Category: archives

  • RETROSPECTIVE: Jamesburg-Monroe

       10 Years Ago     As a student at the American Boychoir School in Princeton, Monroe resident Brendan Houle did his share of Christmas caroling this holiday season. Last week alone, the 11-year-old sang in Hoboken, Trenton, New York, New Brunswick and Rahway, and three times in Princeton. While on tour he sang many seasonal songs,…

  • Dilemma? What Dilemma?

    ‘Tis the season to celebrate family and to share traditions By: Hilary Parker    When Mary Borchers was a little girl, she would wake up early on Christmas morning and sit on the stairs excitedly with her brother and two sisters. They could barely sit still as they waited for their parents to give them the…

  • Little Tigers survive Monroe for first win

    By: Rich Fisher    With the Monroe and Princeton High basketball teams both coming off tough opening-night losses, each side felt Monday night provided the perfect opportunity to gain that all-important first win of the season.    The Falcons were recovering from a 64-19 loss to Colonia, which could be one of the top teams in the…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 23

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 23 Fight speech with speech To the editor:     I want to thank the white supremacists who delivered the Aryan Alternative to our home this morning, tied in a green bow. They have provided me the perfect opportunity to teach my daughter an important lesson: that there are those with…

  • Devout but different during the holidays

    Interfaith couple blends traditions By: Kip Berman    HAMILTON — Susan Katz grew up in a very devout, Roman Catholic home, where she never missed Mass for any reason.    Martin Katz grew up in a decidedly less observant Jewish family, but became progressively more religious as he grew older.    After 20 years together, of which they…

  • Obituaries for the week of Dec. 23

    Veronica L. ‘Gidget’ Becker, Mary G. Pflieger, Dorthy S. Titzel, Gerald R. Adams, Emily K. Sears Veronica L. ‘Gidget’ Becker    HIGHTSTOWN — Veronica L. "Gidget" Becker, 49, of Hightstown died Tuesday at home.    Born in Princeton, she was a lifelong resident of Hightstown.    She was a graduate of the Burlington County Special Services High School…

  • Tulane students head for home

    A bittersweet departure for many from Princeton campus By: David Campbell    Tulane University senior Carrie Pauker is looking forward to returning to her home campus for graduation this spring, but her homecoming will be bittersweet.    Ms. Pauker, 21, and a native of West Windsor, was among the two dozen visiting Tulane undergraduates and five visiting…

  • Princeton University student accused of arson

    Dec. 16 fire was confined to an outside storage area at Holder Hall By: David Campbell    A Princeton University junior has been accused of arson in connection with a fire that occurred last week at the university’s Holder Hall quadrangle.    Robert Scott Huettig, 22, was charged Dec. 16 with one count of aggravated arson, a…

  • Man hurt in crash

    Theodore Kachel of North Brunswick is in serious condition after crashing his car into a tree last Saturday. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — A North Brunswick man was in serious condition at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick on Thursday, because of injuries sustained when he lost control of his car and hit…