Category: archives

  • LoPresti bows out with solid nucleus intact

    By: Redd E. Patrick    The 2004-05 season started out so promising for the Monroe High School boys basketball team, but when it was all over, it was the same amount of wins as in 1973, the year coach Pete LoPresti began the program.    After guiding the program through two different periods of time, LoPresti has…

  • Brener helps Princeton upset 13th seed

    By: Justin Feil    It’s not easy being Ben Brener these days.    Younger brother Nick has been topping the 1999 Princeton High graduate’s hockey achievements with every step of the postseason, and making sure he knows all about it.    First it was an overtime win over Notre Dame. Then, less than a week later, Nick and…

  • Was this match engineered, or just the ticket at Town Hall?

    Two Princeton Township employees to tie the knot at the building where they first met, the municipal building. By: Rachel Silverman    Somewhere amid the humming fax machines and stacks of legal documents, cupid’s arrow struck two Princeton Township employees as they went about the daily grind of life inside Township Hall.    "He just came over…

  • The Great Divide

    George Street Playhouse’s ‘Address Unknown’ explores the schism between two friends during the rise of the Nazi Party. By: Susan Van Dongen "It’s frightening how easily the difference in their religion becomes an issue — it never has before — which speaks to the group dynamic," says Sam Freed, who plays Max Eisenstein, a German-born…

  • OBITUARIES: Willie Kendrick Jr.

    Willie Kendrick Jr.    Willie B. "Justice" Kendrick Jr., 55, died Sunday, Feb. 2, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born on June 22, 1950, in New Brunswick, Mr. Kendrick, also lovingly known as Justice, was raised in Jamesburg. He attended the Jamesburg Public School system. In 1969, he enlisted in the Army…

  • Comments reveal selfishness

    To the editor By:    I am commenting on what Tony Risoli said at the Feb. 22 Township Committee meeting.    As the mother of two boys (one special needs and the other not) I feel I have a right to say my views (just as Mr. Risoli). I am a taxpayer just as Mr. Risoli is…

  • Fran and Ollie

    "Fran and Ollie", a pair of 1-year-old male siblings,are in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Fran and Ollie", or another dog or cat, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • Media writer will read from his book at library

       Author Seth Mnookin will read from and discuss his book, "Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media," at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Princeton Public Library.    Best known as a media writer for Newsweek, Mr. Mnookin has also covered politics and popular culture.    He began his career…

  • March 11, 3:30 p.m.: A bankrupt idea

    Bad legislation and the banks win. By: Hank Kalet    Here is an example of how far out of whack our government is, how corporate-friendly and anti-consumer. Read the L.A. Times editorial on it.