Category: archives

  • ‘Nobody’s Daddy’

    Singer-songwriter Peter Spencer will return to his East Coast roots to play John & Peter’s in New Hope. By: Michael Redmond    Peter Spencer has covered a lot of ground since the 1980s, when he was a co-founder of the Greenwich Village Musicians’ Cooperative and a familiar figure with Fast Folk Musicians. In those days, he…

  • McPhee to get science medal

    By: David Campbell    Pulitzer Prize-winning writer John McPhee will receive The Academy of Natural Sciences Gold Medal, the institution’s highest honor, for his efforts to enhance public understanding of the natural world, the academy has announced.    At a Dec. 1 ceremony in Philadelphia, academy President and CEO D. James Baker will present Mr. McPhee with…

  • Property Transfers — December 9, 2005 — Part 2

    The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to…

  • School gets PHS update

    Princeton High School construction slated to conclude in March. By: Chinenye Okparanta    Students who will be making the transition from Cranbury School to Princeton High School next year have a lot to look forward to.    At the Cranbury Board of Education meeting Tuesday, Superintendent of the Princeton Regional School District Judith Wilson updated Cranbury parents…

  • Housing plan gets OK but not consultant bill

    Cost of providing affordable housing will be about three-quarters-of-a-million dollars By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN – The Borough Council learned this week that the cost of providing affordable housing over the next decade will be about three-quarters-of-a-million dollars.    But it was a $15,000 change order submitted by a longtime consultant working on the housing plan that…

  • Registration is Sunday for regional bone marrow donors

       On Sunday, Beth El Synagogue in East Windsor will host its first Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive. Amy’s Army is cosponsoring the drive.    Amy’s Army is a group of dedicated volunteers based in Pittsburgh, Pa., who have sponsored and supported bone marrow registration and screening programs throughout the Northeast. Since its formation two years ago…

  • Squads likely to receive new vehicles

    Squads request first-responder vehicles By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council indicated this week that it will approve the purchase of two new vehicles for the township’s two volunteer rescue squads.    The squads have requested that the first-responder vehicles be included in the township’s annual capital budget, which has yet to be approved.…

  • Former cop endorses drug legalization

    Drug war called a failure in talk at Princeton University By: Marjorie Censer    Former New Jersey State Policeman Jack Cole calls the war on drugs a failure — and says legalization would allow for better control of the products and less violence.    Mr. Cole spent 26 years in the State Police, much of that time…

  • A rocky road

    Area ice cream parlors feel chill of winter lull By: Rachel Silverman    Wintry weather builds an appetite for just about every sweet concoction you can name.    Mom’s apple pie.    Fresh banana bread.    Starbucks’ venti-sized mint mocha steamers.    But ice cream often — too often, it seems — gets the short end of the stick.    During…