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  • Catherine Joyce Cranstoun

       Catherine Joyce Cranstoun, 75, died June 28 at the Forrestal Nursing Home.    Born in Princeton, she had been a resident of Hopewell for 50 years.    She worked as a bank teller for many years at many area banks, including: Princeton Bank & Trust, Hopewell Savings and Loan, Centennial, Cenlar, CoreStates, Chemical Bank and PNC.    Ms.…

  • Math teacher a finalist for presidential award

    Bonnie Gendaszek has worked at John Witherspoon Middle School for the past 11 years. By: Rachel Silverman    According to New Jersey Department of Education spokeswoman Kathryn Forsyth, good math teachers are a rare commodity these days.    "It’s more difficult for school districts to find math teachers, particularly difficult in urban districts," she said. "Fewer people…

  • Princeton 12s continue improvement

    Big inning gives unbeaten Washington a scare By: Justin Feil    HAMILTON — Though it still seeks its first win in the District 12 Little League Tournament, the Princeton 12-year-old all-star baseball team continued to show improvement with each successive outing.    After being shut out in the tournament opener by West Windsor, Princeton had Pool B…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Track and Field Athlete of the Year

    Forbes became MHS record-holder By: Justin Feil    Montgomery High boys’ track and field coach Jen Riddell noticed early a change in Brad Forbes.    "I’ve never seen Brad like this," Riddell said, "with the spark he has this year. He really wanted it."    Forbes had always been among the best sprinters and long jumpers on the…

  • Pilot program established for restaurants to offer outdoor dining

    Bent Spoon will set up two tables on Palmer Square West. By: Marjorie Censer    Gabrielle Carbone, co-owner of The Bent Spoon, has seen it far too often. The unlucky person who purchased an ice cream, a cupcake and a drink tries to balance all three on his knees while sitting on the bench outside the…

  • Planetarium on horizon in Montgomery schools

    Education foundation plans to purchase $15,000 portable Starlab. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township Education Foundation — an independent, nonprofit organization created to support school-based programs and projects — has a number of undertakings lined up in the near future.    The foundation — the organization responsible for the creation of the $950,000 Cougar…

  • Green energy, a red car, and a trip around the block

    High School grad converts dad’s MG to run on ethanol. By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Ryan Gaylo’s little red roadster is one of the greenest cars around.    Over the past year, Ryan, 18, a recent West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South graduate, spent countless hours converting his father’s British sports car, a 1980 MGB, to…

  • University helped set the bar for in-house legal departments

    A new concept in 1972, it’s now the standard at colleges and universities. By: David Campbell    Princeton University founded its office of general counsel in 1972 when William Bowen became president of the university. Harvard had created such an office about six months earlier. They were the first, and within a relatively short time, in-house…

  • Simply Scrumptious

    Straight from her kitchen, Princeton cook pursues a dream. By: Diane Landis Hackett    It’s nine in the morning and Princeton resident Liz Yvon is in her small kitchen cooking beef in garlic tomatoes, a gratin of sun chokes (Jerusalem artichoke) and chocolate mousse.    A video tripod stands precariously between the stove and oven. Jim Stocking,…