainsboro North softball team on Tuesday night.    After posting a pair of wins — including an upset of top-seeded Allentown in the quarterfinals — the Knights were eliminated with a 5-0 loss to…

  • False alarm clampdown

    Cranbury Fire Company struggles against flood of calls By: Jessica Beym    Every time his pager for the Cranbury Fire Company goes off, Charlie Smith, a volunteer firefighter and self-employed plumber, stops what he’s doing and races to the firehouse on South Main Street.    And every time the fire company gets a call from one of…

  • OBITUARIES, May 19, 2006

    Mary Ritts, Evelyn D. Moore, Margaret Marcino, Robert A. Winters Mary Ritts Puppeteer, TV personality     PASADENA, Calif. — Mary Donnelly Ritts died Sunday, a month before her 96th birthday.    She and her husband moved to Princeton in 1959 where they were longtime residents. In 1998, she moved to a retirement community in Pasadena.    She…

  • Monroe falls in GMCT

    By: Ken Weingartner    Jarred Jimenez wasn’t happy about the Monroe High baseball team losing its Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament game Wednesday 10-2 to St. Joe’s at South Brunswick’s Sondek Park.    But the Falcon senior wasn’t entirely discouraged, either. And as Monroe looks ahead to the state tourney, that’s a good thing.    "We definitely can do…