Category: archives

  • ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’

    Everyone is connected and yet not connected in Miranda July’s sweetly funny, skewed movie. By: Bob Brown A shoe salesman (John Hawkes) gets involved with a quirky artist while trying to stay connected with his two sons in Me and You and Everyone We Know.    Think of this movie as a sort of fictional blog…

  • KIDS AND COMMUNITY: An uphill battle: living with ADHD

    KIDS AND COMMUNITY By Judy Shepps Battle Society doesn’t expect girls to be hyperactive.    "What are little boys made of? ‘Snaps and snails, and puppy dogs’ tails… What are little girls made of? ‘Sugar and spice, and all that’s nice." — Mother Goose Rhyme .    Society has always had different images of boys and girls.…

  • WW 10s uphold winning reputation

    Move on to softball Final Four unbeaten By: Justin Feil    There are only two returning players on the West Windsor 10-year-old all-star softball team, but newcomers and veterans understand well the reputation the program has in District 12.    West Windsor wins and wins early.    It has won every District 12 crown since 2002 and goes…

  • Hearts and flowers

    Inner-city youths make history while building up job skills By: Dennis O’Neill    Before Cedric Goodman began his first horticultural internship at Historic Morven last July, he could not imagine himself as a gardener. "I first thought gardening was for retired people, or people that were bored," he said.    The six-week summer training program not only…

  • Sprint eyes cell tower

    Cranbury Firehouse site is prime tower location for Sprint. By: Josh Appelbaum    Sprint wants to build a new cellular phone tower on the Cranbury Firehouse site.    The tower is expected to boost cellular service to the western part of the township and would replace an existing lattice tower that carries antennae for police and emergency…

  • Students explore the world of the arts

    Monroe High School hosts Summer Arts Academy. By: Melissa Hayes    MONROE — The chorus room at Monroe Township High School was quiet Monday afternoon when teacher Allan Robinson sat down at the piano to play "When You Believe" from the Disney movie, "The Prince of Egypt."    Sarah Vishnev, 12, of Old Bridge slowly rose from…

  • Luscious summer smoothies!

    Simply prepared with cracked ice, which you can make in the blender (a heavy-duty one with a glass jar), fruit shakes make fine non-alcoholic cocktails, too. By: Faith Bahadurian    There are lots of ways to use summer’s bounty of luscious fruits and berries, but one of the easiest and most refreshing is to purée them…

  • Princeton University student earns scholarship to work in China

    Efforts to focus on urban architecture and teaching in Beijing    Princeton University graduate Jason Anderson has won a Luce Scholarship to spend next year in Beijing, working on urban architecture projects and teaching.    Mr. Anderson received his master’s degree in architecture from Princeton in May and will be employed by the Institute of Urban Planning…

  • Donors needed to boost area blood supply

    EDITORIAL    A silent crisis is under way in our region — the blood supply is dangerously low.    The Red Cross Penn-Jersey Region has issued urgent pleas for area residents to donate blood. While the blood supply is often stretched during the summer months, current inventories have reached alarmingly low levels.    Most critical is the supply…