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  • A Familiar Face

    Veteran TV, film and stage actor Peter Scolari stars in ‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘The Sound of Music’ at Bucks County Playhouse. By: Matt Smith Peter Scolari, best known for roles on the TV shows Bosom Buddies and Newhart, is starring in a pair of well-known musicals at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa.…

  • Committee mulls farm auctions

    Litigation delays sale of Barclay. By: Josh Appelbaum    The Township Committee will likely wait to auction the Barclay North and South properties until September 2006, once litigation over an earlier auction has been concluded.    The properties are at the center of a dispute between the township and Arthur Danser, a farmer who lives on the…

  • For the birds

    Story time moves out of the library and into the avian world of the Plainsboro Preserve By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — Story time for Plainsboro Library patrons was held outside Thursday at the Plainsboro Preserve.    While a hawk circled the sky overhead and smaller birds chirped and flitted from bush to bush, Summer Program Director…

  • Officials push for flood aid

    Middlesex County municipalities hit by flash flood look to federal and state governments for aid. By: Leon Tovey    Nearly two weeks after a July 17 flash flood devastated Jamesburg, Monroe and several other municipalities in southern Middlesex County, officials are still looking for federal and state funds to aid those affected by the flood, while…

  • Stormwater limit eyed for smaller properties

    Township considers regulating lots smaller than one acre By: Rachel Silverman    As part of an ongoing stormwater management campaign, the Zoning Amendment Review Committee of the Princeton Regional Planning Board examined Thursday how management practices could be applied to smaller, residential lots.    While state law requires the regulation only of "major" land development and redevelopment…

  • Small birds causing a big flap

    Netting at Nassau Park shopping center eatery described as a death trap for sparrows By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — House sparrows are only four inches long, but the tiny birds are causing a big flap at the Nassau Park shopping center these days.    The birds, also known as English sparrows, are reportedly getting caught…

  • Borough OKs funding for recreation projects

    But money for Hilltop Park improvements will not be released until further discussions with township By: Rachel Silverman    The Princeton Borough Council approved $111,680 in capital project requests from the Recreation Department on Tuesday night.    The projects include a partial renovation of the Community Park North amphitheater, construction of a baseball field off River Road,…

  • PHS parking plan approved

    Princeton High School is set to get more student and visitor parking permits. By: Rachel Silverman    PRINCETON — Borough Council approved an ordinance Tuesday increasing the number of student and visitor parking permits in the neighborhood of Princeton High School and Westminster Choir College.    The ordinance, together with a companion measure approved by the Princeton…

  • 2005 Mini Convertible

    Even though it’s a convertible, it keeps and maintains the unique, distinct shape of the hardtop By: Malcolm Gunn The driver’s seat is empty…so, what are you waiting for?    You know the world has become a vastly different place when an icon of British econo-car understatement turns into a wind-in-your-hair funmobile.    Yet, that’s exactly what…