Category: archives

  • Protect your eyes from the summer sun

    The most insidious injuries to our eyes are often the result of summer’s main attraction — the sun By: R. David Reynolds, M.D. in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    Summertime offers a wealth of opportunities to relax, have fun and enjoy the great outdoors. Whether your vision of summertime fun includes heading out to a…

  • Towns looking toward recovery as floodwaters recede

    Flash flood was caused by too much rain in a short amount of time. By: Leon Tovey    Too much rain in too short a period was the cause of a flash flood that struck the area and drove dozens of people from their homes Sunday, officials said this week.    Rory Zach, director of the Middlesex…

  • Storm blamed for flooding

    Flooding resulted from heavy rain that fell for four hours on Sunday afternoon. By: Leon Tovey    Too much rain in too short a period was the cause of a flash flood that struck the area and drove dozens of people from their homes Sunday, officials said this week.    Rory Zach, director of the Middlesex County…

  • MTHS principal resigns

    High School Principal Frank Kasyan moves on to superintendent post at Little Egg Harbor. By: Matt Egan    Monroe Township High School Principal Frank Kasyan is resigning to become superintendent of the Little Egg Harbor School District.    Dr. Kasyan has been at the high school for just 18 months and will leave on or before Sept.…

  • LETTERS: No connection to war in Iraq

    To the editor:     As the situation in Iraq spirals out of control and U.S. casualties continue to mount, I find myself wondering whether the three men most responsible for the war — President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld — have any personal and intimate stake in the war.    Do any of…

  • Budget sets 11% tax hike

    Public hearing slated for Wednesday night. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — The borough has received the same amount of extraordinary aid it received last year, but residents will likely still see an 11 percent increase in municipal taxes over last year.    At a special meeting on Wednesday, the Borough Council voted to amend its 2005…

  • There’s a Kind of Hush

    Herman’s Hermits are ‘Into Something Good’ at the Balloon Festival. By: Susan Van Dongen PETER NOONE    The fun facts around Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits are almost as numerous as the group’s hit records. Rock and pop trivia fans might be delighted to know, for example, that bassist John Paul Jones and guitarist Jimmy Page…

  • Tiger Noodles

    Even after a recent expansion, this popular Chinese restaurant in Princeton is always packed. By: Antoinette Buckley Tiger Noodles 260 Nassau St. Princeton (609) 252-0663 www.tigernoodles.com Food: Very good Service: Good Prices: Inexpensive Cuisine: Chinese Vegetarian Options: Plentiful Ambience: Greasy spoon Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Sun. 3:30-10 p.m. Essentials: Cash…

  • PHASE THREE: The wind beneath a daughter’s wings

    PHASE THREE By Arnold Bornstein Not 75 years old, but three quarters of a century young.    I was planning to make this a birthday column, as a week from this Sunday will be a "special" birthday for me — 75 — or as I have become fond of saying, three quarters of a century. And…