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  • Twin Rivers board has familiar look

    Twin Rivers residents elect two incumbents By: Kip Berman    EAST WINDSOR — Experience proved pivotal as Twin Rivers residents elected two incumbents and a former board member to their homeowners association’s board of trustees.    Current board members Herb Felzer and Scott Pohl placed first and second, respectively, in the Dec. 8 election, while Aaron Sears,…

  • Salon 33 performers check egos at the door

    Princeton resident’s house concerts recall an earlier era By: Hilary Parker    If Mozart had composed his comic one-act opera "The Impresario" in present-day Princeton, rather than in Vienna in 1786, Rob Tannen might have been his muse.    The opera tells the story of a man not unlike Mr. Tannen, who seeks to bring entertainment and…

  • Herman Von Thun

       Herman A. Von Thun, 94, of Monroe, died Monday, Dec. 12, at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in East Brunswick, Mr. Von Thun lived in South Brunswick for most of his life before moving to Monroe in 2002. Mr. Von Thun retired from Raritan Lumber Co. in East Brunswick as…

  • Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec. 16

    Smoke-free act needs approval To the editor:     There’s no filter for the truth, and the truth is secondhand smoke is killing New Jersey citizens. New Jersey needs to stop killing us, and pass the Smoke Free Air Act.    I survived a massive heart attack at age 34. Since that time I have survived numerous…

  • Showdown on Princeton Junction train station area set to begin

    West Windsor Council poised to vote on designating 350 acres as an area in need of redevelopment By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council meeting Monday is likely to be the scene of contentious debate, with Princeton Junction neighborhood residents on one side and the township administration on the other.    The council is…

  • It’s snowtime for Cranbury

    Township responds to the third snowfall of the season. By: Jessica Beym    Even though the afternoon wind blowing off Brainerd Lake was biting, it didn’t stop the crowd of local kids from flying down the nearby snow-covered Village Park hill on their sleds and snowboards.    The popular winter hangout was packed with kids last week…

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  • Know the ABCs of hepatitis

    Treatment for hepatitis A includes close medical monitoring and bed rest By: Gary P. Forester, M.D. in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    A recent outbreak of hepatitis A in the community made headlines and raised concerns about this disease how it’s transmitted and what can be done to protect against it.    Hepatitis, an infection of…

  • PU falls, shots don’t in loss to Monmouth

    Tiger men regroup before trip to Wake Forest By: Bob Nuse    As young as the Princeton University men’s basketball team is, there are going to be growing pains all season long for the Tigers.    On Wednesday night, those growing pains got real painful.    One game after looking like the offense was starting to come together,…