Category: archives

  • Turn on, tune in, drop by

    Local business people find their voices on the air. By: Melinda Sherwood    You’ve successfully grown your business, mastered your trade and earned the respect of colleagues — so what do you do next?    Some people become consultants; some join boards or become teachers and mentors.    Others, like Milton Paris, a sales and marketing professional for…

  • Brakel not bad for a flatlander

    West Windsor resident wins Vermont state ski gold By: Justin Feil    Flatlanders traditionally don’t carry much respect in Vermont.    On vermonter.com, an article posted by Eric Moreau says that the term flatlander is "used as a negative slander on non-native Vermonters or visitors. In its basic concept, the term implies a person who visits the…

  • No easy way out

    Shoppers try to cope with traffic changes at Nassau Park shopping center By: Jill Matthews    WEST WINDSOR — The Nassau Park shopping complex on Route 1 was jammed full of eager shoppers Friday who maneuvered their way through the new road configuration in the area in search of a discount — and a place to…

  • Defense holds in PU win over Lafayette

    Tigers even record with low-scoring win over Leopards By: Bob Nuse    EASTON, Pa. — Joe Scott isn’t overly concerned that his Princeton University men’s basketball team managed just 40 points in its win over Lafayette on Saturday.    What matters most to the first-year head coach is what his team did on the defensive end. The…

  • 55Plus slates talk on Latin America

       The perceived differences, as well as the similarities, between Latin America and the United States in economic and political developments is the subject of the next Princeton 55Plus talk on Thursday.    Jeremy I. Adelman, chairman of the Department of History at Princeton University, will present a talk, "Latin American, A Continent Apart?" 10 a.m. at…

  • EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT

    John Martorana Oxford Communications TITLE: Founder, president RESIDENCE: Hopewell FIRST JOB: account executive, Alstin Advertising EDUCATION: a B.S. in marketing from Georgetown University, and studies in international business at Oxford University FAMILY: wife Guita, children Marissa, 17, Arielle, 15, and Sam, 6 THUMBNAIL SKETCH: Mr. Martorana founded Oxford Communications, a full-service advertising, marketing, public relations…

  • Expert sees education, outreach as gangbusters

    Princeton forum, drawing about 100, in response to gang-related incidents. By: David Campbell    Gangs are not an imminent threat in Princeton — and education and outreach is the best way to keep it that way, according to John Antinoro, senior investigator with the state Department of Corrections and an expert on gangs.    Mr. Antinoro has…

  • Hindi-language DVD aims to make learning ‘fun’

    West Windsor resident couldn’t find the teaching tool she was looking for, so she created one herself. By: Jill Matthews    WEST WINDSOR — Namrata Grover couldn’t find what she was looking for — so she decided to create it herself.    The township resident was looking for a fun and educational film or television program that…

  • Lasting impression

    Local merchants offer corporate gifts with a personal touch. By: Jennifer Potash    Stumped on what to give a valued client? Do your employees smile politely when handed a magnet- and- calendar combination as a holiday gift?    Never fear, as area merchants have a list of suggested gifts that will spread holiday cheer to all recipients.…