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  • Princeton awaits university’s affordable-housing plan

    Township and Borough say their plans to meet state regulations are largely complete By: Marjorie Censer    Princeton Borough and Princeton Township affordable-housing consultants told planning representatives Tuesday that their municipalities’ plans to meet the new state Council on Affordable Housing regulations are mainly complete — though both still await word from Princeton University about how…

  • The Greatest Love

    A man and his cat share adventures and a bond that transcends all others. By: Susan Van Dongen    How does a red-blooded American man — a fantasy baseball aficionado, a dater of leggy Danish models, a screenwriter, an author of thrillers and an avowed cat hater — come to love a little gray kitty?    This…

  • SPECIAL REPORT: FROM FARAWAY LANDSReligion

    Priest guides area’s faithful followers By: Emily Craighead    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The mother goddess, Durga, sits majestically on the back of the lion she rode to the top of a mountain where, according to Hindu legend, she defeated an army of demons.    From the far end of the great hall in the Durga Mandir Temple…

  • Obituaries for the week of Nov. 25

    Mary C. (Jennie) Seitz, Sylva Quijano Arriba, Robert F. Strickler, James P. Kramer, Helen M. Howard Mary C. (Jennie) Seitz    TRENTON — Mary C. (Jennie) Seitz, 91, of Trenton died Nov. 16 at Mercer County Geriatric Center in Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong city resident.    Ms. Seitz retired from the State of…

  • A transition into gubernatorial succession for Richard C. Leone

    Princeton resident returns to state government as director of Corzine transition team By: Emily Craighead    Earlier this week, Richard C. Leone was looking forward to spending a quiet Thanksgiving Day at home with his family in Princeton — one brief day of rest in a whirlwind of activity that began on election night and will…

  • Sensual Songbook

    Singer-songwriter Julia Othmer won’t sit still when she performs at Triumph Brewing Co. By:Susan Van Dongen    With her flaming red hair, soul-revealing lyrics and undulations behind the piano keyboard, singer-songwriter Julia Othmer is inevitably compared to Tori Amos. But she says the similarities stop there.    "It’s just because I don’t sit still when I play,"…

  • Laughing All the Way

    George Street Playhouse actors Dan Lauria and Peter Scolari do their best to keep from cracking up in ‘Inspecting Carol.’ By:Jillian Kalonick    Tiny Tim is not so tiny anymore. Scrooge is a human rights crusader. Bob Cratchit is sleeping with the managing director. Last year, someone died while wearing the Ghost of Christmas Future costume.…

  • Device lifts level of care at Rocky Hill group home

    By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — The Rocky Hill Group Home, a home that cares for developmentally disabled adults and run by The ARC, has received an early holiday gift from Church & Dwight, headquartered in Princeton.    The home received a mechanical device known as a Hoyer Lift, which will make moving a disabled resident…

  • Rudowitz to play hoops at Stonehill

    By: Ken Weingartner    A.J. Rudowitz knows making the transition from high school to college basketball won’t be easy, but he figures to get by with a little help from his friends.    Rudowitz, a senior at Monroe High School, last week signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball in the future at Stonehill College…