Category: archives

  • IN THE GARDEN: Summer’s dog days bring out all kinds of four-legged pests

    IN THE GARDEN By Beth Nardone While gardening people often forget to protect against the animal visitors.    It has been a hot and dry summer. The folks that keep track of weather data are saying this is the third hottest summer on record.    While regions to the north and those just south of us have…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Finding lakeside inspiration

    AROUND CRANBURY By Elaine Worden Art in the Park event will be held at home of Mahbubeh and George Stave.    Enjoy an afternoon outdoors this Sunday, Aug. 21, for the August session of Art in the Park — the Garden Series. Beginning at noon and running until 4 p.m., this month’s event will be held…

  • New exhibit illuminates a world united, divided by war

    Exhibit commemorates the end of World War II. By: David Campbell    A new exhibit at Princeton University’s Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, "1945: A World United and Divided," highlights the epochal year that marked the end of World War II and the establishment of the United Nations.    The exhibit, which runs through Jan. 31, features…

  • ‘The Hunting of the President’

    Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this film outlines the factors that converged to create the perfect storm of the Clinton impeachment hearing. By: Elise Nakhnikian    If you ever wondered what Hillary Clinton had in mind when she blamed "a vast right-wing conspiracy" for trying to oust her husband from the presidency, you may want to check…

  • Township proposes harsher penalties for false fire, burglar alarms

    Ordinance is tabled pending review of new set of fines By: Rachel Silverman    An ordinance proposing harsher penalties for false fire and burglar alarms was tabled Monday by the Princeton Township Committee after some committee members voiced strong objections.    Those opposed to the ordinance said the penalties, which consist of fines and mandatory disablement of…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 19

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 19 Festival cancellation not due to quality To the editor:     Over the past several weeks, you have published a number of letters from people who live in surrounding communities and New York who have written that they enjoy coming to Princeton for its many cultural activities, specifically the outdoor…

  • Monroe, Cranbury work on sewer plan

    Township works to provide water and sewer service to four Cranbury homes. By: Josh Appelbaum    The township is working with the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority to provide water and sewer service to four Cranbury homes on Halsey Reed Road.    Residents who have attended Township Committee meetings in the last two months say they have…

  • Downtown dog days

    Summer means many things to local businesses. By: Marisa Maldonado    HIGHTSTOWN — Skyrocketing temperatures that make hoards of residents head for the beach also have a multitude of effects on local businesses.    For Johnnie’s Deli, the hot summer months mean using free time to revise menus before students and teachers go back to school.    But…

  • What college-bound teens should know

    Nearly 50 percent of all college students acknowledged they had difficulty functioning at some point due to strong feelings of depression By: M. Nazrul Islam, M.D. in Collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    During the next few weeks, many high school graduates will prepare to enter their first year of college. As the first day of…