Category: archives

  • Democrats try to stem low turnout

    PCDO members told not to take town for granted By: Marjorie Censer    Local Democratic candidates gathered Sunday to urge members of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization to support them on election night.    The candidates’ night, held at the Suzanne Patterson Center, was a chance for state, county and municipal Democratic candidates to share their platforms…

  • The Slow Food barbecue

    Sometimes the simplest recipes are actually the trickiest By: Pat Tanner    Earlier this month, on what turned out to be the last of those preternaturally warm and sunny fall weekends, the Central New Jersey chapter of Slow Food held its fourth annual all-bird barbecue at Griggstown Quail Farm & Market. Farmer George Rude and his…

  • Illuminated battle monument lauded as a bright idea

    $125,000 fund drive gets a boost By: Marjorie Censer    The audience braced itself as Princeton Borough Council President Mildred Trotman called for a drumroll from the American Revolution-styled drummer at Sunday’s ceremony outside Borough Hall. Within seconds, the Princeton Battle Monument was illuminated in a one-time sample of what borough officials would like to make…

  • Code official charged with misconduct

    BREAKING NEWS: Certifcate of occupancy allegedly was issued without approvals in exchange for favors. By: Melissa Edmond    Ronald E. Estepp, the construction code official of the Hillsborough Building Department, was charged Monday with second-degree official misconduct, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest.    Mr. Forrest said Mr. Estepp, 57, issued a certificate of occupancy…

  • ‘Taking Sides’

    Director István Szabó’s powerful and disturbing film will be screened as part of West Windsor Arts Council’s film series. By: Bob Brown    In this film are perhaps the two finest performances you never got to see. Taking Sides had a very small release in New York about two years ago. The screenplay is based on…

  • From Italy, With Love

    Compagnia Aterballetto dances to Igor Stravinsky at McCarter Theatre. By: Pat Summers    Three puppets come to life long enough to enact a tale of unrequited love: P. loves the Ballerina who loves the Moor. Love and violence mesh in the story of Petroushka.    Accompanied by their attendants, a bride and groom prepare for their wedding…

  • North soccer turning it around

    Knight boys stick together, start winning By: Bob Nuse    One month into the season, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys’ soccer team had every right to be thinking about things other than soccer.    Nine games into the season, the Knights found themselves without a win. Not only that, but they had scored just three goals…

  • Two men face drug charges

    An East Windsor resident and a New Egypt resident are charged with drug possession. By: Jessica Beym    Benjamin Malone, 21 of East Windsor, and Joshua Braskett, 20, of New Egypt, were charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle following a traffic stop on Route 130 at 2:20 a.m. Sunday, police…

  • LETTERS: Democrats provide lots for seniors

    To the editor:     Considering that Monroe is the home of several retirement communities, we expect to have a wide range of senior services. In fact, the senior services in Monroe have no equal. Monroe’s seniors have a facility that is spacious, comfortable and the recreation programs, trips, social services and education programs are fantastic.…