Category: archives

  • Seniors give out life’s lessons

    Second-graders and residents of a Piscataway senior housing complex share their experiences. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The second-graders of Orchard Hill Elementary School are receiving a real-life lesson on the importance of giving back to the community.    On Wednesday, two residents and three staff members from the Parker Home in Piscataway, a senior housing…

  • Einstein’s legacy crux of talk set Thursday at university

    By: David Campbell    Diana L. Kormos-Buchwald, associate professor of history at the California Institute of Technology and the director and general editor of the Einstein Papers Project, will give a talk Thursday at Princeton University on Albert Einstein’s collected papers.    Professor Buchwald’s lecture will be the first of a series of public events being organized…

  • Framers’ show a fantasy come true

    Framer finds little treasures within a collection of a Concordia artist’s works. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — One day last fall, Ted Ehmann got to live every art collector’s wildest fantasy.    He remembers it well.    Mr. Ehmann, the owner of Family Framers in Jamesburg, had been invited into the Concordia home of Iris Ivers, widow…

  • Peddie’s Provost scores wins in pair of Prep meets

    By: Neil Hay    The winter track season is quickly drawing to a close, with both the Mid-Atlantic Prep League and state prep championships already in the books. The Peddie boys and girls teams have just one dual meet remaining, tomorrow, against visiting Hill.    In Saturday’s Mid-Atlantic Prep League championships at Lawrenceville, the boys and girls…

  • POCKETS OF NEED: Cupboard shelves are filling slowly

    Jamesburg Presbyterian Church’s Deacons Food Pantry’s shelves are slowly starting to be filled with canned goods. By: Leon Tovey    Editor’s note: Part of an occasional series focusing on issues of hunger and financial need in the Jamesburg, Monroe area.    JAMESBURG — The shelves at the Jamesburg Presbyterian Church’s Deacons Food Pantry are no longer bare,…

  • OBITUARIES: Charles Jackson

    Charles Jacskon    Charles Schlageter Jackson, 91, of Monroe, died Friday, Jan. 21, at the Monroe Village Health Care Center.    He was born on Sept. 5, 1913, in the home of his maternal grandfather, Charles Schlageter, in Clifton.    He graduated from Clifton High School. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in education from Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.,…

  • It’s all in the details

    Shop does everything from wash and wax to accesorize. By: Josh Appelbaum     For two business owners in Cranbury, the work is in the details.     Whether it is washing, waxing or buffing, installing video or audio accessories or security systems, removing dents or tinting windows, for Chris Pellicane and Patrick Gaudajnino, owners of Custom…

  • Bill’s Olde Tavern

    The owners maintain high standards that make this a popular destination for a loyal clientele attracted to American classics served in a woody atmosphere. By: Faith Bahadurian Bill’s Olde Tavern Mercerville (609) 586-0192 Food: Very good Service: Excellent Prices: Moderate Cuisine: Italian and American Ambience: Cheers with great food Hours: Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.;…

  • WW open space group re-elects leader

       WEST WINDSOR — The Friends of West Windsor Open Space held its 10th annual meeting last week and re-elected Michael Schuit as president of the organization.    At its meeting, the FOWWOS board elected Ron Slinn of Penns Neck as a trustee, voted to extend the terms of trustees whose terms had expired and re-elected its…