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Little Spring mourns principal killed in car crash

Students and faculty at Markham Place Middle School in Little Silver mourned the loss of their principal, who died Tuesday morning in a car crash. Don Merce, 58, was the school?s principal for nearly

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May 6, 2008, 10:43 PM

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