By Anne Levin Publishing from 1882 until ceasing print issues last February, the Trenton Times was a major source of news in the capital city. Seventy-five of those years — from about 1950 until 2025 — are the focus of a photo archive that was acquired by Princeton University Library earlier this year. Some 80,000 images are part of this massive collection, many of which have digital ...

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She wrote a regular column on education for the Op/Ed page of the Trenton Times, and she was also a columnist for the Gannett News Service, the Parent Resource Center of SmarterKids (later Learning Star Corporation), “Tap into the Experts,” an Allyn & Bacon website, and “Intellectual Capital,” an online magazine. Her maternal grandfather, Judge James Kerney, was publisher of the Trenton Times Newspapers. She attended Miss Fine’s School and graduated from Vassar College in 1952, before attending graduate school. Obituaries 11/12/2025 Fleur Elizabeth Varney Chandler (1933-2025) Fleur Elizabeth Varney Chandler, aged 92, passed away peacefully at Pennswood Village, in Newtown, PA, where she and her husband of 70 years, Dr.

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James John (“Jay”) Chandler, lived since 2016, following 50 years as residents of Princeton, NJ. Obituaries 6/15/16 Lee Edward Baier Lee Edward Baier, 78, of Franklin Township, died Friday, in the company of his loving family. Born in Auburn, N.Y., he resided in Monmouth Junction for almost 20 years before moving to Franklin Township in 1996. Mr. Obituaries 2/25/2026 Wolfgang F.

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Danspeckgruber Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber, the founding director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) at Princeton University, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, , at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Wolfgang was born in Linz, Austria. By Anne Levin Just a week after attending the packed opening of an exhibit honoring his 90th birthday at Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum, artist Mel Leipzig died in his sleep on Saturday morning, November 1. The Brooklyn-born painter was known for realist portraits of people from many walks of life. He was a professor of fine art and art history at Mercer County Community College from 1968 ...

Obituaries 10/29/2025 Galina Prilutskaya – Galina Prilutskaya (Kaplan), 70, passed away at her home in Princeton, NJ, on . She was an accomplished classical pianist, devoted teacher, and mentor to her students, and beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.