Category: archives

  • Township woman feels pull of animals’ plight in South

    Terry Fritzges returns from a week volunteering at animal shelter in Mississippi. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — Many stories of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina were experienced by creatures who cannot tell them.    Terry Fritzges just returned from a week volunteering at an animal shelter in Waveland, Miss., and is prepared to share…

  • Assemblyman goes to bat for Dinky

    State bus rapid transit study to consider alternatives to shuttle By: Marjorie Censer    State Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton Borough) met with NJ Transit officials last week to express concern about the future of the Dinky, the shuttle train between Princeton and Princeton Junction.    As NJ Transit officials consider the construction of a bus rapid transit…

  • PRESS FORUM: Should Monroe renew its cable television franchise with Comcast?

    PRESS FORUM Join the debate.    The Cranbury Press is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues.    The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe want…

  • A Hill of Beans

    An evening of ‘Casablanca’ trivia will be part of the Arts Council of Princeton’s Dining by Design benefit. By: Jim Boyle    There’s no telling what guests are going to walk into when they enter one of the 30 Princeton homes featured during the Arts Council of Princeton’s Dining by Design benefit Oct. 15. They may…

  • Scrappy Falcons still in the hunt

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    It’s a little more than halfway through the fall high school sports season, and at 4-5-1 the Monroe field hockey team is somewhat battered and bruised. But the Lady Falcons are far from down and out.    For one thing, they have already equaled last year’s win total, and with seven games…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Worthy projects and an important anniversary

    AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor Cranbury School PTO hosts a spaghetti and meatball dinner.    Join the Cranbury School PTO for a spaghetti and meatball dinner Sunday, Oct. 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. The dinner comes with bread, salad, dessert and live accordion music. The meal is $8 for adults and $5…

  • Pirates, Raiders all even

    Tie can help both boys’ soccer teams By: Bob Nuse    Chris Kingston feels like his team has played some pretty good soccer this week.    Unfortunately, his Hun School boys’ team doesn’t have a win — or a goal — to show for its efforts.    Brian Welsh feels like his team has played some pretty good…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Spinazzi is off to fast start for MHS By: Justin Feil    It wasn’t hard for Eleonora Spinazzi to find motivation for the cross country season.    A year ago, in her first season with the Montgomery High girls, Spinazzi and the Cougars put together the best season in program history, but fell a step short of…

  • LETTERS: Web site is superb

    To the editor:     I am very appreciative of all the things that make our lives easier and for me, one of the best of these is the Web site for Monroe (www.monroetwp.com). It is full of useful information and I refer to it all the time.    It’s great just to help keep track of…